Offshore Methods Lead
Posted Today by First Recruitment Group
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead will oversee decommissioning operations within the Energy sector, specifically focusing on offshore removal projects. This role involves managing engineering activities, coordinating a team, and ensuring compliance with design specifications. The position requires regular offshore trips and a combination of in-office and remote work. The ideal candidate will possess a strong engineering background and proven experience in offshore removal operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Organise and coordinate the activities of the method engineering group, providing technical and administrative guidance.
- Administer the working programme to ensure its implementation in accordance with plans, design, and specifications.
- Interpret, implement, and improve proposed design solutions.
- Monitor and coordinate all phases of work progress, reviewing procedures, reports, and calculations of subordinate engineers.
- Coordinate with the technical responsible on board the vessel and provide backup to the installation team.
- Ensure all checklists and installation records are completed and passed to the QC Coordinator.
- Organise and participate in design reviews to define the best installation methodology solutions.
- Attend sites and carry out inspections during onshore preparation.
- Participate in critical offshore tasks to ensure performance according to methodology.
- Act as a field engineer during offshore activities when requested.
Key Skills:
- Master's Degree or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably in structural, naval, or mechanical engineering.
- Proven experience as a methods engineer with a specialization in offshore removal operations in oil & gas or related industries.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Surrey
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Energy
Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead Contract until October 2027 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey – 3 days per week in office, 2 days per week from home with regular offshore trips Outside IR35 An Offshore Methods Lead is required with experience of offshore removal operations to work on a Decommissioning project in the Energy sector. As Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead, you will report to the Offshore Methods Manager. You will be part of our Thistle Decommissioning Project. You will ensure that all the Methods engineering Activities are properly and correctly managed directly or by subordinate staff, during the decommissioning activity of the project and coordinate the activities of the method engineering group assigned, tasks and workload providing technical and administrative guidance.
What will the day to day role look like?
- Organise and coordinate the activities of the method engineering group assigned, tasks and workload providing technical and administrative guidance to the subordinate staff in order to ensure aims and objectives are effectively and economically achieved
- Administer the working programme to ensure its implementation in accordance with plans, design and specifications
- As the Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead, you will be responsible for interpretation, implementation and improvement of the proposed design solutions
- Monitor and coordinate all phases of the work progress and review procedures, reports and calculations of subordinate engineers, ensuring that deliverables, equipment, facilities and services meet specified requirements
- As the Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead, you will coordinate with the technical responsible on board of the vessel, in addition to providing backup to the installation team and advising the Vessel management on technical aspects of the job
- Be additionally responsible for ensuring that all checklists and other installation records are completed in accordance with the procedures and passed to the QC Coordinator for compilation
- Organise and participate in design reviews in order to define the best Installation methodology solutions
- As the Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead, you will attend sites and carry out inspections, during onshore preparation, to ensure that all the requirements have been met
- Participate to the critical offshore tasks to ensure their performance according to methodology and ensure the relevant feedback and lesson learned
- As the Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead, you will participate to the offshore activities with the role of field engineer, when requested both in the yards and offshore during the vessel operation campaign
The characteristics of the ideal candidate
Education: Master's Degree/bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferably with a background in structural/naval/mechanical engineering
Experience:
- As the Offshore Methods (Removal) Lead, you will have proven experience as a methods engineer with a specialisation in offshore removal operations in oil & gas or related industries