Element 01×Engineering
Engineering in Commitment
Commitment and Accountability
What Engineering owns here
This is where leadership says — in writing and in name — that technical integrity is non-negotiable and the engineering function has the authority to enforce it. Without Element 1, every other element of Engineering's mapping is built on sand.
Example documents, by tier
Policy 3
- Engineering Management System StatementTypical exampleCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
- Commitment to Technical IntegrityTypical exampleCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
- Pipelines Major Accident Prevention DocumentIn 2 of 3 operator registersRegion · addsAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
Standard 1
- Engineering Delegation of Authority ListIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
Process, procedure, work instruction 2
- Quality Management System ManualIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityNot process safetyNot safety case critical
- Subsea Management System ManualIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityAlso in Process Safety · Asset integrityNot safety case critical
Guidance · outside the system 1
Informative, not a “shall”. These belong in the knowledge base, not the management system. How this works →
- Asset and Organisation GuideIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityNot process safetyNot safety case critical
Why these belong here
"Element 1 is the only place where Engineering can put a stake in the ground that survives schedule pressure. Everything else trades."
What does not live here
- →The Engineering Policy as a rules document, and the discipline standards that operationalise these commitments — those go inE02 Policies
- →The TA roles, appointments and competence — those go inE03 Organisation
- →The deviation process that handles the trade-off — that goes inE05 Risk