LCV – Pre-Commissioning Field Engineer; Pipeline

Overview

LCV – Pre-Commissioning Field Engineer; Pipeline. Start Date: April 2026. Duration: 12 months renewable. Location: Paris, France. Status: Residential.

The LCV Pre‑commissioning Engineer will support the Pre‑commissioning Lead in overseeing and assuring all pipeline and umbilical pre‑commissioning activities executed by contractors. The role focuses on technical review, coordination, and ensuring full compliance with COMPANY standards, project specifications, and regulatory requirements. This position is partly based in Paris with extensive rotations onboard the LCV and onshore in Afungi. Offshore, the engineer will work shifts and report to the LCV CSR, with functional reporting to the Pre‑commissioning Lead onshore.

Responsibilities

• Supervise pipeline pre‑commissioning operations (vacuum pull, MEG filling, flooding, cleaning, gauging, pressure testing, dewatering, drying, nitrogen packing, surveys, and installation/recovery of flooding caps and pig traps) as well as umbilical and optical fiber testing (pre/post‑loadout, installation monitoring, pre/post‑installation tests, and post hook‑up tests) across Phases 0, 1 and 2 via the EPCI Contractor.
• Coordinate interfaces between installation teams, contractors, onshore engineering, HSE, and commissioning; provide technical input and issue management during documentation review and mobilization progress meetings (Management of Change).
• Serve as the client focal point for all pre‑commissioning activities on vessels, at yards, or onshore facilities.
• Review and provide engineering input during procedure development and interface planning with installation, commissioning, and vendor teams.
• Supply verified information to the reporting system to enable full tracking of pre‑commissioning activities.
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the vessel operations team.
• Participate in toolbox talks, JSA reviews, HIRAs, and SIMOPS coordination.
• Review and sign off contractor and sub‑contractor’s offshore test records, pressure charts, OTDR traces, pigging logs, calibration certificates, and data sheets.
• Ensure all field documentation is complete, accurate, and suitable for inclusion in handover dossiers.
• Contribute to lessons learned of the project and close‑out report.
• Promote and enforce safety expectations throughout the offshore and onshore pre‑commissioning phases.
• Provide detailed daily pre‑commissioning progress reports, deviations, risks, and forward plans to the pre‑commissioning lead.
• Support the Pre‑commissioning Lead in preparing client internal reports, readiness dashboards, and post‑job evaluations.
• Carry out other duties as delegated by the pre‑commissioning lead.

Accountabilities

• Prepare the vessel pre‑commissioning campaign.
• Supervise onshore and offshore pipeline pre‑commissioning operations.
• Verify all steps follow the approved method statements and safe systems of work and intervene immediately when deviations, non‑conformances, or risks are identified.

Qualifications/Experience required

• Degree in Engineering or similar with a minimum 10 years in Oil & Gas industry with related offshore technical, quality and HSE oversight experience and at least 5 years of offshore pre‑commissioning of pipeline.
• Strong knowledge of pipeline operations for offshore oil and gas projects.
• Familiarity with deepwater operations, subsea production systems, and vessel‑based operations.
• Previous client or operator’s experience preferred (assurance/verification role).
• Knowledge of industry standards (DNV, API, ISO) and pre‑commissioning best practices.
• Ability to work under the Pre‑commissioning Lead while managing assigned scopes independently.
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, PFDs, isometric drawings, hydraulic profiles, and CFD reports.
• Ability to work well in a high‑stress, fast paced environment with others in an international and multicultural environment.
• Ability to travel internationally and willingness to support back‑to‑back during leave periods.
• Fluency in English with strong communication and coordination skills with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Current BOSIET, OGUK, ENG1 and offshore medical certification prior to mobilizing offshore.