SURF Flow Assurance Engineer
Job description
About the Position
SURF Flow Assurance Engineer
We are seeking a highly skilled SURF Flow Assurance Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas sector for a 12-month renewable contract in London, UK.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate all Flow Assurance engineering activities throughout project execution.
- Provide technical guidance and expertise relating to subsea production systems, SURF packages, topsides, and operational interfaces.
- Review, supervise, and validate Flow Assurance studies performed by engineering contractors and third-party specialists.
- Support the development and optimization of production system design solutions.
- Conduct and review transient and steady-state flow assurance analyses.
- Evaluate and manage hydrate, wax, slugging, thermal, and operability risks throughout field development.
- Provide technical support relating to shutdown, restart, and production operating scenarios.
- Interface closely with reservoir, well performance, process, subsea, operations, and project engineering teams.
- Review contractor engineering deliverables, technical queries, design deviations, and derogation requests.
- Ensure engineering activities comply with project specifications, international standards, and HSE requirements.
- Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies throughout project execution.
- Participate in project technical reviews, design reviews, and multidisciplinary engineering workshops.
- Assist with commissioning planning, start-up preparation, and operational readiness activities.
- Support field operations teams during commissioning, start-up, and offshore campaign activities where required.
- Contribute to lessons learned exercises and project closeout activities.
- Provide recommendations to optimize cost, schedule, operability, and production performance while maintaining safety and quality objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification.
- Minimum 15 years of Flow Assurance engineering experience within the oil and gas sector.
- Strong expertise in deepwater and ultra-deepwater offshore developments.
- Significant experience supporting detailed engineering and project execution phases.
- Advanced knowledge and practical experience using OLGA simulation software.
- Strong understanding of multiphase flow behaviour and production system hydraulics.
- Experience performing transient analysis and flow assurance studies for offshore production systems.
- Proven experience supporting shutdown, restart, and operational flow assurance assessments.
- Experience managing interfaces between SURF, Subsea Production Systems (SPS), process facilities, and operations teams.
- Strong technical review and contractor management experience.
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work with a leading engineering staffing provider
- Comprehensive benefits packages and accommodation support
- Professional development opportunities
About the Company
NES Fircroft (NES) is the world's leading engineering staffing provider, spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With over 90 years of combined experience and more than 80 offices in 45 countries, NES provides 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.
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