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Quest Energy Group

Structural Engineer

Houston, TX · On-site

Offshore / Subsea Structural Engineer Location: Houston, TX (Energy Corridor) Job Type: Full-Time Position Overview We are seeking a talented Offshore Structural Engineer with 3+ years of experience ...

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Noble Corporation

MPD Technician

Sugar Land, TX · On-site

... on offshore drilling rigs. Assist rig crew with running, retrieving, and testing equipment ... Support Subsea Engineer with the operation, maintenance and repair of Well Control and Subsea ...

Anadarko

Senior Subsea Project Engineer

Houston, TX

$94K - $123K/yr

As a Senior Subsea Project Engineer you will be responsible for leading project teams and the ... Support engineering projects and equipment as required (may require offshore and overseas trips)

INTEC SEA

Engineer (Structural/Mechanical)

Houston, TX · On-site

$72K - $98K/yr

They are a world leading provider of large scale steelworks for offshore, subsea and many other ... Key tasks - Preparation of high quality engineering documents/packages in accordance with templates ...

Intec Sea

Engineer (Structural/Mechanical)

Houston, TX · On-site

$72K - $98K/yr

They are a world leading provider of large scale steelworks for offshore, subsea and many other ... They are looking to build a design team in Texas consisting of draughtsman and design engineers.

Orion Group

Job Summary The Subsea Project Engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and efficient ... Offshore engineering (deep water) * System operability * System installation * Negotiation skills

Saipem

Offshore Structural Engineer

Houston, TX · On-site

Perform technical tasks assigned by the Subsea Structural Lead such as structural analyses ... engineer within Offshore Oil and Gas / Wind industries Languages: English Technical Skills: see ...

DOF

Logistics Coordinator

Houston, TX · On-site

$18.50 - $24.75/hr

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or related field preferred. * 5-8+ years of logistics experience in subsea, offshore oil & gas, marine operations, or heavy ...

DOF

Logistics Coordinator

Houston, TX

$18.50 - $24.75/hr

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or related field preferred. * 5-8+ years of logistics experience in subsea, offshore oil & gas, marine operations, or heavy ...

Leidos

Subsea Lead Program Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site

$131K - $237K/yr

Support the planning and executing of subsea portions of offshore testing campaigns, including ... Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar technical discipline. * 8+ years ...

Leidos

Subsea Lead Program Engineer

Bowie, MD · On-site +1

$131K - $237K/yr

Support the planning and executing of subsea portions of offshore testing campaigns, including ... Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar technical discipline. * 8+ years ...

Leidos

Subsea Lead Program Engineer

Lynnwood, WA · On-site +1

$131K - $237K/yr

Support the planning and executing of subsea portions of offshore testing campaigns, including ... Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar technical discipline. * 8+ years ...

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How much do offshore subsea engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Jun 12, 2026, the average yearly pay for offshore subsea engineer in the United States is $111,632.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $80,500.00 and $132,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as an Offshore Subsea Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as an Offshore Subsea Engineer, you need a solid background in mechanical, marine, or subsea engineering, often supported by a relevant engineering degree and offshore certifications like BOSIET. Familiarity with subsea design software (e.g., AutoCAD, SolidWorks), ROV operations, and industry standards such as API and ISO is essential. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and effective communication are critical soft skills for managing complex offshore projects and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. These skills and qualifications ensure safe, efficient, and innovative subsea operations in challenging offshore environments.

What are some common challenges faced by Offshore Subsea Engineers when working on remote projects?

Offshore Subsea Engineers frequently encounter challenges such as unpredictable weather conditions, logistical complexities of transporting equipment and personnel, and limited access to immediate technical support while working at remote locations. Effective communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, both onshore and offshore, are vital to successfully address technical issues and ensure project continuity. Additionally, adherence to strict safety and environmental standards is crucial, requiring a proactive approach to risk management and problem-solving.

What is the difference between Offshore Subsea Engineer vs Offshore Drilling Engineer?

