Senior Offshore Installation Analysis Engineer

McDermott International; Doha; On-site; QAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International, Ltd is seeking a Senior Installation Analysis Engineer to advance the Installation Analysis discipline across offshore and onshore projects. The role emphasizes applying best practices, guiding less experienced colleagues, and delivering complex design solutions within project constraints and corporate policies.

The incumbent will coordinate with multiple disciplines, supervise engineers, and contribute to bid proposals, technical audits, and deliverables in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Naval Architecture, Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering (Master's degree preferred).
• 8-15 years of oil and gas experience with major contractor or consultant in construction and installation design.
• Strong knowledge of design techniques and codes for onshore and offshore construction.
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society.

Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
• Direct Engineering team when assigned as a Project Coordinator on projects
• Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
• Manage own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets and develop plans for short-term work activities in own area
• Communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding
• Provide engineering support onboard installation vessels offshore, when required to do so
• Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
• Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates Provide similar support for Variation Orders
• Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs
• Interface with other departments to obtain input for discipline designs and drawings
• Maintain close cooperation with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Teams, as required
• Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to the Discipline Lead Engineer
• Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and workhour estimates
• Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
• Prepare Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications, as required
• Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
• Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required
• Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Construction/Installation Support Engineering
• Prepare and review design reports
• Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
• When assigned, assist procurement personnel in producing Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with customer objectives and procedures Procurement assistance includes preparing and reviewing requisitions, evaluating technical quotations and preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer
• Assist in updating weight report based on receipt of vendor information
• Check engineering performed by others within the Discipline
• Perform design verification through single-discipline check/inter-discipline check (IDC)
• Provide technical support to all fabrication queries, including identifying defect/rectification requirements
• Keep the Lead engineer apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related
• Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
• Participate in internal, Customer, and third-party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents
• Assist Lead engineer with responses to Customers and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval
• Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR’s Lessons Learned system
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
• Be aware of costs related to own work and of the discipline
• In the Pipeline installation discipline, perform/review Pipeline Installation Engineering designs, analyses, evaluations, calculations, and procedures for transportation and installation
• Submarine pipelines; Risers; Spools; PLETS and manifolds; Cables
• In the Structural Installation discipline, perform/review Structural Installation Engineering designs, analyses, evaluations, calculations, and procedures for loadout, transportation, and installation of offshore structures, including barge upgrades/modifications
• In the Naval Installation discipline, perform /review Naval Architecture Engineering designs, analyses, evaluations, calculations, and procedures related to all aspects of marine operations covering loadout, transportation, and installation
• Additional skills (preferred, not mandatory) - perform/review designs, analyses, evaluations, calculations, and procedures such as: erection sequences for jackets, topsides, and other structures; loadout procedures and guidance; construction lift analyses; weighing procedures; crane/riging/trailer arrangements

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Naval Architecture, Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

McDermott International, Ltd is seeking a Senior Installation Analysis Engineer to advance the Installation Analysis discipline across offshore and onshore projects. The role emphasizes applying best practices, guiding less experienced colleagues, and delivering complex design solutions within project constraints and corporate policies.

The incumbent will coordinate with multiple disciplines, supervise engineers, and contribute to bid proposals, technical audits, and deliverables in a