EPC Engineering Design Manager

Location: SHANGHAI, Shanghai, cn

Company Description

Trainor Consulting is an international consulting firm specialized in heavy industry and energy projects, supporting clients across China and the APAC region. The company delivers high-value expertise in sectors such as oil & gas, refineries, tank farms, fuel storage infrastructure, and large-scale industrial EPC projects.

With a strong focus on technical excellence and project delivery, Trainor Consulting partners with major industrial players to provide engineering consulting, project management, and workforce solutions tailored to complex and capital-intensive environments.

The firm is recognized for its ability to mobilize highly skilled international and local talent, including expatriate technical experts, consultants, and project specialists, to support critical operations and infrastructure development.

Job Description

1. Team & Resource Management

• Manage a cross-functional design team covering process, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, telecom, structural and marine disciplines. Allocate manpower, set workload priorities and conduct performance reviews.
• Coordinate with sub-contract design institutes, third-party design vendors and global engineering branches to align resource deployment.

1. Offshore EPC Design Delivery Control

• Supervise FEED, conceptual design, detailed engineering, 3D modelling, drawing issuance, material take-off (MTO) and technical specification compilation for offshore facilities.
• Monitor design milestone progress, identify schedule delays and propose corrective actions to meet project EPC timelines.
• Review key design deliverables including PFD, P&ID, general arrangement drawings, structural calculation reports and equipment datasheets.

1. Client & Stakeholder Technical Interface

• Act as primary engineering representative for client technical meetings, design reviews, technical query responses and approval submissions.
• Align all design outputs with client requirements, international codes (API, DNV, ABS, ISO) and local statutory offshore regulations.
• Resolve cross-party technical discrepancies between client, construction, procurement and installation teams.

1. Technical Risk & Cost Control

• Identify design technical risks at early stage, organize hazard identification workshops and implement mitigation solutions to avoid rework during fabrication and offshore installation.
• Optimize design scheme to cut material, fabrication and installation costs without compromising safety and technical compliance.
• Lead technical evaluation of vendor equipment proposals and participate in technical bid assessment for long lead items.

1. Quality & Standardization Management

• Establish and enforce internal engineering design standards, drawing control procedures and document management workflows.
• Conduct regular design quality audits to eliminate errors, omissions and non-compliance issues.
• Manage design change control process (ECN/ECR), track impact on cost, schedule and construction.

Qualifications

1. Education

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical, Chemical, Naval Architecture, Offshore Engineering or related engineering disciplines. Master’s degree preferred.

1. Professional Experience

• Minimum 10 years offshore oil & gas EPC engineering experience, with at least 5 years in engineering team management role.
• Proven track record delivering complete FEED and detailed design for FPSO, fixed offshore platforms or subsea EPC projects.
• Familiar with full EPC workflow: design → procurement → fabrication → integration → offshore commissioning.

1. Technical Competency

• In-depth knowledge of international offshore industry codes: API, DNV GL, ABS, ISO, NORSOK etc.
• Proficient with mainstream design software: AutoCAD, PDMS/E3D, CAESAR II, HYSYS, structural finite element analysis tools.
• Strong understanding of multi-discipline interface logic for offshore integrated facilities.

1. Soft Skills & Language

• Fluent written and spoken English for daily client communication, technical reports and cross-regional team coordination.
• Excellent leadership, cross-department coordination, problem-solving and conflict resolution capabilities.
• Able to work under tight project deadlines and handle multi-project parallel management.

Additional Information

What We Offer 

• Opportunity to work on major offshore engineering projects

• International engineering environment

• Career development and technical growth opportunities

• Dynamic and multicultural workplace in Shanghai China