Principal Welding Engineer at Michael Stevens Consulting

Responsibilities 
Service Description:

• Promote Goal Zero Safety and Quality culture and drive compliance at the worksite.
• Enforce HSE policies and procedures at Company worksites.
• Review and provide input to technical specification documents, P&IDs, and other detailed engineering documents for subsea control systems and other interfacing systems.
• Respond to subsea control and distribution-related queries and technical clarification questions from contractors.
• Ensure the manufacturing/fabrication of MCS (Master Control System), EPU (Electrical Power Unit), HPU (Hydraulic Power Unit), EJB, TUPA, SCMs, hardware-mounted controls, and associated transportation, storage, and installation aids comply with project specifications, procedures, design documentation, and approved inspection and test plans (ITP) and validation through testing. Ensure appropriate witness, review, and approvals by Company representatives per approved project inspection and test plans.
• Participate in Design Reviews, Technical Workshops, HAZID, HAZOP, and other meetings/reviews as assigned in the Scope of Work.
• Ensure safe, timely, and efficient execution and drive progress of the work scope based on the project schedule.
• Witness fabrication, assembly, and/or manufacturing activities at the Fabrication Site and confirm compliance with the approved procedure.
• Witness site activities including Site Receipt Inspection, Site Integration, Factory Acceptance Test, Extended Factory Acceptance Test, and System Integration Test, and confirm compliance with the approved procedure.
• Work with contractors to ensure quality issues are properly identified, documented, reported, and timely dispositioned.
• Author and deliver daily, weekly, and monthly status, progress, and site reports.
• Oversee materials/goods receipt, inspection, and verification checks, and report findings.
• Coordinate readiness and execution of integration tests across packages/disciplines.
• Review and provide input to Assembly and Testing Procedures, storage and preservation, Transportation Handling Instructions, Installation, and Offshore Testing Procedures.
• Ensure Materials Record Book (including Certificate of Conformance and other technical documentation) is available prior to loadout of equipment.
• Coordinate logistics at the Local Fabrication Site for timely packaging and transportation of equipment to the quayside and safely load out to the installation/transportation vessel.
• Liaise with Company’s Lifting and Hoisting SME (Subject Matter Expert) to review lift plans, rigging register, and support safe lifting operations.
• Supervise offshore installation, testing, pre-commissioning, and commissioning of the subsea control systems.
• Liaise with Project Engineers responsible for delivering other packages within the project, e.g., Distributed Control System, Electrical systems, topsides piping, and structures, to manage interfaces and drive compliance with project requirements.
• Coordinate meetings and design reviews with contractor engineers and technicians and report outcomes.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders (Quality, HSE, project control, engineering disciplines, planning, Information & Digital Technology, Bonga asset & operations, Wells, marine, logistics, planning aviation, subsea intervention, etc.) to ensure adequate support for project execution.
• Log and track lessons learned during the detailed design and manufacturing activities within the package.
• Review operation and maintenance manuals and guidelines issued by the contractor.
• The service will involve work and travel to fabrication sites, OEM facilities, and offshore vessels in the Gulf of Guinea.

Requisite Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years’ work experience, with at least 10 years of relevant experience in designing, installing, or upgrading automation and control systems within the oil and gas industry, with a focus on Deepwater.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Subsea Engineering with professional registration.
• Good understanding and practical application of industry standards and codes (API 17F / ISO 13628-6, API 17H, API RP 17N, ASME B31.3, ASME IX, IEC 60287).
• Practical experience working with subsea control systems OEMs.
• Practical experience in developing subsea control specifications and datasheets.
• Ability to communicate, work, interface, interact, and influence effectively within a multi-disciplinary team of professionals located globally.
• Knowledge of personal and process safety.
• Demonstrable project management experience, with certifications if applicable.
• Knowledge in the use of MS Office tools or similar software.