1. Where can a career as a
Civil Engineer take me?
George LOPEZ – Project Engineer
Aberdeen, 18th March 2015

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Table of contents
1. Professional Competences
2. Professional Profile
3. 360 Degrees Profile
4. Development Action Plan
5. Open questions to the attendees
6. Conclusions

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Professional Competences
Three main competences and five common to all of them
Civil Engineering, Oil & Gas, Environmental, Subsea, etc.
Knowledge and Understanding of
Engineering
Technical and Practical
Application of Engineering
Management and
Leadership
Independent
Judgement and
Responsibility
Commercial Ability

4. 4
Engineering Technology
Planning, Developing, Delivering & Monitoring
Civil, Geotechnics, Subsea, Deep Water...
 Continuous improvement profile
 Ability to engage in the creative and innovative development of engineering
technology.
 Drivers: Passionate, Steadfast, Hard working outside comfort zone
 I’ve achieved a few different milestones in my personal and professional life.
 Career path: Aligning my previous skills in the Construction
Industry to the Oil & Gas Industry
 Training courses, conferences, seminars…

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Design and/or Construction solutions
Processes, Prototype, Construction Industry
My responsibility was to implement their effectiveness
 Research
 Throughout Engineering Disciplines or Engineering Support.
 Throughout leading companies with innovative solutions and detailed studies.
 Evaluating their effectiveness
 Cost comparison, schedule analysis and desirable quality.
 Implementing
 Managing contracts, leading teams.
 Handover and Monitoring
 Building bridges between different teams, companies, looking for present and
future collaborations.

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Management
Risk management & Strategic Planning
Task, People, Resources ...
 MA in Project Management
 Financial and Organizational Management.
 Leadership
 Key team member.
 Communication skills. Emotional Intelligence.
 Lifecycle of the Project
 Concept, Design, Operation & Commissioning and Handover.

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Commercial
Identifying Risks: HSE, Cost, Schedule and Performance Impact
Procurement, Tendering, Contractual, Legal ...
 Procurement Schedule.
 Construction Work Packages.
 Tendering process.
 Selection of bidders from Supplier Management Database.
 Tenderers declining to bid.
 Analysis of the technical offers. Cost comparison
 Recommendation letter to the Client.
 Objective report proposing a shortlist of three candidates

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Common Competences
You need all of them for implement your main competences
 Code of Conduct
 Professional behavior and integrity.
 Independent Judgment and Responsibility
 Safe systems of work
 PULSE: TECHNIP’s unique global HSE climate change program
 HSE specific training and internal & external audits.
 HIRA reports and meetings and Project Briefings.
 Sustainable Development and Quality
 Environmental awareness
 ISO Standards 9001 & 14001, PON, Eurocodes, etc.
 QUARTZ: TECHNIP’s global quality Culture of Excellence program
 Professional Commitment

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Put in order your Competences
You must built up your skills and values.
Only 1/7 to 1/8 of an iceberg can be seen above water. The rest is hidden
below the surface.
Oil & Gas related:
Technical Competencies,
Civil Engineering
Knowledge
Values
Principles
Management
Commercial
Health & Safety
Sustainable
Development
Interpersonal
Skills and
Communication

10. Professional Profile
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 Design of the
diaphragm wall
foundation and
anchors
 PLAXIS software
 Geotechnical
applications
 Fast-track strategy
Engineering Management Commercial
 Training needs
detected: MA Project
Management
 Managing and leading
teams
 Develop strategic
planning from concept
and design to
completion and
handover of projects
 Communication and
negotiation skills.
 Value Engineering.
Evaluation of technical
and economical
proposals
 € 11.00M structures
work construction
package
 € 4.00 to 6.00M
installation contracts
Versatile, Adaptable, 360º profile

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360 Degrees Profile
Your profile must be complete in all mentioned competences
360 Degrees Feeedback
 The goal is to give employees feedback from their supervisors,
peers, direct reports and customers.
 360 degrees from all points around the job compass which is
compared to their self-assessment.
 This feedback is used to highlight job-related strengths and areas
for development. Tendering process.

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What about
you?
Could you
rise to the
challenge?

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Development Action Plan
Planning, Developing, Delivering & Monitoring
Civil, Geotechnics, Subsea, Deep Water...
 Continuous improvement profile
 Planning which competences do you want to improve.
 Stablish your priorities: Training courses, conferences, seminars…
 Compromise you employer.
 Drivers: Passionate, Steadfast, Hard working outside comfort zone
 Develop your new competencies in your daily job.
 Deliver and achieve your objectives.
 Monitoring your progress
 Improve if something is missed.
 Hear from more experienced voices.

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Timeline and Example of DAP
Be the engine of your own professional and personal development

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Development Action Plan
Set up your Goal
Career path: New Challenge
A three-legged support is always stable
 Why? MOTIVATION
 A general need for change (some people need the stimulus
of change in their lives more than others)
 Concern for learning and personal development. Are you a
life learner?
 Are you a talented and experienced person in your area of
expertise?
 How? KNOW HOW
 The skills and capabilities that you have built up are your
values
 Focus specially on training to gain competences
 Who? NETWORKING
…
Why
34%
How
33%
Who
33%

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Where
could I
work?

17. Health & Safety Environment
Water Maritime Geospatial Engineering
Energy Professional development Tunnelling
What is civil engineering?
EnvironmentTransport

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What
should I
do next?

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