Detailed Design Discipline Lead - Offshore EPCI

Ocean Installer; Stavanger; Hybrid; NOK 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible organisation with directLines

Great working environment

Competitive pension and insurance

Flexibility to work from home

Social events – Social Installer

Job summary

Ocean Installer seeks an experienced Discipline Manager to build and lead our Detailed Design capability from the Stavanger base. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering to shape a lean, capable discipline for FEED, tenders, and EPCI projects.

You will drive interfaces between engineering, procurement, fabrication, and offshore installation, ensuring fit-for-purpose deliverables and a smooth transition from FEED to detailed design and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Structural, Marine, Subsea Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant engineering experience, with significant experience within subsea detailed design and EPCI project execution.
• Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, preferably as a Lead Engineer, Discipline Lead, Discipline Manager, or Subject Matter Expert.
• Experience from an EPCI contractor, engineering/design house, subsea contractor, or similar environment.
• Strong understanding of the interfaces between engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and offshore installation.

Responsibilities

• Establishing and developing Ocean Installer's Detailed Design discipline and ways of working.
• Providing technical leadership and hands-on engineering support to FEED studies, tenders, and EPCI projects.
• Defining fit-for-purpose detailed design scopes and deliverables based on requirements.
• Acting as the detailed design focal point within EPCI project teams and ensuring effective interfaces with other engineering disciplines.
• Supporting the transition from FEED into detailed design, procurement, and execution.
• Supporting tender teams in defining and assessing detailed design scope, execution strategy, and requirements.
• Developing scopes of work for external engineering providers and following up design houses and specialist subcontractors.
• Reviewing and quality-assuring third-party engineering deliverables and ensuring technical, contractual, and commercial alignment.
• Working closely with clients, suppliers, and internal engineering disciplines.
• Maintaining relevant technical competence and awareness of developments within detailed design.

Skills

Subsea detailed design

Offshore construction

EPCI project execution

Field layout

Pipeline routing

Stability analysis

Riser and spool design

Dynamic riser analysis

Interfaces (engineering/procurement/f­

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical/Structural/Marine/Subsea Engineering

Job description

Ocean Installer seeks an experienced Discipline Manager to build and lead our Detailed Design capability from the Stavanger base. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering to shape a lean, capable discipline for FEED, tenders, and EPCI projects.

You will drive interfaces between engineering, procurement, fabrication, and offshore installation, ensuring fit-for-purpose deliverables and a smooth transition from FEED to detailed design and execution.