SURF Flow Assurance Engineer

NES Fircroft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is seeking a Flow Assurance Engineer in London to lead all Flow Assurance activities across a project lifecycle. The role requires extensive offshore experience, deepwater expertise, and proven hands-on OLGA modelling. You will coordinate with reservoir, subsea, process, and operations teams to ensure design integrity, safety, and project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent required.
• Minimum 15 years of Flow Assurance experience in oil and gas.
• Expertise in deepwater/offshore developments (SURF, SPS).
• OLGA simulation software proficiency mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate Flow Assurance activities across project execution.
• Provide guidance on subsea production systems and interfaces.
• Review and validate Flow Assurance studies by contractors and third parties.
• Develop production system design solutions and mitigate risks.

Skills

Flow Assurance

Deepwater offshore

Project execution

Multiphase flow hydraulics

Transient analysis

HSE compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

OLGA

Job description

Position: Flow Assurance Engineer

Location: London, United Kingdom

Start Date: January 2027 (subject to final project approval)

Contract Duration: 12 month RenewableContract

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all Flow Assurance engineering activities throughout project execution.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise relating to subsea production systems, SURF packages, topsides and operational interfaces.
• Review, supervise and validate Flow Assurance studies performed by engineering contractors and third-party specialists.
• Support the development and optimisation of production system design solutions.
• Conduct and review transient and steady-state flow assurance analyses.
• Evaluate and manage hydrate, wax, slugging, thermal and operability risks throughout field development.
• Provide technical support relating to shutdown, restart and production operating scenarios.
• Interface closely with reservoir, well performance, process, subsea, operations and project engineering teams.
• Review contractor engineering deliverables, technical queries, design deviations and derogation requests.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with project specifications, international standards and HSE requirements.
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies throughout project execution.
• Participate in project technical reviews, design reviews and multidisciplinary engineering workshops.
• Assist with commissioning planning, start-up preparation and operational readiness activities.
• Support field operations teams during commissioning, start-up and offshore campaign activities where required.
• Contribute to lessons learned exercises and project closeout activities.
• Provide recommendations to optimise cost, schedule, operability and production performance while maintaining safety and quality objectives.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 15 years of Flow Assurance engineering experience within the oil and gas sector.
• Strong expertise in deepwater and ultra-deepwater offshore developments.
• Significant experience supporting detailed engineering and project execution phases.
• Advanced knowledge and practical experience using OLGA simulation software.
• Strong understanding of multiphase flow behaviour and production system hydraulics.
• Experience performing transient analysis and flow assurance studies for offshore production systems.
• Proven experience supporting shutdown, restart and operational flow assurance assessments.
• Experience managing interfaces between SURF, Subsea Production Systems (SPS), process facilities and operations teams.
• Strong technical review and contractor management experience.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.