What will you be doing?
Responsibilities
Within the GPC Engineering, "Risers, Installation Analyses and Umbilical" (RIAU) department, you will be responsible for the technical follow-up of the flexible pipe package. Under the responsibility of RIAU Principal Engineer, your main responsibilities will be to:
- Understand Client needs to develop specification for Flexible Pipe Suppliers.
- Interface with project team, engineering teams and SCM
- Support the selection of the Flexible Pipe Supplier through technical evaluation
- Plan, detail and review technical documentation relating to Flexible, subsea hardware and topside interface.
- Develop the documentation package and the studies linked to the sizing and analysis of the dynamic riser system / static jumper system
- Manage the design analysis, and undertake, and check others’, analysis, design and engineering activities associated with Flexible cross section, terminations, bend restrictors etc.
- Ensure design and detailing in accordance with acknowledged industry Codes, Standards and Design Guides (e.g. API 17J, DNV, ISO); Client Specifications and Scopes of Work, and Subsea 7 internal standard (BMS)
- Production and checking of design documentation including feasibility reports, detailed in-place design reports, specifications, material take-offs, etc.
- Be aware of the Overall project / Tender planning and responsible of the planning of his / her Scope of Work.
- Ensure progress and compliance of the supplier in close interface with SCM function
- Follow-up Flexible design activities, fabrications, and testing.
- Ensure the work is performed in accordance with the latest HSEQ and Group procedures.
- Provide engineering assistance during mobilisations and occasional periods of offshore or site working, including FATs, SITs, Pre-commissioning, etc.
- Participate as required in events such as Bid Clarifications, Kick off meetings, HIRAs, Design Reviews, etc.
- Check that the procedure and analysis match the project objectives
- Attend to project audits related to Engineering Activities as and when required.
- Attend to project engineering reviews as and when required.
- Provide technical engineering support to other departments within the Engineering Group, the Project Engineering Group, and to colleagues in terms of training and mentoring.
- Ensure that know-how is transferred within the discipline & attend to discipline meeting as required.
What experience would we like you to have?
Capability Profile – Knowledge, Skills, Experience
- MSc or PhD in mechanical engineering/hydrodynamics, with relevant work experience in the oil and gas industry or equivalent, with experiences of riser systems analysis (rigid, flexible or umbilical).
- You are proficient in OrcaFlex software.
- Your English is fluent
Personal Attributes
- Undertake responsibility for production of deliverables, which may include engineering support to Drafting Office, design calculations, specifications, procedures, analyses, progress reports, bid evaluations, study reports and various 3rd-party submissions.
- Experience in working in a multi-disciplined system engineering team
- Ability to prioritise own workload, manage time accordingly and inform team members where constraints will affect a project in terms of programme or budget.
- Demonstrable ability to work within time/budget constraints
- Ability in Vendor and 3rd Party interface
- Ability in working in multicultural group
Systems Where a Further Knowledge Is Desirable
- Installation Analyses
- Naval architecture,
- Umbilical system design
- Offshore experience
