KEY OBJECTIVES
The Transportation & Installation (T&I) Lead is responsible for the safe, timely, and cost-effective execution of all transportation, tow-out/load-out, offshore installation, hook-up, and marine operations associated with the FPSO Replacement Project. The role provides technical and execution leadership for marine load-out, transportation and offshore installation activities, ensuring integration between FPSO, subsea, FTL/MWA, -, operations, and commissioning teams. The T&I Lead is accountable for installation readiness, marine safety, contractor performance, offshore SIMOPS management, and successful completion of offshore execution including load out, installation, hook-up, and pre-commissioning.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUTABILITIES
- Lead the planning and execution of all FPSO transportation and offshore installation activities.
- Manage tow-out operations, load-out, sea fastening verification, marine transportation, offshore positioning, installation, and hook-up activities.
- Ensure all offshore activities are risk assessed, executed safely and in accordance with approved procedures, engineering requirements, and project objectives.
- Manage T&I Contractor performance throughout engineering, preparation, mobilization, and offshore execution.
- Review and approve loadout, installation methodologies, transportation studies, marine procedures, lift plans, and contingency plans.
- Participates in risk activities including constructability reviews, HAZID, SIMOPS etc
- Ensure offshore compliance to Offshore procedures, company and regulator guideline and standards.
- Participates in Vessel suitability surveys, manage interface with Marine Warranty Surveyor and ensure timely completion of all Certificates of Approval for transportation and installation activities
- Assists the interface manager to manage interfaces between installation contractors, FPSO contractor, mooring contractor, subsea contractor, operations team, and commissioning teams to ensure safe and efficient offshore execution
- Lead marine execution planning and offshore operational readiness and ensure effective SIMOPS planning and execution with operations, brownfield works, subsea installation, and commissioning activities.
- Is the onshore focal point during execution, daily onshore coordination meetings with offshore teams, addresses day-to-day issues, escalates issues to the management team that SSHE and project execution.
- Develop and maintain transportation and installation execution schedules. Identify critical path activities and installation risks.
- Monitor transportation and installation budgets, review contractor variations, and identify optimization opportunities to achieve cost-effective execution.
KEY AUTHORITIES
Budgetary authorities will be within those limits specified by the Project Manager,
FPSO.
Ensuring that all project activities comply with all COMPANY, PETRONAS, and
Government requirements and regulations.
SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
The primary responsibilities are:
- Shared responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of all persons at any Construction & Operations site, including staff, service personnel, contractors and visitors and for local environmental safety.
- Manage the activities and work program are supervised by the appropriate Supervisors & Superintendent.
- Ensuring that the construction and operations work activities are performed in accordance with the applicable COMPANY Management System, Policies, Procedures, work instructions and regulatory requirements.
- Report all accidents, incidents, near misses and dangerous occurrences to the PTTEP Production Manager. Ensure reports are legible, comprehensive and timely, and any additional information pertinent to the report is attached as per Management System Procedure.
WORKING RELATIONSHIP
- Strong execution and delivery focus.
- Technical authority in subsea and floating system integration.
- Proactive risk identification and resolution.
- Collaborative leadership across technical and contractor teams.
- Commitment to safety, quality, and schedule integrity.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Mandatory
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Naval Architect, Marine, or Offshore Engineering (advanced degree preferred).
- 15+ years of experience in offshore Oil & Gas projects, with at least 10 years in Deepwater (>600m) subsea or floating system delivery roles.
- Proven experience of transportation and installation offshore activities for FPSOs, subsea structures, or floating facilities including load-out, tow-out, offshore hookup, and commissioning support
- Must be able to demonstrate end-to-end responsibility and delivery for SURF/Riser and mooring system EPC project in deepwater >600 m with a proven track record in deepwater (>600m) subsea installation and riser systems via EPCIC contracts with complex offshore integration projects.