Vessel operations engineer

Education:

Degree in Civil / Mechanical / Naval Engineering

Work Experience:

min 3 years of experience in a similar role within Oil and Gas

Construction area

Other Skills/Certificates Required:

• Capability to define/verify the right equipment and the proper vessel assignment identified during the engineering design phase in order to ensure that the installation phase will be executed correctly;
• Specific knowledge of Standards, Codes and Regulations applicable to offshore structures;
• Capability to lead and interpret the naval and structural analysis related to the installation of pipelines and offshore platforms.

Task Description

• Provide engineering reviews, address operation, advise (directly and indirectly) best practices both in the tender and in the projects to the Project Manager to assist in the achievement of project/tender objectives, according to the plan/procedures developed by the engineering project team;
• Be responsible for technical integrity and compliance with estimated costs and deadlines throughout the various engineering phases of the project;
• The Engineer executes the activities within his area of responsibility, ensuring the compliance with the QA/QC and HSE requirements.

Tasks include:

• Be introduced in the Operation Engineering groups of the Operating Companies, reporting to the group manager, who will ultimately come up to the Operating Company Operation manager expectations;
• Be assigned to a project or a group of projects;
• Support the technical tenders to follow the most efficient and cost effective solution;
• Suggest all possible operative solutions in order to perform the actual installation in the best way;
• Verify that the considered schedules reconcile with the present vessel productivity, in the actual situation of readiness;
• Be the internal client of the various jobs in the projects;
• Verify that the suggested procedures are correct and that the most efficient and cost effective solutions are followed;
• Be able to suggest modifications and changes leading to improvements taking into account the suggestions of the vessel operations management;
• Take part in the most critical phases on board of the installation vessel or in the preparation yard;
• Confront himself with the vessel management for all most critical subject in order to assure a correct transfer from the engineering to the actual installation;
• Distinguish rapidly the missing points and the optimisation of the equipment used on board and in the yards;
• Earn the respect and appreciation from the on board personnel in order to be the reference point between engineering and operation;
• Record the main activities, the lessons learned during the development to ensure the knowledge management through a specific ICT instrument developed for the scope;
• Promote and organise the meetings for the risk evaluation and for the revision of the procedures with the participation of the vessel personnel management;
• Be involved on preparing the standard methods relevant to the installation of vessel fleet;
• Fully adhere, at all times and irrespective of the work place, to Company Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (HSEQ) policies, procedures and requirements;
• Perform other related duties as assigned by Superior within his/her technical capabilities.