KBR

Lead Mechanical Engineer

Location
IEC, IRQ, Basra, Iraq Energy City Az Zubayr, Building Uruk, Al Basrah
Job type
Full-time
Sector
عام
Posted
13 October 2026

About the role

Title: Lead Mechanical Engineer Lead Mechanical Engineer EFLD35 - Principal Technical Professional - Field Engineering KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets. Responsibilities: • Day to day delivery of Mechanical Engineering support for site operations. • Deliver safe and effective operations by managing risks, addressing queries and minor modifications activities. • Collaborates with Central Engineering team to identify and define engineering solutions to reduce risk and grow installed production capacity. • Promotes a culture of open safety reporting and continuous improvement. • Provides immediate front line support for Operations and Maintenance teams to resolve minor issues and escalate more significant issues to the Central Engineering Team. • Ensures asset Mechanical Engineering risks (both static and rotating) are understood, controlled, managed and reduced. • Participates in a variety of asset and project risk assessments • Input into anomaly assessment and resolution plans. • Monitors condition monitoring data and health of static and rotating equipment and associated operating envelopes, recording and investigating all Safe Operating Limit excursions. • Monitors static/rotating equipment KPIs and initiates corrective actions as necessary. • Provides Mechanical support to technical MoCs and Engineering Queries • Acts as technical interface with Projects and Modifications organisation, including development of Statement of Requirements (SOR) and Project Initiation Requests (PIRs) and Decision Support Packages (DSP) • Supports delivery of Production Efficiency Improvement and Defect Elimination processes (including simple investigations for deferrals and vulnerabilities) • Identifies production vulnerabilities and optimization opportunities to support production forecast and grow IPC. • Performs follow-up actions and observations from self-verification checks that are related to Mechanical Engineering • Participates in Start Up Readiness and Assurance Reviews • Provides coaching to junior engineers. Experience, Qualifications & Key Skills • Above 10 Years experience in O&G industry (Preferable with IOC’s direct or contract) • Professional (Chartered) Engineer Preferred • Technical degree in Mechanical Engineering or allied engineering subject. • Experience in previous asset engineering / operations support engineering role • Practical exposure to production facilities • Excellent communication, interpersonal and coaching skills • Strong bias for being proactive and getting results • Excellent IT skills – Office suite, document management, applications for CMMS and Change Management. • Contribute to an environment in

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