Automated Subsea Pig Launcher Lead

• The job holder will follow-up SAPL Contractor activities and will ensure the SAPL is engineered, fabricated, integrated, delivered and tested in due time , ready for installation as per project planning.
• The job holders must possess strong experience designing offshore subsea production systems to ensure its safe and optimum project delivery as well as reliable operation .
• Performing all duties in line with Company procedures.
• Ensure high quality of all deliverables from Concept, Basic Engineering, Detailed Engineering / Qualification / Manufacturing / Fabrication / Construction / Installation / Pre-Commissioning activities performed by Contractor, whilst respecting local content requirement .
• Identify and solve technical issues relating to the Automated Subsea Pig Launcher (ASPL) package that may arise during all activities of the Project.
• Ensure the prompt and efficient dispatch, review and approval of all Detailed Engineering / Qualification / Manufacturing / Fabrication / Construction / Installation / Pre-Commissioning documents issued by Automated Subsea Pig Launcher Contractor , in due time, ensuring the adequate level of priority is given.
• Able to lead the designing and developing of the ASPL system in compliance with industry standards and client requirements .
• Able to review calculations, simulations, and analyses to ensure the integrity and reliability of subsea equipment .
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to optimise subsea system delivery, installation and operational performance .
• Conducting risk assessments and implementing mitigation measures.
• Responsible for the technical coordination of discipline work-scopes that cover the function and design of all parts of the ASPL system .
• Apply a system level view and decision making to the following typical activities:
• PFDs, schematics, block diagrams, field layout.
• Production assurance / flow assurance.
• Reliability / availability modelling.
• Inspection, maintenance, monitoring and repair considering the routine interventions that will be required to re-load the pig launcher .
• Testing and commissioning philosophies.
• Material selection, coatings and CP.
• Process safety, protection and risk management.
• Identify, evaluate and manage the key system technical risks , seeking mitigations where possible and populating the risk registers , ensuring critical, high consequence risk items are escalated .
• Liaise with Project QHSES, QAQC , to ensure that the ASPL scope is designed to be safe, operable, and maintainable .
• Assist QA/QC Manager for all quality issues related to ASPL engineering .
• Monitor Contractor performance against engineering aspects of the Contract and assist the Offshore Package Manager / PCM in management of associated Change Order Requests .
• Initiate and attend all ASPL engineering meetings , routine and subject specific, to pursue Contractor's resolution and close-out of documents .
• Ensure that agreed project battery limits are adhered to.
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• Shall implement and maintain an effective offshore interface management process aligned with COMPANY governance and the New PRODOM IMS (IR/ITS) , ensuring traceability and auditable closeout .
• Shall ensure offshore battery limits are defined, controlled and consistently applied , with clear physical/functional tie points and agreed acceptance/testing requirements at each boundary.
• Shall ensure timely resolution of offshore interface issues and escalate unresolved conflicts or schedule threats to the Interface Manager with recommended corrective actions.
• Shall ensure offshore interface deliverables and records are complete, accurate and issued on time (incl. MoM, decision log, interface deliverables, as-built updates, test evidence ).
• Shall ensure third-party impacts relevant to offshore delivery are managed through the COMPANY Third Party Interface Lead , and that contractors do not engage third parties directly outside approved governance .
• Shall promote HSSE leadership and ensure interface decisions do not introduce HSE or integrity risks ; shall flag and escalate any unsafe or non-compliant interface condition .
• Shall identify, assess and manage offshore interface-related risks in accordance with the Project Risk Management procedure , ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation .
• Shall ensure alignment between Interface Management System (ITS/ITR) and Risk Register , so that all critical interface issues are properly captured as risks and monitored to closure.
• Minimum Education: Engineer / Master Civil Engineering degree or other relevant and recognized qualification , have a Systems Engineering or Engineering Management background , including detailed knowledge of subsea systems and a minimum of 15yrs+ experience of working in subsea projects and proven experience in major oil and gas projects, in Offshore large projects .
• Proven Major Oil and Gas project developments knowledge and experience.
• Prior experience in Design Leadership / Project Management.
• 15+ years’ experience in one or more of the following packages:
• Subsea Engineering.
• Project Engineering.
• Hardware package delivery (Systems, Trees, Controls, Pipelines, Manifolds etc.).
• Installation experience.
• Experience with subsea structure design and subsea operational pigging.
• In-depth knowledge of subsea engineering and the relevant best practices, codes & standards.
• Familiar with Marine Operations using Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).
• Past experience in Caspian Sea is a plus.
• Total Energies experience is an added advantage.

Language Requirements

• Fluent English mandatory.
• Azerbaijani language skills will assist performance.

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• Location: Position based in Baku , with frequent missions as requested at SAPL Contractor locations (UK or Norway) .