Project Operations Engineer

Project Operations Engineer

Sutton, London

Staff Position

Hybrid Work

As a Project Operations Engineer, you’ll play a vital role within our team, supporting critical projects. Your responsibilities will involve investigating technical issues, analysing production errors, and creating automation solutions to optimize operational efficiency.

Your main missions will be:

Tenders support

• Identify the key Operations deliverables and establish the platform to support an effective tender submission through development of the schedule, cost comparisons, vessel and personnel operational requirements.
• Collaborate with the Pursuit team, the POM and the Tender Lead to develop the operational strategy for the tender.
• Coordinate and consolidate all inputs from multiple disciplines (Engineering, SCM, Fabrication, Operations, etc…) to support the development of the operational planning.
• Think out of the box to improve the offshore schedule and make the most of the client constraints.
• Define requirements and produce SOW for SCM for 3rd party vessels and assets chartering/hiring.
• Support the estimators in producing costing for the tender and its options.
• Liaise with Engineering and VOMs to define the vessels POBs and provide input to the Estimators.
• Throughout the tender ensure:
• adherence to tendering procedures and processes and maintain traceability throughout the tender and post tender clarification and negotiation phases;
• Adherence to operations department ways of working to organise the activities and store the tender experience for future use/handover to project team.
• Support the Tender Lead with the preparation of presentations for gate reviews with the GPC&AP management team and Executives.
• Support the tender lead and region with the post submission clarifications and negotiations to secure the win.
• Organise and host meetings with the disciplines to facilitate the offshore schedule review
• Identify and constantly update the key Operations related risks throughout the tender.

Projects support

• Prepare, review and comment Technical Documents (procedures, drawings, rigging and seafastenings design, schedules, etc…) to support operations.
• Participate to the definition of the required offshore spread for the project/tender including construction vessels, support and transportation vessels.
• Liaise with SCM to select 3rd party vessels and operations related services and assets by preparing SOWs and reviewing technical offers.
• Participate to installation feasibility reviews and HIRAs and provide operational input to the Engineering and Planning functions.
• Support the POM in all the vessels readiness activities:
• Drive and monitor the progress of Marine Assurance on assigned vessels including organizing audits as required.
• Review vessels POBs (including project personnel and 3rd parties) and organise the manning of chartered vessels with the support of Crewing.
• Responsible for ensuring that the installation spread has full support, in terms of Logistic, Transportation, Safety, & Certification etc.
• Support the POM in developing the baseline Project schedule.
• Ensure 3rd party services costs and planning are tracked and monitor their cost base.
• Assist Project/Field Engineers on vessel readiness and during mobilization & demobilization activities.
• Plan and coordinate activities in yards and at quaysides to deliver the assigned scope.
• Ensure that project equipment is mobilized/demobilized in an efficient and timely fashion.
• Supervise material tracking activity through the project’s material tracker, and ensure equipment inspection, readiness, delivery, tracking & demobilisation.
• Liaise with the in-country team to ensure operations are planned and run efficiently.
• Assist in the co-ordination of the logistic support activities, (Freight forwarding, Shipping, OPL), through the in-country logistic organisation.
• Support HSE initiatives/activities to ensure that the work will be done safely and efficiently.
• Provide input to the Project Operations Debrief Report and to the lessons learnt.

Your profile

• Ideally possess experience in offshore operations, having worked on board installation vessels.
• Solid offshore experience as Field Engineer, Installation Engineer or Logistics
• Able to demonstrate commitment to HSE and keen to promote safe practices.
• Skilled in the co-ordination of multiple interfaces across functions.
• A strong work ethic, willing to working in highly changeable environments, meeting tight deadlines whilst delivering high quality outcomes.
• Committed to collaborative working in a multi-location team environment.
• Mobility to travel to all international locations for short business trips or missions.
• Fluent in English. Knowledge of French/Portuguese would be an advantage.
• Skilled in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with Microsoft Project recommended but not essential.

Benefits

• Career development – with access to a range of learning and development opportunities, as well as being part of a culture that encourages growth and development 

• Flexible working – lots of our people work flexibly in different ways. Whether it’s hybrid, part-time or flexitime working. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but let’s have a discussion to see how we can make it work. 
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave/adoption leave  
• A fantastic benefits package – which includes a generous holiday allowance, pension scheme, discounted health and wellbeing packages, electric car salary sacrifice scheme and more. 

Who we are:

First Recruitment Group are committed to finding the right candidates for our clients, and the right companies for our candidates to work for. We’re passionate about putting people first, and take pride in being able to offer an all-round service for candidates and clients with our payroll solution, Primis + and workforce management solution, Operam.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.