Senior Topside Engineer

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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reference
Job reference 1273746
location
Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
sector
Sector Energy - Oil & Gas
function
Function Commissioning
type
Employment type Permanent
date
Date published May 29, 2026

Airswift is seeking a Senior Topside Engineer to work in Rio de Janeiro, on a permanent position with a company that operates in the oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production sector.


JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Monitor the day-to-day operational performance of FPSOs, focusing on oil and gas production, losses, shutdowns and units’ performance.

Evaluate production KPIs (uptime, availability, liquid rate, gas rate, water injection, flaring, gas injection/exportation, energy efficiency, etc.).

Identify and quantify production losses, deviations, maintenance constraints and operational bottlenecks and propose recovery strategies to the Project team aligned with the department.

Perform statistical analysis of trends, operational events and equipment performance.

Consolidate and interpret daily, weekly and monthly operational reports from the Operator, apply robust data analytics and statistical tools and align with the department.

Participate in Project Update meetings with the Operator and Partners.

Develop and maintain dashboards, forecast models and production performance trackers using Excel/Power BI or equivalent tools.

Participate in multi discipline reviews involving topside, subsea, wells, HSE and regulatory teams, contributing operational insight and lessons learned supporting the FPSO Specialist.

Prepare technical notes and lessons learned reports focused on FPSO operations.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS 

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced English is required

Experience in FPSO operations, production optimization, and process engineering.

Experience in offshore operations support roles is desirable.

Solid knowledge of FPSO onboard systems: processes, separation, gas compression, water treatment, produced water, gas handling, gas flaring, and uptime management.

Prior experience with production KPIs, real-time data systems, downtime monitoring, and performance reporting.

ABOUT AIRSWIFT

Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients in STEM industries. We offer a turnkey workforce solution to acquire, mobilise and employ top talent in over 70 countries. With 800 employees in over 60 offices worldwide, 7,000 contractors and a candidate database of 1.5m specialists, our geographical reach and pool of available talent, experience and expertise is unmatched in the industry. We are proud to serve as a trusted advisor to clients looking to expand their operations internationally and offer employer of record services, payroll outsourcing, as well as HR consulting.

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