Front End Engineer 1 / Lead Engineer

Baker Hughes; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions company is seeking a Lead Subsea Systems Engineer in Bristol. The role involves collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams to define subsea system projects, ensuring effective project delivery within cost and quality parameters. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in engineering management, alongside strong communication skills. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative solutions in a dynamic environment, with a flexible working option available.

Qualifications

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree with relevant industry experience is required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience in project engineering within a multi-disciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead project engineering for system definition and layout from feasibility to FEED.
• Develop subsea system field concepts optimizing the full project lifecycle.
• Liaise with clients to manage project requirements and expectations.

Skills

Project engineering

Systems engineering

Technical communication

Process improvement

Leadership and collaboration

Education

Master's degree or bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Systems engineering is an outcome driven collaboration with customers, colleagues and partners through a focussed and proactive approach to define and optimise subsea developments. It requires a holistic view where a ‘systematic’ approach to design is deployed. This necessitates a robust understanding of project value drivers, key technical challenges and overarching parameters including reservoir performance and subsurface profiling, flow assurance boundary conditions and system operability, environmental conditions, constructability, design life and intervention requirements, and abandonment and decommissioning frameworks.

As a Lead Subsea Systems Engineer, you will be operating within a multi-disciplinary team. You will be challenged to lead or support Front End Engineering & Development studies, where you will partner with product experts and give overarching systems-level direction and support to projects and technology development programs. In addition to providing systems input, conducting trade studies and leading field development activities, you will be accountable for cost, schedule, quality and HS&E performance of the studies you deliver. You may also contribute to process improvement initiatives and study hand-offs to tendering or/or project execution teams.

You will be supporting the regional sales and commercial teams in interacting with Customer, providing technical expertise support during early engagement activities, leading to contract award and successful project delivery

Key Responsabilities

• Project engineering for system definition and layout from feasibility or concept definition phase to FEED
• Development of subsea system field concepts and optimization: providing knowledge and expertise through consideration of full project lifecycle spanning: design, manufacturing, installation, hookup/commissioning, operability, decommissioning
• Voice of customer input to R&D product initiatives, field optimization and hardware design reviews
• Input and hand-off support to tender, detail engineering and execution phases
• Interface definition and management between Baker Hughes’ global product teams, delivery partners and towards the client
• Reporting of engineering progress, technical and interface matters in project meetings and progress reports of assigned tasks and CTRs.
• Supporting the study manager with technical interface, change control, technical variations, and general delivery of the scope.
• Contributing to process improvement initiatives and data-driven decision making.

Quality:

• Ensuring the work is performed in accordance with Baker Hughes’ Management Systems.

Client interfacing:

• Liaising with clients to ensure their project requirements are understood and that their needs are being met, managing technical expectations / scope boundaries and ensuring they are aware of the data input requirements to allow the study to proceed on-schedule.

Leadership:

• Provides technical input and leadership as required on studies, projects and other tasks assigned by line manager. Maintain awareness of industry trends and competitive landscape.

Business Development:

• Supports the OFSE commercial organization in identifying and pursuing opportunities related to early engagement.

Proposals:

• Assists in preparing study proposals as part of a proposals team or technical peer reviewer

Specialist Tasks and duties (as deemed required)

• Support execution phase of projects
• Use and develop internal systems and software tools for undertaking engineering tasks leading to safe and successful delivery of jobs
• Seek out and promote application of new technology to enable promotion and positioning of Baker Hughes to the market

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree or bachelor’s degree with demonstrable industry experience (Oil & Gas operator, Subsea Equipment Manufacturer, SURF contractor or Offshore Renewables desirable but not essential)
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, both verbal and written
• Broad knowledge of processes, methods and procedures within project and engineering management, systems engineering and decision analysis framework (INCOSE, AACE, APM or PRINCE2 certification desirable but not essential)
• Demonstrable experience in project engineering within a multi-disciplinary environment
• Proven experience in design and selection across one or more of the following: Field architecture/Flow assurance/process engineering/Subsea Production Systems/Risers, flowlines and pipelines/Control systems/Constructability and installation
• Availability to travel internationally for customer meetings, project needs and for short term assignments
• Location: Role based in London, Aberdeen, Bristol, or Florence with flexible working options considered
• No relocation Assistance
• We value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from all backgrounds