Principal Project Engineer (Installation Methods)

• Location: Paris, FR (Office based)
• Project: Various
• Duration: 12 months (renewable)
• Work Schedule: Monday – Friday (Full time)
• Start Date: ASAP
• Recruiter: Mariana Cortez

Our Company
Airswift takes pride in being an international workforce solutions provider.  With 9,000 contractors operating in over 70 countries, Airswift's geographical reach, experience and expertise across the oil and gas, energy, mining, infrastructure and technology sectors is unparalleled.

We are looking for a Principal Project Engineer (Installation Methods) to join our Pipeline Group (PG) team at Paris office, providing support on pipelay projects.

There will be offshore trips to vessels and potential visits to sites, such as fabrication yards. 

Job Description:
Your role will involve working in, or leading, a diverse team of installation engineers, coordinating various methods of pipeline installation for work assignments on global projects either in progress or in the process of tendering.

You will support the efficient day-to-day running of the installation engineering team and provide regular operational reports on general project engineering activities, technical subject matters, and resource management.

Main Responsibilities:

• Supporting, or leading, a team of method engineers to follow project scope(s) from early engagement with our internal and external clients through to offshore execution on board our reel lay/S lay or J Lay assets.
• Be a technical reference for pipeline installation and contribute to the sub-contractor’s selection.
• Produce installation method statements and procedures, support procurement activities and subcontract follow up, proactively support HSEQ activities and prepare and deliver technical presentations.
• Installation rigging calculations and rigging design.
• Assist Tendering department with feasibility studies, method statements, manhour estimates, schedule inputs and costing support.
• Supporting installation aid procurement, fabrication and testing follow up.
• Follow your scope offshore on our installation vessels.

Experiences Required:

• Degree qualified in Engineering/Marine/Naval/Offshore Technology / Civil / Mechanical or equivalent.
• Extensive experience as a project engineer, the majority of this from within the offshore energy industry.
• Clear understanding of subsea pipeline installation methods.
• Experience in Leading engineering teams.
• Experience, or an understanding of, offshore pipeline installation methods, ideally within the reel lay discipline (i.e., Reel Lay, J-Lay, S-Lay).
• Experience of guiding and leading teams of engineers in project scopes.
• You should be a clear communicator, able to speak with all levels within the business, who is comfortable working on their own and as part of a team.

Please note, if you don’t tick all the boxes above but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience, we’re looking for, please do consider applying. We would encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience.

The next step
We have an exceptional team in place, and we are pleased to be able to appoint a further person to our growing business. We are aware that you may not ‘tick all the boxes’, but if you believe you can genuinely offer some valuable skills and experience to our business, please in the first instance contact our recruitment partner Airswift.

For further information please apply with your updated CV or email Mariana Cortez at mariana.cortez@airswift.com

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