AspectOffshore Subsea EngineerOffshore Drilling Engineer
CredentialsBachelor's in Engineering, certifications in subsea systemsBachelor's in Engineering, certifications in drilling operations
Work EnvironmentSubsea equipment, underwater systems, offshore platformsDrilling rigs, offshore platforms, surface equipment
Industry UsageOil & gas, subsea infrastructure projectsOil & gas, drilling operations on offshore rigs

Offshore Subsea Engineers focus on designing, installing, and maintaining underwater systems, while Offshore Drilling Engineers oversee drilling operations on rigs. Both roles require technical expertise and work in offshore environments, but their specific responsibilities and areas of focus differ significantly.

What are Offshore Subsea Engineers?

Offshore Subsea Engineers are specialized professionals who design, install, maintain, and repair equipment and systems located on the ocean floor, primarily for the oil and gas industry. They work with complex subsea structures such as pipelines, control systems, and production facilities, ensuring that these systems operate safely and efficiently in challenging underwater environments. Their role often involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, addressing technical challenges posed by deepwater operations, and adhering to strict safety and environmental standards. Offshore Subsea Engineers may spend time both onshore in offices or laboratories and offshore on platforms or vessels.
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LUT- Principal Umbilical/Controls Engineer

LUT- Principal Umbilical/Controls Engineer

Lutech Resources

Houston, TX • On-site

Full-time

Posted 16 days ago

Job description

Job Description
We are currently exploring potential candidates for an upcoming role at McDermott. While this position is not yet open for active recruitment, we want to connect with talented individuals who may be interested in future projects withs us. If you are passionate about building energy's future and want to be considered when this role becomes available, we encourage you to submit your details.
Job Overview:
The Principal Subsea Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex Subsea-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Subsea Engineer may lead functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in Subsea. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in Subsea as well as broad knowledge of the Subsea discipline within the Engineering function.
Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
  • Support subsea and offshore projects in performing design and installation engineering/analysis in a lead role and address various requirements for procurement.
  • Provide specialist skills and knowledge in the areas related to engineering and analysis including design codes related to subsea engineering and installation engineering.
  • Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards.
  • Apply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations.
  • Coordinate and engage in daily activities and schedule priorities for subsea engineering under limited supervision
  • Tender engineering support with an emphasis on document review, preparation of subcontractor documents, CTR preparation, bid evaluation, and vendor selection.
  • Assume responsibility for technical reports, design calculations, engineering analysis, and interface with third parties including subcontractors and verification bodies.
  • Required to attend and prepare for project progress meetings and departmental meetings.
  • Manage own time to meet objectives and (as Lead Engineer) forecast and plan resource requirements.
  • Act as Project Representative for the Discipline during meetings with the Project Team, Customer discipline lead, and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.
  • Adhere to the safety and legal objectives of the company.
  • Train and mentor graduates and junior engineers.
  • Perform Installation Analysis for rigid pipelines and risers including CLAD and Lined pipelines from reel-lay and S-lay vessels.
  • Perform Installation Analysis for flexible flowlines, flexible risers of various configurations, umbilicals (static and dynamic) and subsea structures.
  • Prepare Installation Analysis models using industry-standard packages and post-process analysis results applying design criteria from industry codes and client specifications.
  • Support in the development of knowledge in the area of design and installation analysis related to subsea and offshore engineering.
  • Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve third-party reports related to Installation Engineering and Analysis.
  • Understand client requirements and develop solutions to address them, satisfying necessary codes and specifications.
  • Take personal responsibility for design, analyses, and technical documentation.
  • Liaise with operational teams to support project engineering and be available for site visits and offshore trips when necessary.
  • Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues.
  • Interpret contractual requirements as they relate to engineering execution.
  • Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates.
  • Provide similar support for Variation Orders.
  • Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings.
  • Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Teams, as required.
  • Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager.
  • Prepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and manhour estimates, identifying software requirements and any other project-specific requirements.
  • Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements.
  • Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications.
  • Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity.
  • Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestones, and engineering scope.
  • Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required.
  • Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Subsea Engineering.
  • Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve design reports and procedures.
  • Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables.
  • Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures; procurement assistance includes preparing, reviewing, and (as Lead Engineer) approving requisitions, evaluating technical quotations, and preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer.
  • Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary.
  • Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve design verification through single-discipline check I interdisciplinary check (IDC).
  • Provide technical support to fabrication queries, including identifying defect and rectification requirements.
  • Keep the Discipline Manager and Project Management Team apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary and manpower related.
  • Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
  • Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved.
  • Present issues and problems to Customers in a timely manner and assist the Lead Engineer in negotiating resolution in accordance with project and company requirements.
  • Perform (as required) Technical Quality Audit reviews in accordance with MDR Global Procedures.
  • Assist Lead Engineer with responses to Customer and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval.
  • Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR's Lessons Learned system.
  • Capture Knowledge Objects and enter into MDR's system.
  • Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
  • Supervise and guide assigned engineers and coordinate with project Lead Designers for Discipline engineering and design deliverables.
  • Responsible for the engineering integrity of the assigned work area.
  • Monitor costs of own work processes.
  • Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standard calculation notes.
  • Participate in development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, and Standards.
  • May participate in standards development committees or task groups such as DNV and API.
  • Develop communication and presentation skills (e.g., write technical papers, participate in conferences and/or seminars, present design solutions, and/or present topics at "lunch and learns"; etc.).
  • Identify and provide training to staff in specific techniques and proprietary software.
  • Provide information on employee performance to the Discipline Manager.
  • Assist the Discipline manager in interviewing job applicants.
  • Review and (as a Lead Engineer) approve drawings and design reports ensuring technical correctness, professional presentation, and satisfaction of fabrication/installation requirements.
  • Participate in Constructability Review meetings and offshore visits as required to support offshore installation.
  • When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
    • Direct small or medium-sized Engineering Teams as a Lead Engineer.
    • Lead the discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and complete it within the planned schedule and budget, in accordance with standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to a high professional standard.
    • Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all manpower resources- agree allocations with the Discipline Manager.
    • Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified.
    • Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action.
    • Act as project-based discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with customer counterparts.
    • Ensure substantive communications are documented.
    • Prepare bids and project's discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required.
    • Identify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineers' skill sets and provide requests to the Discipline Manager.
    • Plan, organize, and assign tasks, responsibilities, and manhour budgets to the Discipline Team, and verify tasks are completed within budgets.
    • Plan Discipline Level 4 detail deliverable schedule/ register compliant with the overall execution plan.
    • Prepare working forecasts identifying change management plans, corrective action, and real-time schedule.
    • Provide Discipline inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
    • Alert the Project Team of any deviation from the scope or a need for a change order.
    • Monitor KPI measurement results and take corrective action as necessary to improve.
    • Discipline performance, including performance at interfaces with others.
    • Coordinate with other Discipline Lead Engineers and Designers to ensure timely receipt of necessary design inputs.
    • Review and approve requisitions, technical quotation evaluations and queries, compiled bid tabulations and recommendations, and purchase requisitions; and coordinate with Procurement to expedite vendor documents as required.
    • Lead the Discipline Team during project audits (internal, Customer, and third-party technical audits) and Design Reviews.
    • Review comments from customers and other agencies on documents and drawings produced by the team and resolve and give guidance on their update and incorporation.
    • Assist the Discipline Manager in the preparation of quarterly forecasts and manpower planning.
    • Anticipate Project Engineering needs and plan accordingly.
    • Coordinate with vendor for discipline-managed/procured items.
    • Assist the Discipline Manager and Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager in the Performance Evaluation of Project Team members.

Reports to:
Project: Lead Engineer.
Functional: Supervising Department Manager.
Liaise With: Other engineering disciplines, PMT, Client, Planning, Cost Control, Document Control, Procurement, QA, Subcontractors, and Vendors.
Supervises: Subsea Engineers.
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications and Education:
  • Minimum 15-20 years of industry experience related to SURF.
  • Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Engineering.
  • Familiar with the content and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable.
  • Knowledge of many basic design techniques and analysis methods.
  • Experience related to installation engineering and analyses for subsea infrastructure including rigid pipelines, flexible flowlines, risers, and subsea structures.
  • Experience with industry-standard software packages for analysis (e.g., Orcaflex, MCS Pipelay, Abaqus)
  • Experience with industry-commonly used codes and standards for subsea installation engineering and analysis.
  • Good organization and communication skills and ability to prioritize workload to meet project deadlines.

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