Vessel Operations Engineer

Experienced Vessel Operations Engineer required for an ongoing contract role working on behalf of our client, a global oil & gas engineering contractor, based in London.

The Vessel Operations Engineer will be required to follow the preparation and activities of the MSV. In particular MSV scope will be:

• Mobilisation activities, including wet buckle contingency and pre-commissioning spread preparation onboard.
• Pre-lay survey
• Anchor pile installation and support to the vessel for initiation PLET installation (compensation buoy installation and retrieval).
• Touch down point monitoring during vessel pipelay campaign (readiness to intervene in case of wet buckle)
• Support to Vessel for laydown PLET installation (compensation buoy installation and retrieval).
• Anchor pile removal
• Pre-commissioning campaign (flooding, cleaning and gauging)
• Final demob

 Vessel Operation Engineer duties during project preparation include:

• Liaising with the engineering team to guarantee all the required documentation is prepared, shared and commented by the vessel crew
• Follow up of procurement of all the items requested by the vessel for the project execution
• Interface with vessel team to guarantee project requirements are met
• Interface with ASSETs dept. to guarantee the marine spread readiness 

Vessel Operation Engineer duties during offshore operations include:

• Liaising with the onshore PMT, VMT, OCM and Client representative to ensure that the requirements of Client specifications and the Contractor installation manual are followed.
• Assists the OCM in all engineering aspects and advise on project specific items.
• Completion of onsite technical queries and management of change requests as required during offshore operations.
• Review and approval of task plans pertaining to pipeline operations which are written offshore, to ensure compliance with approved procedures.
• Jointly responsible with the QC Coordinator for ensuring the correct revisions of documents are available on-board.

Job Details:

Contract role - expected to fall outside of IR35 but will be subject to a pre-contract determination assessment.

Rate: Negotiable

Duration: Ongoing

Location: London

Start date: ASAP

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK