SURF Installation Manager Engineering Services

Position: SURF Installation Manager Engineering Services

Location: Paris, France, potential residential assignment in Suriname with offshore missions

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 12‑Month Renewable Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all SURF installation activities, supporting the SURF Package Manager.
• Ensure all H3SE requirements are implemented and fully respected across the contractor teams and installation vessels.
• Review, validate, and comment on all contractor technical documentation, installation procedures, engineering queries, and design deviations.
• Develop and maintain the SURF Installation Plan, installation schedule, and associated installation principles.
• Identify and manage COMOPs (notably with Drilling), proposing mitigation measures.
• Ensure all installation, pre‑commissioning, and commissioning aspects are addressed throughout engineering and execution phases.
• Coordinate daily with contractors on installation engineering matters, ensuring quality, progress, and compliance.
• Manage interfaces between SURF and related packages including Drilling, FPSO, SPS, and URS.
• Supervise all SURF company representatives across installation vessels, ensuring coherent execution and effective decision flow.
• Oversee offshore installation of all SURF equipment across multiple laying vessels, ensuring QA/QC and H3SE compliance.
• Directly support and oversee pre‑commissioning and commissioning of SURF systems.
• Consolidate reporting, highlight risks, track contractor progress, and elevate issues where required.
• Participate in project reviews (PR, DER, CSPP) and represent SURF in partner/concessionaire workshops and committees.
• Ensure confidentiality of all SURF documentation produced and maintain rigorous documentation control.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to project close‑out reporting.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• 15+ years’ experience in large offshore Oil & Gas projects, including SURF engineering, construction, installation, and commissioning.
• SURF contractor experience highly advantageous.
• Strong technical and operational management experience across multi‑vessel installation campaigns.
• Strong team leadership, stakeholder management, and coordination skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple workstreams, and resolve technical issues efficiently.
• Strong cost and schedule awareness with a focus on project delivery.
• BOSIET & HUET required prior to offshore missions.

With over 90 years’ combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world’s leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we can provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting everything from securing visas and work permits to providing market‑leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.