Subsea Installation Lead Engineer

Courbevoie, France

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reference
Job reference 1271334
location
Location Courbevoie, France
sector
Sector Energy - Oil & Gas
function
Function Engineering & Design
type
Employment type Contract
date
Date published April 2, 2026
  • Job Type: Contract

  • Work period: Full-Time (Monday-Friday)

  • Duration: 12 months’ renewable

  • Location: Courbevoie, Paris

  • Start-date: ASAP

Subsea Installation Lead Engineer

Reporting lines and interactions:

  • Hierarchically reports to the Installation and Construction Manager

  • Operationally reports to Project Engineering Manager or T&I Manager

  • Key interactions:

    • Internally: Designers and specialist engineers, other disciplines

    • Externally: clients, suppliers, sub-contractors

Job Description:

Within the Subsea Installation Department, you will be responsible for the installation engineering scope of a specific package/equipment on a Project, Study or Tender. You will be directly reporting to the Project/ Tender Installation leaders. Functionally, you will remain under the Subsea Installation Discipline Manager responsibility.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage a team of engineers (multi-disciplines – e.g. Installation analyses, Installation engineering, pre-commissioning, survey) and a package

  • Manage all external interfaces (clients, suppliers) and internal (other disciplines, installation, manufacturing, purchase)

  • Define and be accountable for the installation methodologies defined on the project/tender

  • Ensure adequation of the installation methodologies vs Installation analyses outcomes and inputs from other disciplines

  • Prepare and perform the required deliverables and activities as allocated by the Project Lead

  • Prepare, with the team, offshore campaign by leading HIRAs session and implementing outcomes and ensuring that all materials are ordered and ready on time vs mobilization requirements.

  • Ensure the reporting of the Installation Engineering activities to your management

  • Ensure of the quality of the documentations and the respect of the company’s standards in terms of QHSE

  • Interface with the other Subsea Disciplines (Engineering, Operations, QHSE,…)

  • Liaise regularly with Department organization to ensure that adequate staffing is in place to be able to meet the deliverables target

  • Participate in the consolidation & sharing of the engineering team expertise and know-how

  • Propose innovative methodologies to increase the competitivity of our offers

  • As required, support your Project Lead in supervising other installation packages or engineers

  • Participate to vessel mobilization as well as installation phases on vessel in order to accompany the offshore crew and support the offshore operations.

Profile

To succeed in this position; you should have the following skills & experience:

  • Graduated with a Master of Engineering (ideally with specialization in Offshore Industry, Naval architecture) with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in an installation / operation role

  • Ideally, several years’ experience in a Lead installation engineering role

  • Good knowledge of offshore installation

  • Good experience of the offshore operations,

  • Good communication skills, capacity to work in a multi-cultural environment

  • Ability to lead a multi-discipline lead

  • Ability to transmit your knowledge.

  • Mobility to support the operations during the execution phase according to the project schedule

  • Proficiency in English (spoken, written) is a must

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