Senior Installation Analysis Engineer
The Senior Installation Analysis Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Installation Analysis discipline within McDermott. They act as a resource for colleagues with less experience, sharing expert conceptual and practical knowledge. The role solves complex problems, utilizes discipline-specific knowledge, and impacts customer, operational, project, or service activities across the installation team and related groups.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
* Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed design as per design basis, project specifications, codes, and standards.
* Lead the Engineering team when acting as a Project Coordinator.
* Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and non‑standard situations.
* Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and reports.
* Manage time to meet deadlines and budgets, developing short‑term work plans.
* Communicate and explain complex issues establishing understanding.
* Provide engineering support onboard installation vessels offshore.
* Be fully familiar with the project scope, specifications, schedule, and inter‑discipline requirements, raising concerns early and taking appropriate actions.
* Identify scope changes and promptly raise change notifications and provide supporting documentation and estimates.
* Interface with all disciplines to develop clash‑free designs.
* Maintain cooperation with other engineering disciplines, planning, fabrication, marine, and project management teams.
* Document substantive communications and forward copies to the Discipline Lead Engineer.
* Assist in preparing bid proposal estimates, including technical query reviews and work‑hour estimates.
* Raise technical queries to obtain missing information and maintain preferred McDermott procedures.
* Prepare discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications.
* Participate in finalizing deliverable lists, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity.
* Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys as required.
* Provide technical direction and review of designers producing Construction/Installation Support Engineering products.
* Assist procurement personnel in producing discipline equipment, materials, and services.
* Assist in updating weight reports based on vendor information.
* Check engineering performed by others within the discipline.
* Perform design verification through single‑discipline and inter‑discipline checks (IDC).
* Provide technical support to fabricating queries, including defect/rectification requirements.
* Keep the lead engineer apprised of all activities and concerns (technical, budgetary, manpower).
* Assist in providing inputs for planning and forecasting progress reports, including productivity metrics.
* Participate in internal, customer, and third‑party technical audits of engineering deliverables.
* Assist lead engineer with responses to customers and agencies on reviews and approvals.
* Capture lessons learned and enter them into the MDR Lessons Learned system.
* Act as a resource for less experienced colleagues and guide them on MDR and discipline procedures.
* Be aware of costs related to own work and the discipline.
Design Environments
* Pipeline installation discipline: review pipeline installation designs, analyses, and procedures for spools, PLETS and manifolds, and cables.
* Structural installation discipline: review designs for loadout, transportation, and installation of offshore structures, including barge upgrades/modifications.
* Naval installation discipline: review naval architecture designs related to all aspects of marine operations covering loadout, transportation, and installation.
Additional Preferred Skills
* Erection sequences for jackets, topsides, and other structures.
* Loadout procedures and guidance during operations.
* Construction lift analyses and procedures (floatover, stacking, roll‑ups).
* Weighing procedures.
* Design and detailing of miscellaneous fabrication yard items.
* Crane arrangements and rigging arrangements.
* Trailer arrangements/operations, including drawings and procedures.
Essential Qualifications and Education
* Bachelor's Degree in Naval Architecture, Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering (Master's degree preferred).
* 8–15 years of experience in oil and gas, predominantly in construction and installation design at a major contractor or consultant.
* Strong working knowledge of design techniques, analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of relevant standards, codes, and guidelines for onshore and offshore construction.
* Preferably a Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society.
Seniority Level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
* Full‑time
Job Function
* Oil and Gas
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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