Project engineering responsibilities

There are many other factors which affect project planning as it is related to process engineering. However, these are usually peculiar to the process or objective of the project. On first glance some of the items listed in Table 1-11 may appear to be unrelated to the process engineering requirements, and this can be the case for some types of projects. In these situations they become more of a project engineering responsibility. However, in many cases these have a relationship either to the process engineering requirements or to the decisions which must take this into account. 

Example 1 During the project execution, a sub-contractor informs the project engineer responsible for the plant units that for processing reasons it would be better to mount the brackets of the heat exchanger 15 cm higher. 

Is there a documented organizational chart showing departmental responsibilities at the facility If so, please attach along with a summary of technical, analytical, HS E professional staff (for example, number of process engineers, project engineers, production engineers). ... 

Project or design engineer usually a mechanical engineer, responsible for keeping the costs within budget. 

For changes proposed by employees (salaried or hourly, operations or maintenance) working within process units, a supervisor of the affected process unit initiates the MOC form. Typically, for changes that are inherent in capital projects, the engineer responsible for the project will initiate the MOC form. 

Most pharmaceutical and healthcare companies will split the roles mentioned above into several specific jobs as appropriate to their organizational structures. For instance, the Quality and Compliance role may be split into an Operations Quality Representative and a Validation Expert. Equally, the Developer role may consist of Project Manager, Project Engineers, and Supplier Representative. Similarly, System Owners may sometimes delegate responsibilities such as specific maintenance activities to a system administrator function that may be internal or external to the company. The Quality and Compliance role, however, must not be combined with other roles otherwise its independence will be compromised. 

The complexity of the project dictates the execution approach. The coordination of a major project requires a well-structured organization, with formal lines of communication and procedures to insure quality, schedule and cost control. To achieve this, the direct execution and project control responsibilities are assigned to an engineering and/or construction firm to act as general contractor under the supervision of the Owner s Project Manager. In the conventional approach required for major projects, the general contractor is a must. 

A large pocket of loose sand extends from the ground surface to a depth of 42 feet. The site is to be used as a warehouse for machinery parts. The project engineer (you) has ehosen dynamic compaction for soil treatment. Prospective bidders have requested guidelines for acceptable equipment for compaetion and for field testing. In response what do you write ... 

Finally, a survey of the operational problems encountered in the use of C02 foam for mobility control was given. This chapter is written to serve merely as an introduction to the field. An engineer responsible for research or for a field project should obviously dig much more deeply into the subject. 

Those responsible for the project engineering of such a plant, who often have access to less than 50 % of the information on the chemistry to be performed later due to the reasons mentioned, can come up with only one recommendation if they seriously wish to meet the demand for a design for the worst possible case leave the lid off the reactor. The lack of practicability of this proposal, not least due to the violation of other process safety engineering principles, does not need to be elaborated any further. 

The time required for this phase varies quite widely from project to project and depends on many factors. Delaying tactics are not appropriate here, since capital is required (e.g., for keeping the test plants running). However, after the preplannning permission has been granted, generally by the responsible division of the company, at least 3-6 months are required to prepare the necessary documents. If possible, the potential project leader, who will later share complete responsibility for the project with the project engineer, should also be chosen in this phase. 

The project team, consisting of the project leader and the project engineer, must be chosen. Th are responsible both for working out and implementing the project. Together with the support of experts, where necessary, they are responsible for ... 

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