Senior Field Engineer

Qabird; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 87,796 - 149,253; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance for Employee

Annual air tickets

22 working days leave days per year

Job summary

Van Oord is seeking a Senior Field Engineer to join the Installation engineering Team, based in the UAE with coordination to HQ in the Netherlands. The role involves offshore installation support, collaboration with E&E Engineering, Project Management and Operations to ensure safe and reliable execution of installation works on vessels.

Your responsibilities include pipeline stress/strain verification, pipe load-out coordination, and ensuring up-to-date project documentation onboard.

Qualifications

• University degree in Mechanical / Civil / Marine Engineering.
• Minimum 3 rotational calendar years of offshore pipeline installation experience incl. spool pieces and tie-ins with anchored pipelay barges.
• Fully familiar with day-to-day offshore vessel operations in Oil & Gas including logistics.
• Fully familiar with vessel mob-demobilization operations, subcontractor management, meetings.
• Proven experience with pipeline shore pulls (open cut, HDD).
• Proven experience with Single Point Mooring buoy installation.
• Preferably experience with cable and umbilical installation.

Responsibilities

• Verify pipeline installation stress/strain configuration relative to each pipeline section.
• Perform basic engineering calculations or consult with Engineering per standards.
• Verify and direct Pipe Tally and manage offshore pipe load-out sequences with Logistics and pipe supply.
• Verify engineering and work preparations of Task Plans or Lifting Plans.
• Ensure latest revision of project documentation is available onboard.

Skills

Offshore pipeline installation

Pipe load-out management

Vessel operations

Engineering calculations

Team collaboration

Education

Mechanical / Civil / Marine Engineering

Tools

Open cut / HDD pipeline pulls

Single Point Mooring buoy installation

Job description

THE POSITION

As a \"Senior Field Engineer\" you will be part of the Installation engineering Team based in UAE Office and work in direct cooperation with HQ in the Netherlands to deliver various high value solutions for our projects and organization. The Field Engineer collaborates with E&E Engineering, Project Management and Operations to ensure that the installation aspect and work methods can be safely and reliably executed with the installation vessel(s). In this role the Field Engineer ensures that the Offshore Construction Manager and/or discipline engineers and Subject Matter Experts (such as Welding, NDT, Coating, Survey, Diving are consulted, starting with early onshore preparations and engineering and continues until completion of installation. During offshore installation, the Field Engineer supports the OCM with any and all onboard engineering aspects and facilitates communications with Engineering as and when required by the OCM.

YOUR IMPACT

As Field Engineering group is part of Business Unit OFE – Offshore Energy and part of Pipeline Production Group.

Your responsibilities

In summary, your responsibilities included but not limited to it

• Verify and advise pipeline installation stress strain configuration relative to each pipeline sections.
• Perform basic Engineering calculations or consult/coordinate with Engineering department for same in line with Van Oord engineering standards
• Verify and direct Pipe Tally and manage offshore pipe load-out sequences with Logistics and pipe supply;
• Verify engineering- and work preparations of Task Plans or Lifting Plans;
• Ensure that latest applicable revision of project documentation is available onboard.

Your Workplace

As a member of our team, you will work closely with 15 colleagues and various internal stakeholders. With our relatively small team, we are looking for a team player with a proactive attitude. We will embrace your input to improve our way of working. You will report directly to the Team Lead in Dubai.

About You

As a successful candidate you are self-motivated, open, honest and hands-on. You are collaborative with the ability to work with different people across the team. You maintain structure with flexibility to take advantage of opportunities when they arise. You encourage debate of important issues and yet are decisive when it is necessary. You prioritize quality and communication, while striving for a healthy work-life balance by managing expectations proactively. You are able to deal with stress from time to time. You are curious and eager to understand the technical of your work. Above all, you are a team player with excellent communication skills.

Job requirements

• University degree in Mechanical / Civil / Marine Engineering.
• Minimum 3 rotational calendar years of offshore pipeline installation experience which includes pipeline installation including spool pieces and tie-ins with anchored pipelay barges.
• Fully familiar with day-to-day offshore vessel operations in Oil & Gas industry including logistics.
• Fully familiar with vessel mob-demobilization operations, subcontractor management, meetings.
• Proven experience with pipeline shore pulls (open cut, HDD).
• Proven experience with Single Point Mooring buoy installation.
• Preferably experience with cable and umbilical installation.

WE OFFER

Working in an international, highly demanding and dynamic organization, with the possibility to truly have impact on our business, people and environment. We offer a complete package with excellent secondary employment benefits. The package includes among other things

In addition, we offer you

• a salary that matches your responsibilities and experience.
• Medical Insurance for Employee and Annual air tickets.
• 22 working days leave days per year
• Extensive learning and (personal) development possibilities, including a wide range of online courses via Good habitz.