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Category
Subsea Engineering
Work Pattern
Onshore / Hybrid (offshore for installation support)
Reports To
Subsea Hardware Lead / Subsea Engineering Manager
Position Overview
The Subsea Hardware Engineer focuses on the specification, design review, procurement, and delivery of subsea hardware — encompassing manifolds, PLETs, PLEMs, suction piles, flying leads, jumpers, and connectors. This role ensures that subsea structural and mechanical hardware is designed, fabricated, and tested to meet project requirements and can be safely installed and connected subsea.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop technical specifications for subsea manifolds, PLETs, PLEMs, suction piles, and associated hardware.
- Review and approve vendor design deliverables including GA drawings, structural analyses, and MTOs.
- Manage procurement of subsea hardware, including tender evaluation, PO placement, and delivery tracking.
- Witness FAT and SIT for subsea hardware, ensuring compliance with project specifications and industry codes.
- Coordinate interface management between subsea hardware, pipelines, umbilicals, and trees.
- Prepare installation and tie-in procedures for subsea hardware deployment and connection.
- Perform or review suction pile sizing, manifold structural analysis, and foundation design.
- Support subsea hardware technology qualification programs (TQPs) for new or modified designs.
- Resolve fabrication and testing non-conformances through engineering dispositions.
- Provide offshore technical support during hardware installation and tie-in campaigns.
Qualifications
Required
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Structural, or Subsea Engineering.
- Certifications: BOSIET/FOET with CA-EBS; Offshore Medical.
- Experience: 4–10 years in subsea hardware engineering, with experience in manifold and structure design/delivery.
- Technical Skills: Knowledge of API 17D, API 17P (manifolds), DNV standards for subsea structures; proficiency in structural analysis software (SACS, ANSYS); understanding of subsea connectors (vertical/horizontal hub, collet connector).
Preferred
- Experience with modular manifold designs for subsea processing.
- Familiarity with subsea distribution units (SDU), flying leads, and jumper design.
- Chartered Engineer status.
- Experience with subsea compression or pumping station hardware.
Market Intelligence
$800–$1,150/day
Shortage Level: Moderate
Key Skills Gap: While the talent pool is larger than for controls or trees, engineers with end-to-end hardware delivery experience (spec through installation) remain sought after.
Regions in Highest Demand: Southeast Asia, Middle East, West Africa, Brazil
Demand Drivers: Steady demand from tieback and new field developments; subsea processing hardware (boosting, separation) adding complexity; standardised manifold designs reducing but not eliminating the need for bespoke engineering.