Senior Subsea Construction & Installation Leader

Penspen; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen is urgently seeking a Sr. Manager Construction & Installation (Subsea Pipelines, Cables & Structures) for an offshore PMC project in Abu Dhabi.

You will lead subsea construction and installation activities, directing engineering, procurement, marine operations, and client interfaces to ensure safety, schedule, and budget adherence. The role demands a strong track record in offshore oil & gas, with extensive leadership across subsea pipelines, cables and structures, and experience in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• Relevant discipline required.

Responsibilities

• Focused on overall execution of subsea pipelines, subsea cables and structures within an offshore oil & gas project.
• Responsible for providing overall leadership and management of subsea construction and installation activities for offshore oil & gas projects.
• Overall responsibility for planning, coordinating and executing the installation of subsea pipelines, flowlines, subsea cables, subsea structures and associated offshore facilities, ensuring that construction activities are delivered safely, efficiently, in accordance with approved engineering requirements, within the project schedule and budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Provides leadership across subsea installation engineering, construction vessels, marine operations, ROV/survey activities, offshore campaigns, contractors, subcontractors, engineering, procurement, QA/QC, HSE, commissioning and client interfaces.
• Provide overall leadership for subsea pipeline, cable and structure installation.
• Establish and implement the subsea construction and installation strategy.
• Define execution philosophy, installation sequence and campaign strategy.
• Establish construction priorities in line with project milestones.
• Ensure effective coordination between engineering, procurement, fabrication, marine, construction and commissioning.
• Lead construction readiness and offshore campaign planning.
• Ensure adequate resources, vessels, equipment, personnel and materials are available.
• Provide senior-level direction for resolving construction and installation issues.
• Ensure execution remains aligned with approved project objectives.
• Lead execution of offshore pipeline and flowline installation.
• Oversee installation methodologies including S-lay, J-lay, reel-lay, tow-out or other project-specific methods.
• Lead installation of subsea power/control cables and umbilicals.
• Oversee cable route preparation and installation.

Skills

Leadership

Offshore construction expertise

Project management

Execution strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Penspen is urgently seeking a Sr. Manager Construction & Installation (Subsea Pipelines, Cables & Structures) for an offshore PMC project in Abu Dhabi.

You will lead subsea construction and installation activities, directing engineering, procurement, marine operations, and client interfaces to ensure safety, schedule, and budget adherence. The role demands a strong track record in offshore oil & gas, with extensive leadership across subsea pipelines, cables and structures, and experience in