Program Manager – Design Services

Program Manager – Design Services

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• 10 years of experience in Oil and gas facilities design combined with CADD experience
• Management of Design Software programs used to create three dimensional designs of plants facilities
• Computer Aided Design and Drafting software programs: Autodesk Plant 3D, Autodesk Advance Steel and AutoCAD based Electrical and Instrumentation software programs
• Managing international External Design Services companies
• Creating & maintaining design procedures and practices
• Management of Database software programs, programming on Excel databases, and formatting Microsoft Word files
• Coordination of design of Oil and Gas facilities projects between the Mechanical, Civil and Structural, and Electrical and Instrumentation disciplines

Responsibilities

• Work with Design Group manager to determine and prepare Project manhours and cost estimates
• Determine staffing needs for projects and proposals
• Assign special tasks, establish training needs, and coordinate coverage for personnel PTO
• Manage the flow of information related to design processes and guidelines to external design services companies Design group leads
• Manage 3D modelling, drawings creation and Built-In-Quality (BIQ) activities and reporting between onsite teams and offshore design services teams using Computer Aided Design Tools (Hardware and Software) in compliance with Solar requirements
• Coordinate and assist in training and development of personnel to use 3D design software
• Recognize potential and actual problem areas; investigate, analyze, develop, and present solutions
• Drive and track the team to follow established processes and procedures
• Initiate and recommend design group process changes
• Work with internal customers consisting of proposals and project engineers and teams
• Support PM and PE on normal and special requests from external customers
• Maintain Solar In-house team alignment with external teams, especially offshore teams
• Represent the organization in providing solutions to technical problems associated with specific projects/programs
• Participate in the preparation of project design deliverables schedules and work with the Design Group Manager, Project Engineers, lead designers, and PM schedulers
• Monitor and report that lead designers are releasing deliverables in line with the Drawings Schedule Report (DSR) in the Document Control system without delays and/or disruptions, and with the expected quality
• Periodically spot check design group deliverables for completeness and compliance with specifications and standards
• Interface with Shop and perform liaison tasks, take feedback from shop, and coordinate with Design/Engineering for timely resolution
• Drive Design Services companies performance and more specifically in weekly and other Team meetings
• Interface with Design Services representatives to discuss containment and corrective actions
• Represent the Design group on the fabrication coordination, and schedule periodic meetings
• Support proposals & Product Development group
• Develop, train, implement, and enforce CADD Standards, File transfer Protocols, and communication Matrix
• Stay up to date with software programs features and capabilities in line with IT Support and disseminate CADD application updates to the Design group
• Recommend improvements to design software system and play a key role in the implementation of software and application improvements/upgrades
• Maintain and update the design group design guidelines manual
• Develop design guidelines, planning/scheduling processes to promote standardization
• Coordinate and provide leadership for teams working on the Smart model Library, 3D catalogs, Standard part models/Drawings

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.