Principal Installation Lead

Principal Installation Lead
Permanent Staff

Sutton, London – Hybrid working of 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week working from home

Oil & Gas sector

Do you have experience as a Senior/ Principal/ Lead Installation Engineer across deepwater projects? This could be the role for you!

As the Principal Installation Lead, you will represent the discipline on tenders and projects (providing the conduit for technical challenges) and responsible for maintaining discipline expertise as well as develop new capabilities.

You will be responsible for developing the installation of subsea structures, mooring systems, risers systems, flexible flowlines and umbilicals. You will prepare the scope and support the offshore crew during the operation.

As the Principal Installation Lead, you will ensure the interface with the Client, suppliers, offshore crew and the design team.

Your main responsibilities will:

• Direct installation work packages on a Tender, FEED or Project,
• Deliver scopes within budget to the agreed quality and timeframe,
• Direct scope both technical and commercial scope change,
• Able to support a team of engineers and contribute to their professional development,
• Technical point of contact for specific installation subject matter,
• As the Principal Installation Lead, you will manage interface topics with all stakeholders; external (clients, suppliers) and internal (other disciplines, installation, manufacturing, purchase),
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality documents and studies related to tenders, FEEDs and Projects. This shall be through example and robust reviews,
• As the Principal Installation Lead, you will direct engineering activities related to the preparation and installation of products,
• Plan, develop and review specific procedures/task plans and associated calculation notes (design lifting slings),
• Support vessel mobilization and installation phases on vessel to support current project delivery,
• As the Principal Installation Lead, you will ensure activities are conducted in compliance with the Project standards in terms of Quality, Cost & Time,
• Maybe required to be the Technical Owner for a subject/product and provide policy making for choice of subcontractor and technical oversight of their work,
• Validate concepts and control changes accounting for HSEQ criteria,
• Actively participate in the development of our discipline and mentor junior engineers,
• Taking ownership and promote an area of technical expertise, as required contribute to the update or development of corporate standards and guidelines,
• As the Principal Installation Lead, you will offer and promote innovative solutions that enable the reduction of costs.

CAPABILITY PROFILE:

You will be able to demonstrate knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours in the following areas:

• Graduated with a Master of Engineering and relevant work experience in the energy sector,
• Minimum 10 years experience within Offshore/Subsea installation,
• Maintain expertise in two or more of the following areas;
• Subsea Structures Installation,
• Hook-ups or Pull-in’s,
• Riser systems,
• Flexible Flowlines,
• Umbilicals / Flying Leads
• Mooring Installation, shore-pull and other relevant experience is desirable,
• As the Principal Installation Lead, you will have experience working in deep and ultradeep water construction,
• Experience working on Tenders and Projects,
• Practical experience of project or contractual management,
• Developing operational documentation; procedures, task plans and rigging design,
• High level of relevant operational offshore experience,
• Deliver work autonomously with minimal supervision,
• Capacity to priorities, plan, coordinate and communicate to enable effective delivery,
• As the Principal Installation Lead, you will have experience co-ordinating or leading teams (including handling others workloads),
• Contribute to the development of engineers,
• Ability to accommodate different working cultures and behaviours,
• Fluent in English.

Working conditions:

• Majority of your time will be carried out from Sutton office (not a remote working position),
• Requirement for international travel,
• Requirement to occasionally support Offshore/Off-site location during project execution.

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