Subsea Structures Package Delivery Engineering Services

Subsea Structures Package Delivery Engineering Services

Project: Deepwater Development (Angola Block 20/11)
Location: Saint‑Quentin‑en‑Yvelines, France (with international missions)
Business Line: Exploration & Production
Reporting to: SURF Package Manager
Functional Environment: Major Deepwater Capital Project (USD 10Bn)

  Purpose of the Role As Subsea Structures Package Delivery Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the on‑time, safe and compliant delivery of all subsea structures within the SURF scope, including:

• FLETs, ILTs
• Anchoring piles
• Lateral Buckling Mitigation (LBM) systems
• Associated spools and jumpers

You will operate at the interface of design, fabrication, SPS integration, QA/QC and offshore installation, acting as a key contributor to project delivery performance.

Key Responsibilities HSE Leadership

• Promote and demonstrate a strong safety culture, leading by example across project and contractor teams
• Ensure strict compliance with HSE rules, ethics and Code of Conduct
• Participate actively in fabrication, load‑out and sail‑away risk assessments, ensuring closure of actions
• Maintain mandatory HSE training and requirements

Subsea Structures Delivery

• Review and challenge design dossiers for subsea structures, spools and jumpers
• Monitor fabrication readiness, including material availability, procedures, risk assessments and SPS equipment integration
• Track fabrication progress versus RFLO and offshore campaign dates, maintaining an up‑to‑date expediting and constraints register
• Coordinate interfaces with:
  • SPS equipment suppliers
  • Installation and operations teams
  • Metrology and offshore logistics
• Anticipate risks and propose mitigation and recovery plans when required

Fabrication Yard & QA/QC Oversight

• Participate in weekly progress meetings with Contractors and Company site teams
• Support QA/QC activities:
  • Review ITPs
  • Follow NDT and dimensional controls
  • Witness key hold points
  • Manage punch lists, NCRs and concessions
• Ensure Manufacturing Record Books / Data Books are complete, accurate and ready for handover (CoCs, traceability, weld/NDT records, as‑built drawings)

Readiness & Handover

• Prepare and participate in key readiness reviews:
  • Fabrication start
  • MRR
  • Load‑out and sail‑away
• Support load‑out, transport and offshore preparation
• Deliver REX, lessons learned and close‑out reports at project milestones

Cross‑Package & Project Support

• Support expediting of other packages when required by the SURF Package Manager
• Contribute to cross‑package coordination on logistics, installation interfaces and documentation constraints
• Perform missions to fabrication yards or suppliers worldwide as needed

Reporting & Communication

• Provide clear, accurate and timely reporting to the SURF Package Manager
• Contribute to project dashboards, progress reports and management presentations
• Escalate HSE, schedule, quality or interface issues proactively

Key Performance Indicators

• On‑time delivery of subsea structures vs RFLO/offshore need dates
• Fabrication progress and readiness reporting quality
• NCR/concession closure performance
• Data Book completeness at sail‑away
• HSE performance within scope

Qualifications & Experience Education

• Engineering Degree or equivalent

Experience

• Minimum 15 years in Oil & Gas
• More than 10 years in similar deepwater SURF delivery roles
• Proven fabrication yard and offshore interface exposure

Languages

• English: fluent (mandatory)
• French: conversational (advantage)

Additional Assets

• Offshore experience
• Angolan work permit (strong plus)

Core Competencies Technical

• SURF Structures Engineering
• Fabrication yard follow‑up
• Subsea operations
• SPS/SURF interfaces
• QA/QC and documentation management

Behavioral

• Strong project organization skills
• Excellent communication and leadership
• Risk identification and problem‑solving mindset
• Solution‑oriented, adaptable and resilient
• High‑level reporting and stakeholder management capability

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