Material Engineer - Kan Project

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies.  Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices. 

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

JOB OBJECTIVE / JOB EXPECTATIONS

• Provide technical expertise for Material Technology, Material selection and Welding.
• Developing Performance Standards enabling Structural Integrity for critical structures and systems.
• Contribute to the continuous development of design basis and studies scope of work documents.
• Be a HSE role model towards others including the Contractors.  Raise awareness and align any gaps between Harbour Energy’s expectations and contractor’s safety standard. 
• Owner’s representative and Technical Authority for the discipline.

TASKS AND SCOPE OF WORK / MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AREAS.

• Ensure that relevant regulatory/company requirements are complied with.
• Describe and monitor technical integrity of relevant systems/barriers
• Provide input and update to project Basis of Design as required.
• Provide directives for safe and efficient operations during Facility lifetime, including the establishment and follow up of specific performance requirements for barriers.
• Special focus and responsibility to follow-up contractors material selection and development of material specifications.
• Provide input to tender processes (SoW, project requirements etc) and support tender clarification and evaluation up to RFA.
• Implement and follow the design verification process.
• Contribute to project risk workshops and follow up on engineering-related actions relating to risk mitigation measures.
• Contribute to the management of change process, development of operations plans, philosophies, procedures, manuals, etc.
• Participate in HAZIDs, HAZOPs and other HSEs-related reviews.
• Identify and follow-up TQP’s and qualifications as required
• Provide input to schedule planning and cost estimating with particular to material delivery and LLI’s
• Contribute and prepare relevant parts of decision support packages.
• Ensure lessons learned from the earlier projects and ongoing activities can be captured and addressed.
• Travelling to and prolonged periods at Contractor sites is expected
• Offshore work is expected

TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technical Skills (Special Technical knowledge: As: Software. Law knowledge, standards knowledge, etc.)

• Expertise on local and international regulatory framework
• Experience from design, manufacture and fabrication of subsea and offshore structures

Non-Technical Skills (It refers to soft skills: i.e. leadership, management skills, negotiation, communication, etc.)

• Trust, care, open-minded and brave
• Result-oriented with a balanced focus on: HSEQ – Production – Cost – People.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a high tempo environment

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Education (Level of educational required)

• Preferably Master’s degree. Mandatory: Bachelor’s degree (Depends on experience)

Work Experience

• Minimum 10 years relevant experience
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant regulatory/company requirements and international standards.
• Have understanding from platform and subsea pipeline projects through all phases.
• Possess in-depth knowledge of material assessment and selection including welding standards and methods.
• In-depth understanding of corrosion mechanisms and corrosion assessment.

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at careers@harbourenergy.com