Senior HSE Engineer

McDermott International, Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International, Ltd in Greater London is looking for a Senior HSE Engineer. In this role, you will leverage your best practices and expertise to enhance the HSE Engineering discipline, directing junior engineers while overseeing complex projects and ensuring compliance with engineering standards.

The position requires a minimum of 8-15 years of oil and gas experience, a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, and strong skills in problem-solving and communication. Benefits include a collaborative work environment and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design.
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable.
• Strong working knowledge of many design techniques and analysis methods.

Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, FEED, studies, and detailed analyses and design.
• Direct Engineering team as a Lead Engineer on small projects.
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses.
• Communicate complex issues effectively and establish understanding.
• Assist in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services.

Skills

HSE Engineering knowledge

Engineering design techniques

Problem-solving

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Job Overview

The Senior HSE Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the HSE Engineering discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the HSE Engineering discipline. The Senior HSE Engineer solves complex problems and uses their discipline‑specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior HSE Engineer impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the HSE Engineering team and other related teams and ensures that they are working within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, FEED, Studies, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
• Direct Engineering team as a Lead Engineer on small projects
• Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
• Manage own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets and develop plans for short‑term work activities in own area
• Clearly communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding
• Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter‑discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
• Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates
• Provide similar support for Variation Orders
• Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings
• Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management teams, as required
• Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and manhour estimates
• Prepare Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications, as required
• Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
• Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required
• Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Fire Protection & Safety Engineering
• Prepare and review design reports and procedures
• Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them in proceeding with their deliverables
• Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures
• Procurement assistance includes preparing and reviewing requisitions, evaluating technical quotations, preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by the Discipline Lead Engineer
• Assist in updating weight reports based on receipt of vendor information
• Check engineering performed by others within the Discipline (inter‑discipline checks)
• Review vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary
• Perform design verification through single‑discipline check/ inter‑discipline check (IDC)
• Keep the Lead Engineer/ PEM apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related
• Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
• Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved
• Participate in internal, Customer, and third‑party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents
• Assist Lead Engineer with responses to Customers and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval
• Capture lessons learned and entered them into MDR's Lessons Learned system
• Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
• Prepare design HSE & fire protection philosophies
• Prepare safety study scope of work specifications, requisitions, TBE, and purchase requisitions
• Prepare/review safety equipment lists
• Prepare/review firefighting equipment specifications and data sheets
• Prepare/review lifesaving and personnel safety equipment specifications and data sheets
• Prepare/review safety sign specifications and data sheets
• Prepare/review firewater demand and hydraulic calculation reports using PIPENET or equivalent software
• Prepare, review, and provide inputs to P&ID markups for the firewater ring main system and Deluge system including providing details of interconnection with hose reels, monitors, hydrants, and deluge valves/nozzles
• Prepare/review escape route and safety equipment layouts
• Prepare/review safety sign layouts
• Review third‑party safety study reports that comply with project specifications
• Participate, assist the Lead Engineer in coordinating safety workshops (such as HAZID/HAZOP), and provide inputs to safety study consultants
• Assist Lead Engineer in coordinating safety study closeouts and preparing safety study close‑out reports
• Review FP&S and relevant other disciplines' vendor data
• Prepare/review technical notes on PFP rating requirements for the project based on Safety Study recommendations
• Provide inputs for FP&S layouts, fire and gas detector layouts, and fire and gas cause and effects matrices
• Prepare/review safety study safety action monitoring system (SEAMS) and SEAMS registers
• Provide and review safety inputs to operations manuals

Reporting & Relationships

• Reports to Project: Lead Engineer/ PEM
• Functional: Supervising Department Manager
• Liaise with: All Engineering disciplines, Fabrication Group, Safety Dept, Document Control, Procurement Group, Subcontractors and Vendors, and Customers
• Supervises: Engineers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s degree in Engineering
• 8‑15 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable
• Strong working knowledge of many design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the content and application of standards codes and guidelines as applicable