Offsites Area Lead (Pipelines)

at Total Energies
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted July 13, 2025
Category Engineering
Job Type Full-time
Currency UGX

Description

JOB DETAILS:

Activities

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety, Health, Environment & Biodiversity:  

  • Liaise with Safety, Health, Environment & Biodiversity disciplines to ensure project delivery in line with relevant regulations, permits, conditions, plans, commitments, and standards.
  • To participate to the project HAZID/ENVID, HAZOP/SPOT and PTR and other audits and technical reviews, including coordination of project answers and final resolution

General Package Delivery: 

  • Ensure proper reporting for his/her area and highlight critical issues to the Package Manager
  • Prepare weekly and monthly activity reports for his/her area in coordination with Package Manager
  • Contribute to improving the project lessons learnt and personnel skills.
  • Contribute to the advancement of working methods and tools within his/her specialty
  • Review and prepare input to variation orders;

Engineering: 

  • Coordinate and participate in technical meetings during the detailed design, in cooperation with discipline leads. Avoid EPSCC contractor stand-by / delays, ensuring timely response to engineering and construction queries and deviation requests.
  • Promote alternatives design to optimize works and schedule. Ensure that Contractor’s design complies with Project SoR, contract documentation, schedule, budget, and safety practices.
  • Identify and evaluate changes to basis for design, as early as possible, anticipate problems in his/her area.
  • Work closely, as required, with the Facilities Engineering Manager and lead DCC to ensure that the engineering deliverables, in particular the Class 1 from the EPSCC Contractor are reviewed and commented within the contractual timeframe.

Procurement, Supply & National Content Promotion: 

  • Provide support and expertise and contribution to the progress of detailed design and procurement engineering
  • Promote local content initiatives together with the National Content team and Package Manager
  • Work closely with the disciplines lead to ensure adequate follow-up of procurement and later coordination of equipment and material integration in the facilities
  • Organize the monitoring of the inspection plans for the equipment and material supplied for his/her area and ensure follow-up until such equipment and material can be released and incorporated to the Plant on site;

Construction & Commissioning: 

  • Participate to construction meetings and guide the resolution of construction related issues linked to his/her area
  • Work closely with the construction team to coordinate his/her area’s activities during construction.
  • Organize regular visit on site for progress review and coordination purpose with Company construction teams and Contractor project teams on site.

Project Controls & Interfaces: 

  • Manage the planning of the area with the support of the planning team – SIMOPS/COMOPS management process and implement it on a daily basis during construction for his/her area.
  • Anticipate potential claim from the contractor, alert the Package Manager and propose approaches and elements of negotiation.
  • Participate to the budget preparation and provide input to the project LOP for the part related to his/her area.
  • Challenge the EPSCC Contractor, monitor and promote value engineering to contribute to cost saving
  • Interface with the various Packages and transverse functions  for all matters related to the execution.

Candidate Profile

Qualifications & Experience:

    • Engineering degree in the relevant discipline.
    • Minimum 12 years’ oil & gas experience with significant relevant multi-discipline engineering and operational experience in EP industry is required to provide the necessary overview of the business, with experience in planning or project engineering.
    • Proven track record of result deliveries in challenging project environments.
    • Experience in the delivery of multi-discipline work packages including engineering design, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
    • Strong technical, analytical, innovative, and commercial skills.
    • A good experience in planning, budgeting, and managing interfaces.
    • Thorough understanding of the risks and the technical/commercial issues associated with the development of oil and gas projects.
    • Some experience of construction onshore or offshore with a good understanding of the construction constraints and implications for the project development
    • Conversant with International, group engineering standards, as well as HSE standards.
    • Good communication skills and an aptitude for taking initiatives are essential, as is the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.
    • Ability to manage the relationship with key stakeholders and always adhere to the values and principles of the Company Code of Conduct.

Additional Information

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

 

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