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This is a Lead/ Principal-level role, providing technical and coordination leadership within the R&C team. The role supports the Project Director and Interface Manager by contributing to regulatory strategy, project execution decisions, and stakeholder alignment across the project lifecycle. The position operates within a multi-location, multi-disciplinary EPC environment, requiring effective collaboration across project offices, site operations, and global execution centers.\n Key Tasks and Responsibilities:\nRegulatory Strategy & Leadership\nDevelop and maintain the Regulatory & Compliance Plan\nProvide regulatory input to project leadership on strategy, risk, and decisions\nProvide technical leadership and coordination within the R&C team\nPermitting & Compliance Management\nCoordinate the full permitting lifecycle (identification to approval)\nMaintain the Permit Register and compliance trackers\nEnsure compliance with permit conditions\nCoordinate regulatory reporting and renewals\nDefine and manage third-party support as required while retaining accountability for regulatory compliance outcomes\nRegulatory Interface & Stakeholder Engagement\nManage interactions with authorities, Government entities, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and issue resolution\nSupport 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project specifications, design codes, and standards\nApply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations\nPrepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and - procedures\nManage own time to meet objectives and (as Lead Engineer) forecast and plan resource requirements\nCommunicate and explain difficult concepts and persuade others to adopt a point of view\nWhen acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:Direct medium or large Engineering team as a Lead Engineer\nLead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and completed it within planned schedule and budget, in accordance with standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to a high professional standard\nPlan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all manpower resources - agree allocations with the Discipline Manager\nEnsure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified\nMaintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action\nAct as project representative for the Discipline during meetings with the Project Team, Customer discipline lead, and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.\n\nBecome fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues\nInterpret contractual requirements as they relate to engineering execution \nIdentify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates\nProvide similar support for Variation Orders \nInterface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings, and to develop clash-free designs \nPrepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and manhour estimates, identifying software requirements and any other project-specific requirements\nPrepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications\nParticipate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity\nProvide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Fire Protection & Safety Engineering\nReview project schedule and fabrication schedule about construction sequence, milestones, and engineering scope\nAttend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor meetings, and engineering meetings as required\nAssist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures\nProcurement assistance includes preparing, reviewing, and (as Lead Engineer) approving requisitions, evaluating technical quotations, preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer\nReview and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary\nReview and (as Lead Engineer) approve design verification through single-discipline check/ interdisciplinary check (IDC)\nProvide technical support to fabrication queries, including identifying defect/rectification requirements\nKeep the Discipline Manager and Project Management Team apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related\nAssist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity\nPresent issues and problems to Customers promptly and assist the Lead Engineer in negotiating resolution by project and company requirements\nPerform (as required) Technical Quality Audit reviews by MDR Global Procedures\nCapture lessons learned and entered them into MDR's Lessons Learned system\nGuide less experienced engineers on Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc. \nMonitor costs of own work processes\nAssist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standard calculation notes\nParticipate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, and Standards\nDevelop communication and presentation skills (e.g., write technical papers, participate in conferences and/or seminars, present design solutions, and/or present topics at \"lunch and learns\"; etc.)\nProvide information on employee performance to the Discipline Manager\nAssist the Discipline manager in interviewing job applicants\nPrepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve the following: Design HSE & fire protection philosophies\nSafety study scope of work specifications, requisitions, TBE, and purchase requisitions\nSafety equipment lists\nFirefighting equipment specifications and data sheets\nLifesaving and personnel safety equipment specifications and data sheets\nSafety sign specifications and data sheets\nFirewater demand and hydraulic calculation reports using PIPENET or equivalent software\nInputs to P&ID markups for Firewater ring main system and Deluge system including providing details of interconnection with hose reels, monitors, hydrants, and deluge valves /nozzles\nEscape route and safety equipment layouts\nSafety sign layouts\n\nReview and (as Lead Engineer) approve third-party safety study reports that comply with project specifications\nParticipate and (as Lead Engineer) coordinate safety workshops (such as HAZID/HAZOP) and provide inputs to safety study consultants\nPrepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve safety study close-out reports\nParticipate in 3D model reviews, as necessary\nWhen acting as Lead Engineer, in addition: Act as project-based Discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with Customer counterparts\nEnsure substantive communications are documented\nPrepare bids and projects Discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required\nIdentify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineer's skill sets and provide requests to the Discipline manager\nPlan, organize, and assign tasks, responsibilities, and manhour budgets to the discipline team, and verify tasks are completed within budgets\nPlan Discipline Level 4 detail deliverable schedule/ register compliant with the overall execution plan\nPrepare working forecasts identifying change management plans, corrective action, and real time schedule\nProvide Discipline inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity\nAlert the project 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