Principal Installation Engineer

Technipfmc; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

TechnipFMC in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Principal Installation Engineer to deliver technically complex offshore installation solutions, ensuring quality, budget adherence and schedule compliance for projects. The role involves coordinating multi-discipline teams and possibly supervising subcontractors.

Required: BS in Engineering and 8–10 years of offshore installation experience, with strong rigging design, ROV and survey management, plus excellent English communication skills.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering or equivalent with offshore installation experience (8–10 years).
• Strong technical skills in rigging, ROV and survey management.
• Proven project management and coordination capabilities.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technically complex engineering solutions for offshore projects.
• Coordinate engineering activities and supervise subcontractors if needed.
• Ensure designs comply with client requirements and industry standards.
• Guide and train engineers under supervision and coordinate with peers.

Skills

Rigging design

ROV & survey

Project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

English proficiency

Education

BS degree in Engineering

Job description

Principal Installation Engineer

Location:

Kuala Lumpur, MY

Employment type: Employee Place of work: Hybrid Offshore/Onshore: Onshore

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as equal opportunities, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 21,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.

Job Purpose

Provides technically complex engineering solutions in particularly challenging project environments in accordance with TechnipFMC standards, procedures and processes, schedules and budget, with a continuous concern for quality, targets, and customer satisfaction.

Job Description

• Performs and approves engineering solutions within projects and/or operations within projects, and manufacturing, fabrication & installation sites, in accordance with department, project, manufacturing, fabrication & installation instructions, schedules & processes and HSE requirements:
  • Technically correct engineering analysis
  • Optimized engineering solutions
  • Technical assistance within projects, and manufacturing, fabrication, and installation sites.
• Approves design basis.
• Coordinates engineering activities on tenders and project execution.
• May supervise sub-contractors.
• Guarantees the compliance of engineering solutions with client requirements, industry standards, and Group HSE, engineering processes, and best practices for the discipline.
• Provides guidance and training to Engineers under supervision-coordination.
• Interfaces with other engineering disciplines and engineering team(s).

You are meant for this job if:

• BS degree in Engineering preferred or equivalent with 8 - 10 years of experience in the field (Offshore Installation deep water subsea umbilical riser flexible)
• Strong technical skills in engineering (rigging design and ROV and survey management)
• Strong project management skills
• Good presentation and coaching skills
• Advanced organizational and problem-solving skills
• Understanding customer requirements and ability to translate them into product specifications
• Excellent command of English

Job Competencies

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Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes equal opportunities and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matter and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.