Vessel Operations Engineer

Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey – Hybrid working of 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week from home

A Vessel Operations Engineer is required to work on an initial 12 month contract with hybrid working arrangements (3 days in the office, 2 days from home).

Experience of offshore projects is required, with ideally experience within offshore installation.

• Mobilization activities, including wet buckle contingency and pre-commissioning spread preparation onboard.
• Pre-lay survey.
• Anchor pile installation and support to Castorone for initiation PLET installation (compensation buoy installation and retrieval).
• Touch down point monitoring during Castorone pipelay campaign (readiness to intervene in case of wet buckle).
• Support to Castorone for laydown PLET installation (compensation buoy installation and retrieval).
• Anchor pile removal.
• Pre-commissioning campaign (flooding, cleaning and gauging).
• Final demob.

• Liaising with the engineering team to guarantee all the required documentation is prepared, shared and commented by the vessel crew.
• Follow up procurement of all items requested by the vessel for the project execution.
• Interface with the vessel team to guarantee project requirements are met.
• Interface with ASSETS department to guarantee marine spread readiness.

• Liaising with the onshore PMT, VMT, OCM and CLIENT representative to ensure that CLIENT specifications and the CONTRACTOR installation manual are followed.
• Assists the OCM in engineering aspects and advises on project-specific items.
• Completion of onsite technical queries and management of change requests as required during offshore operations.
• Review and approval of task plans pertaining to pipeline operations written offshore to ensure compliance with approved procedures.
• Jointly responsible with the QC Coordinator for ensuring the correct revisions of documents are available on-board.

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