Front End Engineer 1 Lead Engineer

Baker Hughes; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is looking for a Lead Subsea Systems Engineer to oversee system definition and project execution in subsea developments. The candidate will lead multi-disciplinary teams, manage project interfaces, and ensure client requirements are met. A Master's or Bachelor's degree is required, alongside experience in project engineering. The role is based in the UK with flexible working options considered, and the candidate must be available for international travel.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Diverse work environment

Qualifications

• Masters Degree or Bachelor's degree with industry experience.
• Experience in project engineering within a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Availability to travel internationally for customer meetings.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering for subsea developments from feasibility to execution.
• Liaise with clients to ensure project requirements are understood.
• Provide technical input and leadership on studies and projects.

Skills

Strong interpersonal and communications skills

Broad knowledge of project and engineering management

Proven experience in design and selection

Education

Masters Degree or Bachelor's degree

Tools

INCOSE certification

AACE certification

APM or PRINCE2 certification

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 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 Responsibilities

• 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

• Masters Degree or bachelors 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

Key Skills

Bootstrap,CSS,Front-End Development,HTML5,React,Redux,Node.js,Angular,Less,JavaScript,backbone.js,Sass

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Required Experience: IC