Subsea & Offshore Principal Surveyors

Ag Staffing Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing agency is seeking a Subsea/Offshore Principal Surveyor in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to lead conventional and remote survey operations. This role involves overseeing survey missions, maintaining operational safety standards, and engaging with clients on technical requirements. The ideal candidate will ensure compliance with industry standards and lead multi-disciplinary teams, enhancing capabilities and operational readiness. Strong leadership and technical authority are critical for this position.

Responsibilities

• Lead the conventional and remote survey operations ensuring compliance and efficiency.
• Chair operational briefings and coordinate with Marine Control and Vessel Traffic Systems.
• Own the data quality lifecycle from planning to final deliverables.
• Develop and maintain survey methods, standards, and documentation.
• Enforce survey safety and operational efficiency best practices.
• Support multi-disciplinary teams and develop competence schemes.

Job description

Subsea/Offshore Principal Surveyors (Offshore, ROC, USV, AUV) - LRT

JOB SUMMARY

Lead the conventional and remote survey operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant data acquisition, processing, and delivery. The role combines offshore survey technical authority with day‑to‑day team leadership for offshore survey operations and Remote Operation Centre (ROC) activities, aligned to recognised industry competence principles and USV/AUV guidance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Leadership

• Plan, authorise, and supervise survey missions for conventional vessels and decisions, handovers, watchkeeping, alarms, and failsafe arrangements.
• Chair daily operational briefings and debriefings; apply Management of Change (MoC) processes for operational deviations; and coordinate with Marine Control and Vessel Traffic Systems (VTS) where applicable.
• Own the end-to-end data quality lifecycle, including line planning, patch tests, offsets, quality control gates, and final deliverables sign-off.
• Undertake offshore assignments on a periodic basis as operationally required.

Technical Authority (Survey)

• Develop, maintain, and govern all survey methods, standards, and technical documentation.
• Review and approve technical waivers; lead FAT, SAT, patch-test campaigns, and the preparation and approval of method statements.
• Direct the integration, configuration, and validation of survey payloads and communication systems, including MBES/SBES, INS/DVL, USBL beacons, and satellite/4G links.

QHSE & Compliance

• Enforce best practices for survey and USV safety, operational efficiency, and ROC readiness.
• Prepare for, host, and support internal and external inspections and audits.
• Lead incident investigations, capture lessons learned, and drive Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
• Maintain emergency response preparedness, including drills for loss-of-link.

People & Capability

• Line‑lead and support multi‑disciplinary survey teams, including surveyors, pilots, and data processors.
• Develop a documented competence scheme for surveyor, USV pilots, and data processors and run coaching, training, assessments and signoffs against it.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Act as the technical point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Present survey methodologies, provide bid and tender support, deliver HIRA and QC evidence, and manage technical change requests and scope growth.