Senior Project Engineer in Aberdeen

Focusing on deepwater installations and field developments, we deliver tailored solutions—from the routine to the extreme. We provide fit-for-purpose engineering design through the entire asset lifecycle, including decommissioning. We contract, manage, engineer, and execute projects using our global vessel fleet, including Jones Act-compliant vessels, advanced technologies, and highly skilled personnel.

Typical work scopes will include but not be limited to installation, light construction, decommissioning, diving, well or flowline remediation/intervention and inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) work scopes. The project engineering will be provided generally from the local office with short term deployments to EMEA to support projects as required. The Senior Project Engineer will report functionally to the Engineering Manager and day-to-day to project managers as needed. The Senior Project Engineer will assist the Oceaneering Offshore Project Group (OPG) with the design, planning and execution of offshore projects, encompassing activities from initial contact with clients through proposal input, concept/FEED, detailed engineering and planning, procurement/manufacture to execution.

Responsibilities:

• Carries out tasks as assigned by the Engineering Lead or by the project organizations you are assigned to.
• Work closely with Project Manager(s) to ensure all project objectives, schedule, deliverables, and milestones are met.
• Performance management of suppliers and/or sub-contractors.
• Preparation of procedures, task plans, Lift Plans, and review of drawings and engineering deliverables.
• Preparation of project or technical reports as required by management, clients or other stakeholders.
• Provision of input to cost estimates, schedule development, manpower requirements and the like.
• Support pre and post testing of equipment, as well as repair and maintenance with the help of other support functions.
• Plan and manage mob/demob of equipment, Rigging, and Installation Aids according to project requirements.
• Supporting the Project manager with vendor selection, create Scope of work for Subcontractors for Project required scopes as needed.
• Travel offshore and perform day to day management of project activities.
• Close-out/As-built report at the end of the project.
• Liaising with the discipline engineering teams to engineering of subsea hardware, including development, evaluation, engineering, design, controls, procurement, and construction phases of project implementation.
• Performs direction and oversight of engineering tasks performed by the project team of Engineer(s).
• Responsibility for creating and reviewing engineering procedures and specifications for compliance with design principles, applicable standards, and customer requirements.
• Prepares design changes, specifications, schematics, and test plans for installation equipment and subsea hardware.
• Review and/or conduct engineering calculations and analysis.
• Review product designs, conducts, and attends Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and System Integration Tests (SIT).
• Perform oversight of offshore operations and on-site oversight of OPG projects and subcontractors as required in a project role.
• Sporadic Work and travel in EMEA, both onshore and offshore.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics:

• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to draft reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as algebra, trigonometry, analytical geometry, calculus, probability, and statistics.
• Ability to apply these concepts to engineering applications including but not limited to statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, strength of materials, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, structural design, mechanical design, and electrical design.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ensures that essential information from management is shared with employees and others as appropriate.
• Gives and receives constructive feedback.
• Ensures that others involved in a project or effort are kept informed about developments and plans.
• Ensures that regular consistent communication takes place within area of responsibility.

Working Conditions:

• This position is considered 80% OFFICE WORK which is characterized as follows: Almost exclusively indoors during the day and occasionally at night; Occasional exposure to airborne dust in the workplace; Work surface is stable (flat).
• This position is considered 20% OFFSHORE WORK which is characterized as follows: Outdoors and indoors, day and night, as well as over/near water; Requires working on or near moving equipment and vibrating equipment; Frequently the humidity is above 90%, noise is over 85 decibels, and the light is intense/glare; Potential exposure to open fire/flames/sparks; Constant exposure to airborne dust, fumes, and gases; Work surface is stable, height is elevated; Work locations could include onshore base/Client locations as well as working from home.

Qualifications:

• REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Structural, Mechanical, Civil or Ocean Engineering); Preferably 8 or more years' relevant experience from the subsea industry; Knowledge of MathCAD, 3D CAD, 2D AutoCAD; Ability to travel internationally for work scopes; Valid driver’s license; Must be able to obtain: Seaman’s book, Petroleum Education Council (PEC) Basic Training, Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET).
• DESIRED: Experience in working offshore on subsea installations or IMR projects, both using ROVs and diving; Prior experience working Internationally; Experience with conflict resolution and change management.