Construction Manager
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About the Role
Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company seeks a Construction Manager for offshore projects in Abu Dhabi. The role leads full-cycle construction execution for mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines, ensuring compliance with ADNOC standards.
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Responsibilities
- Lead full cycle offshore construction execution for Mechanical, Piping, Electrical & Instrumentation disciplines
- Plan, coordinate, and execute heavy lifting operations
- Ensure compliance with ADNOC lifting guidelines, LOLER, API RP 2D, and project HSE standards
- Provide technical leadership for mechanical installation and piping fabrication
- Coordinate electrical and instrumentation installation activities
- Develop offshore construction execution plans and monitor progress
- Interface with OEMs and commissioning teams
- Promote HSE culture and conduct risk assessments
Requirements
- 20 to 30 years of experience in offshore construction
- BOSIET/TBOSIET, H2S Training, Offshore Medical, ADNOC PTW, LOTO, confined space, working at height certification
- Expertise in mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead full cycle offshore construction execution for Mechanical, Piping, Electrical & Instrumentation disciplines across multiple platforms, ensuring alignment with EPC contracts, ADNOC specifications, and project KPIs.
- Act as the senior most authority offshore for coordinating all construction activities, supervising engineers, supervisors, technicians, riggers, fitters, welders, electricians, and instrumentation teams.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute heavy lifting operations for compressors, dryers, receivers, pressure vessels, pipe spools, transformers, MCC/SWGR panels, and skid packages on offshore platforms.
- Review and approve detailed lifting studies, rigging plans, crane load charts, deck loading checks, and engineered lifting procedures.
- Coordinate marine spread operations including crane barges, jack ups, AHT/Supply vessels for safe equipment positioning.
- Maintain full compliance with ADNOC lifting guidelines, LOLER, API RP 2D, and project HSE standards.
- Provide technical leadership for mechanical installation: equipment alignment, torquing, rotating equipment mounting, skid placement, structural supports, valves, and tie ins.
- Oversee piping fabrication, offshore spool fit up, welding, NDT, hydrotesting, reinstatement, and system handover.
- Resolve field level mechanical/piping clashes, constructability issues, or routing constraints through engineering coordination.
- Coordinate electrical installation activities including cable pulling, termination, tray installation, SWGR/MCC placement, earthing, and electrical testing.
- Lead instrumentation installation: JB mounting, hook up, loop checking, instrument calibration, and F&G device installation.
- Ensure multidisciplinary work sequences (Mech Piping E&I) are synchronized to avoid rework or schedule conflicts.
Qualifications & Certifications
- BOSIET / TBOSIET, H2S Training, Offshore Medical, ADNOC PTW, LOTO, confined space, working at height certification.
- Expertise in mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines.
- Strong leadership and project management skills.
Additional Duties
- Develop detailed offshore construction execution plans, priority work fronts, manning plans, heavy lift schedules, and daily/weekly progress strategies.
- Support Planning/PMC/EPC teams in building WBS execution sequences, shutdown logic, SIMOPS integration, and mechanical completion (MC) milestones.
- Monitor daily productivity, progress KPIs, and take corrective action to mitigate delays, constraints, or material shortages.
- Work closely with commissioning teams to ensure readiness for pre commissioning and commissioning for Mechanical, Piping, Electrical & Instrumentation packages.
- Interface with OEMs for installation, testing, technical issues, and commissioning support.
- Lead mobilization planning for offshore construction teams, ensuring ADNOC compliance.
- Promote an uncompromising HSE culture and ensure strict compliance with ADNOC Offshore HSE requirements.
- Lead TRA/JSA workshops, lifting risk assessments, HAZID/HSE reviews, and ensure SIMOPS readiness before mobilization.
- Conduct daily toolbox talks, safety walks, audits, and enforce immediate corrective actions for unsafe acts or conditions.
- Oversee discipline wise QA/QC activities including welding/NDT acceptance, bolt torquing, alignment, flange management, electrical tests, instrument calibration, and reinstatement checks.
- Ensure punch lists are logged, categorized, assigned, and closed promptly to avoid delays in MC/RFC.
- Maintain full traceability of construction documentation, test packs, redlines, and as builts.
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