Offshore Construction Engineer

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Offshore Construction Engineer, based offshore on a 2/3 rotation.

Responsibilities:
Duties & Responsibilities to include:
* Manage and control the activities of the Construction and Fabric Maintenance Teams in a cost effective and efficient manner.
* Ensure that all relevant activities are carried out safely and in accordance with Statutory Regulations, the company’s Safety Management System and procedures.
* Support the Maintenance Supervisor to ensure that safety critical system maintenance is executed in a manner that secures fitness for purpose.
* Co-ordinate the planning and implementation of major project workscopes i.e. those that fall out with planned facilities scopes.
* Provide input on platform equipment and systems to ensure that the required performance is maintained or enhanced in order to secure the safety and/or commercial objectives of the asset.
* Contribute to maintaining safe working environment by undertaking audits.
* Provide positive leadership encouraging teams and team members to be a part of, and to contribute to the objectives of the organisation.
* Liaison with external bodies, vendors, contractors and specialists either directly or as a result of activities supervised by sub-contractors.
* Assist the company’s other support functions to ensure that operations actions are completed in a timely manner.
* Liaison with persons involved with the verification as to the fitness of purpose of the installation
* Fully integrated member of the shutdown offshore management team, including facilitating the Shutdown Platform Inductions.
* Management and control of all shutdown related Facilities, Integrity and Maintenance activities that require the services of the incumbent engineering/construction and fabric maintenance contractors.
* Management and control of all specialist third party vendors supporting the above activities.
* Co-ordination of the Vessel cleaning, inspections and associated remedial workscopes.
* Responsible for ensuring that all workpacks, materials and personnel are available to satisfy the shutdown plan.
* Involved in the preparation of any relevant ISSOW permitry (including participation in level 2 Risk Assessment) and supporting documentation (marked-up P&ID’s, etc.) in advance of and during the shutdown period.
* Responsible for Daily Reporting, Planning updates, attending Meetings and Conference Calls between platform and office.
* Liaison with external bodies such as Lloyds, in relation to verification, witness testing and commissioning of associated activities.
* Responsible for ensuring that all as-built/close-out activities have been completed in a timely manner.
* Responsible for recognising the significance of an emerging situation through sight, sound, smell and – if necessary – stopping the job.
* Understand and manage specific MAH and PSM risks on the asset.
* Ensure the safety critical systems required to minimise MAH and PSM risks are maintained and are in good working order.
* Recognise those certain types of equipment that can give rise to LOC events (valves, small-bore tubing, bolted flanges etc.) and ensure they are monitored in line with relevant procedures.
* Maintain own knowledge of PSM requirements and parts of the SHEMS that apply to area of responsibility.
* Ensure all personnel under area of responsibility have sufficient knowledge of MAH and PSM risks to safely carry out their duties.
Requirements
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to work both on own initiative at times but also be a team-player, sharing ideas with other multi-disciplinary team members
* Self-motivated with a ‘can-do’ attitude
* Takes actions which are consistent with the company values and mission statement
* Promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion in line with the company’s strategies: commit to learning about developing inclusive cultures and eliminating blockers to diversity in the working environment.
* Operational direction to onshore and offshore management.
* Management of day to day issues and troubleshooting when required.
* Supervisory skills to include leadership, direction, delegation, coaching, mentoring and performance evaluation.
* Project Management, planning and scheduling.
* Safety, Health and Environmental Management Systems.
* Performance Management, audit and investigation.
* Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
* Commercial and financial awareness.
* Computer Literate, MS Packages, presentation, planning and database systems.

Contract position

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: CR/073767.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.