Surf Interface Lead Engineer Services

Vinci; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Comsip seeks a Senior Interface Manager to oversee all SURF interface activities on the Venus project. You will supervise interfaces between SURF, SPS, FPSO, and Drilling, ensuring timely handovers and compliant CPI deliveries across contractors.

Experience in deepwater EPCI projects and TotalEnergies systems is essential. The role requires leadership in workshops, risk mitigation, and multi-party coordination in a complex, multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering.
• At least 10 years in same or equivalent position with strong deepwater project experience.
• Strong SURF experience and technical experience with SPS and FPSO scopes.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level support to ensure compliance with ethics policy and Code of Conduct.
• Supervise interface activities between SURF contractor and other contractors (SPS, FPSO, Drilling).
• Organize and follow-up technical workshops between SURF Contractor and other contractors.
• Highlight deviations and ensure timely close-out of technical interfaces between SURF Contractor and other contractors.

Skills

10+ years exp

SURF experience

SPS/FPSO experience

EPCI execution

TotalEnergies spec knowledge

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Job description

• be responsible for all Interface activities related to the Venus project, for the SURF scope
• supervise all interfaces exchanges between the SURF EPC and the other Contractors (SPS, FPSO, Drilling)
• manage all CPI to be delivered by other parties to SURF Contractor and SURF Contractor items to be delivered to other contractors and ensure proper and timely handover of these items between the different contractors.

Activities

To provide high level support services to ensure compliance with the Company Ethics and \"Code of Conduct\" policy, promote and enforce the Anti-Corruption Program within the Project To ensure adequate execution and supervision of all interface activities between SURF contractor and the other contractors To follow up all interface activities performed by SURF Contractor and ensure completeness and timely update of the interface register To ensure timely issuance by SURF Contractor of interface deliverables and interface data to other parties To ensure SURF Contractor compliance with the interface battery limit and the interface design data To propose solutions and ensure resolution and timely close-out of technical interfaces between SURF Contractor and other contractors To organize and follow-up technical workshops between SURF Contractor and other contractors To highlight immediately any deviation and inadequate designs impacting SURF contractor or any other contractor To ensure the adequate and timely preparation of SURF contractor items delivery to other contractors To ensure proper handover of SURF contractor items to other parties To ensure adequate and timely preparation and handover of CPIs delivered to SURF Contractor To ensure timely mobilization of other contractors' personnel on SURF yards or SURF vessels To set up and manage the interface control system (New Prodom module) for the SURF package To support the Project Interface Manager and the SURF manager on interfaces and CPIs management To support the SURF technical teams as and when necessary, and obtain their support on all interfaces and CPIs deliveries To gather lessons learned and provide feedback to TotalEnergies entities when necessary HSE Role & Responsibilities To adhere to Project H3SE/Q Site Instructions and Policies. To report anomalies, incidents, near misses to HSE. To demonstrate leadership in HSE behaviors, implementation and reporting. To shall comply with TotalEnergies' HSE programs (Golden Rules, Our lives First)

Qualification

• Qualification: Master's degree in engineering,
• Experience within project: at least 10 years in same or equivalent position with strong experience in deepwater oil projects (EPCI in execution phase). Very strong SURF experience and technical experience with SPS and FPSO scopes (risers' / umbilicals hook-ups, pre-commissioning). Work with key industry SURF EPCI contractors.
• Experience with TotalEnergies systems and specifications

Additional features

• Positive, constructive, proactive and pragmatic mindset.
• Ability to work within large teams with other parties (EPCI operator SURF team and other packages, Contractors, suppliers, HQ technical teams, etc).
• Previous experience within a complex and multicultural working environment.

Comsip, a subsidiary of VINCI Energies Oil & Gas, specializes in providing highly qualified technical resources to support the most ambitious industrial projects around the world.

Our mission for over 75 years :

to support the largest operators and engineering companies in the successful delivery of their complex projects, by providing key skills in Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations and Maintenance. With more than 120 experts available worldwide, Comsip operates with a responsible and sustainable approach, in perfect alignment with the values of the VINCI Energies group.

The Venus project for TotalEnergies

is an ultra-deepwater development (~3,000 m water depth), producing oil through subsea production systems tied back to an FPSO in Namibia. It is designed to process 160,000 bbl./d of oil with advanced systems to manage large volumes of associated gas, which will be re-injected to maintain reservoir pressure. The development includes multiple wells, subsea production systems, extensive SURF infrastructure, and complex tie-in connection activities requiring precise interface management between SPS, SURF, and FPSO systems. International and multi-cultural environment with multiple Contractors and fabrication sites worldwide. With high H3SE requirements and focus.

At VINCI Energies Oil & Gas, our CSR initiatives are fully integrated into our activities, our ways of working, and ultimately, into our DNA.