Senior Project Engineer

The Vessel Senior Project Engineer (Sr. PE) is an experienced project engineering professional who is responsible for applying their existing knowledge in Marine Operations and Pipeline Installation to serve as a Pipelay Lead for vessels, bids and projects. The Sr. PE functionally reports to the vessel Marine Operations Manager, but works within project and bid teams as assigned. The Sr. PE interfaces with the Project Installation Managers, Supply Chain Managers, Project Engineering Managers and other discipline leads to drive continual improvement through the implementation of Lessons Learned and ensure that the pipelay scope is planned and executed in alignment with the vessel capabilities and limitations. This role is an office-based position, however periodic on-site field support (Construction/ Supplier/ Mobilization sites and onboard the vessel) is required to properly execute the job duties.

Responsibilities

Apply existing knowledge in Marine Operations and Pipeline Installation to serve as a Pipelay Lead for vessels, bids and projects; Interface with Project Installation Managers, Supply Chain Managers, Project Engineering Managers and other discipline leads to drive continual improvement through the implementation of Lessons Learned; Ensure that the pipelay scope is planned and executed in alignment with the vessel capabilities and limitations; Be a Quality, Health, Safety, Environment, and Security (QHSES) Leader for the JLV Amazon team; Coordinate and review inputs from the various Engineering disciplines, functional departments, and sub-contractors; Coordinate and ensure the generation of deliverables, reports, and procedures required; Support management of the Engineering portion of the project; Use expertise and project experience to solve complex problems by identifying innovative solutions; Manage time to meet objectives, forecast and plan resource requirements; Act as a liaison between the Customer and Project Engineering Manager and Engineering Team; Assist in the preparation and implementation of the Engineering Project Execution Plan (PEP); Ensure all scopes of work are addressed, handover points are understood and agreed upon, and that there are no scope gaps or overlaps; Review the Project Plan and prepare subcontract scope packages; Review project schedule and fabrication schedule; Attend Weekly Progress Meetings and prepare the Minutes of Meetings; Monitor work in progress and compile weekly/monthly reports; Travel as necessary to attend Customer and project meetings and facilitate the resolution of Engineering interface issues; Participate in safety/operability/reliability studies, 3D model reviews, and Constructability reviews; Attend Technical Quality Audit reviews as necessary

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction, or project management; 5-8 years of engineering discipline experience with a major contractor or consultant in an office, primarily performing detail engineering; Good knowledge of discipline design techniques, analysis methods, and general workflow; Well-rounded and deep understanding of offshore pipelay and pipe production operations (Welding, NDT, Field Joint Coating), installation analysis, subsea structure designs, rigging practices; Demonstrated project engineering capability to serve as a scope lead for a smaller team of approximately 2-5 other Project Engineers; Comfortable with guiding and teaching junior engineers; Experience in coordinating and guiding the works of others to deliver the project scope on time and under budget; Ability to operate independently with minimal guidance from the SPDT Marine Operations Director on a day-to-day basis

Nice to have

Registered professional engineer; Member of a professional engineering society