Offshore Survey Equipment Lead

Zohorecruit; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + Benefits

Job summary

Black & Grey HR is seeking a Survey Base Engineer to join our client's offshore survey support team on a permanent basis. Based at the client's shore facility, you will be responsible for the management, maintenance, readiness, and deployment of survey equipment and assets supporting offshore survey operations.

You will act as the primary technical interface between the shore base and survey project teams, ensuring all systems are mobilised, maintained, and returned in accordance with

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Hydrographic Survey, Geomatics, Marine Technology, Electronics or related engineering.
• Proven offshore survey equipment management experience.
• Experience with mobilising/demobilising equipment and asset lifecycle management.
• Strong coordination and communication with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage all survey equipment and assets at the shore base, including receipt, storage, inspection, maintenance scheduling, and asset preservation.
• Coordinate calibration, certification, and preventive maintenance through AMC processes.
• Maintain asset registers, calibration records, and maintenance history.
• Monitor stock levels of consumables, spare parts, ensuring readiness at all times.
• Plan and coordinate survey equipment mobilisation packs for offshore vessels and deployments.
• Oversee the demobilisation process, including inspection, testing, servicing, reintegration of equipment returning from offshore projects.
• Coordinate equipment packaging, shipping, and logistics with stores and logistics teams.
• Ensure mobilisation and demobilisation activities are completed in accordance with project schedules.
• Act as the primary technical liaison between the shore base, survey engineering team, vessel crews, and project teams on survey equipment requirements.
• Coordinate equipment repairs, fault diagnosis, calibration, and certification with Survey Engineering personnel and external service providers.
• Support mobilisation planning by resolving technical equipment issues and ensuring all survey systems are fully operational prior to deployment.
• Assist with onboarding and familiarisation of survey personnel on equipment handling, storage, maintenance, and care standards.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication

Troubleshooting

Multitasking

Education

Degree or Diploma in Hydrographic Survey/Geomatics/Marine Technology/Electronics or related Engineering

Tools

MBES

USBL

GNSS

MRU

Survey sensors

Inventory software

Job description

Black & Grey HR is seeking a Survey Base Engineer to join our client's offshore survey support team on a permanent basis. Based at the client's shore facility, you will be responsible for the management, maintenance, readiness, and deployment of survey equipment and assets supporting offshore survey operations.

You will act as the primary technical interface between the shore base and survey project teams, ensuring all systems are mobilised, maintained, and returned in accordance with