Job Description/Specification:
A Lead Civil/Structural Engineer in Qatar is responsible for leading civil and structural engineering activities for major offshore oil and gas projects. This senior position covers the engineering lifecycle from design and fabrication through construction, testing, installation, and commissioning. The role is suited to an experienced engineering leader with extensive offshore processing-project experience and strong knowledge of international design standards.
💼 Key Responsibilities
- Lead the civil and structural engineering input for offshore facility design and project execution.
- Coordinate engineering activities across design, fabrication, construction, installation, testing, and commissioning phases.
- Manage the civil/structural engineering team within a major offshore project environment.
- Review engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with approved project requirements, specifications, and applicable standards.
- Participate in FEED and EPIC engineering activities and review project deliverables at key stages.
- Monitor engineering progress and coordinate design reviews with project and construction teams.
- Provide technical solutions to complex civil and structural engineering challenges.
- Review structural designs, calculations, drawings, specifications, and related technical documentation.
- Coordinate with other engineering disciplines to resolve interfaces and ensure design integration.
- Support fabrication, construction, installation, and commissioning teams with technical engineering input.
- Monitor engineering activities against project schedules, budgets, quality requirements, and milestones.
- Prepare and review technical reports, progress updates, and engineering documentation.
- Ensure engineering activities comply with applicable Shell DEPs and international design codes and standards.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to discipline engineers and project personnel.
🎯 Requirements
- Minimum 15 years of Civil/Structural engineering design experience in the Oil & Gas industry.
- At least 10 years of experience on offshore Oil & Gas processing projects.
- Minimum 7 years of experience as a Lead Discipline Engineer on major project design activities.
- Strong knowledge of Shell DEPs and other applicable international engineering codes and standards.
- Experience with structural engineering software and established design-review processes.
- Familiarity with FEED and EPIC project deliverables.
- Experience reviewing equipment, engineering design, fabrication, and construction progress.
- Proven ability to manage a civil/structural engineering team on major projects.
- Strong technical, planning, communication, reporting, and leadership skills.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Civil or Structural Engineering from a recognized university.
- A higher engineering degree is advantageous.
- Chartered Engineer status or equivalent in Civil/Structural Engineering.
🚀 Why You'll Love This Opportunity
- Work on a major offshore Oil & Gas development in Qatar.
- Take a leadership role across the complete project engineering lifecycle.
- Gain exposure to FEED, EPIC, fabrication, construction, installation, and commissioning activities.
- Lead a specialist civil and structural engineering team.
- Work on technically complex offshore processing facilities.
👤 Who Should Apply?
This position is designed for a senior Civil/Structural Engineer or Lead Discipline Engineer with extensive offshore Oil & Gas experience.
The ideal candidate will have progressed beyond individual technical design work into engineering leadership, with experience managing discipline teams and coordinating civil/structural activities within large multidisciplinary projects.
Candidates should be comfortable working across FEED and EPIC environments and understand how engineering decisions affect fabrication, construction, offshore installation, and commissioning.
Experience with offshore processing facilities is particularly important because the position requires at least 10 years of offshore Oil & Gas project experience.
⭐ Skills That Will Help You Succeed
The role requires a combination of advanced structural engineering knowledge, project leadership, technical coordination, and offshore project experience.
Important capabilities include structural design, engineering calculations, design review, FEED and EPIC execution, structural engineering software, technical documentation, multidisciplinary coordination, construction support, and engineering team management.
Knowledge of Shell DEPs and international structural design codes will be particularly important. Strong planning and reporting skills are also necessary for maintaining engineering progress on a major project.
💡 How to Stand Out
Your CV should clearly demonstrate the scale and technical complexity of your offshore Oil & Gas experience.
Highlight:
- Total years of Civil/Structural engineering experience.
- Offshore Oil & Gas processing projects.
- Years working as a Lead Discipline Engineer.
- Major FEED and EPIC projects.
- Offshore facilities and structures designed or reviewed.
- Engineering teams managed.
- Structural engineering software used.
- Shell DEP experience.
- Applicable international codes and standards.
- Fabrication, construction, installation, and commissioning support.
- Major technical challenges you resolved.
- Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional registration.
Where possible, identify the project type, facility scope, your specific responsibilities, and the engineering team size rather than relying on generic statements.
🎤 Interview Preparation
Expect detailed technical and leadership questions covering offshore structural engineering, FEED/EPIC execution, design review, engineering standards, and team management.
You may be asked how you would manage a structural design issue discovered during fabrication, how you would coordinate conflicting requirements between engineering disciplines, or how you would maintain design quality while working against a demanding project schedule.
Prepare examples from major offshore projects where you led an engineering team, resolved complex technical problems, reviewed designs, or supported construction and installation activities.
You should also be prepared to discuss your experience applying Shell DEPs and international structural design standards, including how you approach design verification and technical review.
📈 Career Growth
Senior Lead Civil/Structural Engineers can progress toward positions such as Engineering Manager, Civil/Structural Engineering Manager, Project Engineering Manager, Technical Manager, Offshore Engineering Manager, or senior project leadership roles within Oil & Gas and EPC organizations.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How much experience is required for this Lead Civil/Structural Engineer role?
The position requires at least 15 years of Civil/Structural engineering design experience, including 10 years on offshore Oil & Gas processing projects.
How much Lead Engineer experience is required?
A minimum of seven years as a Lead Discipline Engineer on major project design activities is specified.
Is offshore experience important?
Yes. The role specifically requires at least 10 years of offshore Oil & Gas processing-project experience.
Which standards are relevant?
Candidates should be fully familiar with Shell DEPs and other applicable international design codes and standards.
Is Chartered Engineer status required?
Chartered Engineer status or an equivalent qualification in Civil/Structural Engineering is specified as a requirement.