SURF Installation Engineer

Seaowl Group; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 161,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Seaowl Group is seeking a senior Installation Engineer to lead SURF-related offshore and onshore activities for a major project in Suriname, with initial work in France. You will review technical documentation, coordinate interfaces across disciplines, and ensure schedule, cost, quality and safety compliance through detailed engineering and handover to commissioning.

The role requires a Master’s in engineering focused on subsea pipelines/risers and 15+ years of deepwater experience, strong

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering with specialization in subsea pipelines/risers.
• 15+ years' professional experience in Oil & Gas deepwater projects as Installation Engineer (onshore and offshore).
• Knowledge of Total Referential and relevant codes and standards.
• Ability to work in a complex, multicultural environment and lead technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee identification and definition of scope of works for offshore installation.
• Review detailed engineering documents and ensure compliance with specs, procedures and standards.
• Participate in project reviews and safety/technical audits.
• Interface with other disciplines and packages to ensure alignment and handover readiness.
• Coordinate loadouts, MWS reviews, and interfaces with Logistics.

Skills

Subsea engineering

Installation engineering

HSE awareness

Project coordination

Education

Master's degree in engineering (subsea pipelines/risers)

Job description

Description

MISSIONS / SERVICE DIMENSIONS

The Service Provider's main objectives are the identification, the definition of the Scope of Works, the implementation, follow-up and control of any UFR Transportation and Installation activities, comprising the studies and any offshore works, the analysis of their results, the issue/validation of recommendations, in the objective to control Contractor works the Execution Phase - in compliance with Project Specifications and Procedures, TOTALENERGIES' General Specifications, discipline requirements and international codes - with the objective to reduce costs without impacting the schedule or the required level of quality and safety.

ACTIVITIES

HSE:

• Adopt and demonstrate exemplary behavior with regards to HSE, implement HSE rules and requirements within his area of responsibility.
• Ensure that safe working practices are used within the team along all phases of the project and mainly onboard the installation vessels during installation campaign,

Management & governance

• Propose proactively alternative technical solutions whenever required, accounting for the various constraints of project packages,
• Ensure adequate and timely reporting to the SURF Operation Manager (progress concerns) and as a general manner, anticipates problems, optimize, improve and offer solutions with regards to his discipline,
• Participate and contribute actively to Projects Reviews (HAZOP, HAZID, SPOT, PR...) and prepare or participate in Safety/technical Audits for installation Engineering scope.

During the Execution Phases:

• Participate to the supervision and control of the Detailed Engineering by timely reviewing and validating the documentation related to the discipline issued by Contractors (technical documentation, queries and derogation requests), in compliance with SOR, Project Contractual technical specifications and procedures, TOTAL General Specifications, Discipline requirements, international norms and Standards, with the objective to ensure respect of schedule, cost, quality and safety,
• Raise consequently necessary comments and highlight unsafe design, deviations, unacceptable or unjustified design choices, constructability, installation and pre-commissioning issues,
• Participate as required to regular of specific meetings with Contractors,
• Interface actively with other disciplines engineers and other packages engineers as necessary on all engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance matters, in order to ensure consistency of the work,
• Support the handover process and all means needed to ensure a smooth handover from start of SURF scope to commissioning readiness
• Coordinate loadouts, MWS review, interfaces with Logistics
• For any offshore works preparation, interface with relevant entities of the Suriname affiliate in order to ensure that authorizations to start operations on Site will be obtained in due time,
• Participate to the loadouts, Installation Phase, tests, commissioning and handover during all the offshore work campaigns

CONTEXT & ENVIRONNENT

The activity takes place in the context of the execution phase of a major project in Suriname. The Suriname GranMorgu is a multidisciplinary team that coordinates the project managed by TotalEnergies on the Deep and Shallow Water discoveries of offshore Suriname Block 58.

The Suriname Team will develop the Project with the objectives of maximizing economic results by optimizing the reserves, and the schedule, reducing the costs and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission, while maintaining the technical quality of the installations, with high H3SE requirements and focus.

The activity takes place in the context of the execution phase of a major project in Suriname. The Suriname GranMorgu is a multidisciplinary team that coordinates the project managed by TotalEnergies on the Deep and Shallow Water discoveries of offshore Suriname Block 58.

The Suriname Team will develop the Project with the objectives of maximizing economic results by optimizing the reserves, and the schedule, reducing the costs and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission, while maintaining the technical quality of the installations, with high H3SE requirements and focus

DURATION / LOCATION

• Starting date: ASAP
• Duration: 12 months
• Renewable: Yes
• Locations: France at first and then Suriname/Resident with travelling to Europe, Egypt, Brazil, USA
• Status: Residential

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Qualification: Master's degree in engineering, with specialization in subsea pipeline/risers,
• At least 15 years' professional experience in Oil & Gas deepwater projects, as Installation Engineer, onshore and offshore,
• Knowledge of Total Referential, as well relevant codes and standards,
• Knowledge on rigid pipelines, flexibles, risers and in general transport and installation of SURF scope
• Good communication skills, dynamism, high motivation, ability to convince, organized, leadership and ability to put issues into perspective Ability to work on projects in a complex and multicultural environment.