Subsea Engineering Lead
Posted Today by First Recruitment Group
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Chiswick, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Subsea Engineering Lead/Manager role is a 12-month contract position based in Chiswick, London, requiring a blend of in-office and remote work. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in subsea engineering for key development studies and projects, particularly focusing on multiphase pumps and life-of-field tie-ins. Responsibilities include overseeing contractor performance, ensuring safety and quality in project delivery, and promoting value engineering opportunities. The role demands extensive experience in subsea engineering and a strong understanding of project management and execution in the oil and gas sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide subsea engineering input and technical leadership for development studies and projects.
- Drive project and contractor performance, supporting the project manager in timely and safe delivery.
- Identify and promote value engineering opportunities in subsea scopes.
- Prepare subsea basis of design and contractor scopes of work.
- Supervise contractor subsea engineering and review engineering deliverables.
- Propose innovative subsea solutions to optimize development opportunities.
- Lead the development of subsea scopes of work and ensure compliance with standards.
- Coordinate technical input from all company stakeholders.
- Assist with technical assurance audits and peer reviews.
Key Skills:
- Tertiary engineering qualification at degree level.
- Minimum 20 years of experience in oil and gas, with 10 years in subsea engineering.
- Broad multi-discipline understanding of subsea engineering.
- Deep experience in subsea controls and/or subsea processing.
- Knowledge of key engineering standards for subsea hardware and installation.
- Understanding of offshore construction, installation, and commissioning activities.
- Strong interpersonal skills for managing stakeholders and contractor performance.
- Methodical and thorough approach to ensure high-quality technical output.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Chiswick
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager
Initial 12 Month Contract Outside IR35
Chiswick, London – 3 days per week in office, 2 days per week working from home
A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager to work for an operator in the London area. The ideal candidate will have experience of multiphase pumps (MPP)
Description Job Purpose:
The key purpose of the role is to provide Subsea Engineering input, oversight, and discipline technical leadership to key Development Studies and Projects (i.e. all the way from Assess to Execute) for Jubilee
As the Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager, you will be part of a small owner’s team, the incumbent will also be expected to drive project and contractor performance and support the project manager in ensuring timely, high quality and safe delivery
Identify and promote value engineering opportunities in subsea scopes
The role is primarily to support the Jubilee Subsea Multiphase Pumps (MPPs) and also Jubilee Life-of-field Tie-ins (LoFT), but will be expected to provide support to ad hoc project and studies scope that arise, along with the required LLIs for Campaign 2
Responsibilities / Key Objectives:
- EHS
- Demonstrate personal leadership and commitment to EHS performance
- Participate in identification of the major EHS hazards for all scopes, particularly during the early stages of development and support mitigations to acceptable risk levels.
- Support project teams and execution contractors to deliver projects, without compromise on safety or quality.
Subsea Discipline Engineering
- Preparation of subsea basis of design and contractor scopes of work (including the required international/industry standards)
- As the Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager, you will supervise contractor subsea engineering, review subsea engineering deliverables, and provide technical steer and guidance to contractors to optimise design and installation methodologies to achieve the companies project goals
- Review and approval of subsea management of change, respond to technical queries, and prepare subsea Decision Record Memorandums
- As the Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager, you will propose innovative subsea solutions to optimise subsea development opportunities
Technical Coordination and Project Engineering
- Lead the development of subsea Scopes of Work / Statement of Requirements
- Ensure that contractors are delivering to the required company and international/industry standards, and meeting cost, schedule and quality requirements
- As the Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager, you will coordinate technical input from all Company stakeholders including offshore and onshore Operations Disciplines
- Assist with technical assurance audits / peer reviews / peer audits and Gate assurance reviews
Education:
Tertiary Engineering qualification at degree level
Skills:
- Minimum 20 years experience in Oil and Gas with 10 years in Subsea Engineering, preferably with deepwater project experience through all stages of the project lifecycle
- As the Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager, you will have a broad multi-discipline understanding of Subsea Engineering (controls, foundations, structures, pipelines, flexible pipe, umbilicals, vessels, installation, etc)
- Deep experience of subsea controls and/or subsea processing will be highly regarded
- As the Subsea Engineering Lead/ Manager, you will have knowledge of the key engineering standards applicable to Subsea Engineering hardware and installation
- Proven understanding of offshore construction, installation and commissioning activities & key interfaces with respect to project management, planning & execution
Business Behaviours:
- Able to understand the linkage between engineering decisions and overall project outcomes, and drive robust, fit-for-purpose decision making
- Able to progress and prioritize several simultaneous activities
- Methodical, thorough, conscientious to ensure high quality technical output
- Strong interpersonal skills needed to manage internal and external stakeholders and ensure contractor performance.
- Dynamic and resilient; able to adapt to change.