SURF Material, Welding & NDT Specialist

Location: Paris, France (with travel to engineering sites, workshops, and offshore locations)
Start Date: March 2025 (TBC)
Contract Duration: 1.5 years minimum (up to 5 years)
Employment Type: Residential

About the Project:
Join a deep-water oil greenfield development in offshore Namibia. Currently in the FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) phase, this ambitious project is focused on Steel Lazy Wave Risers, rigid flowlines, jumpers, and subsea structures made from materials such as carbon steel, CRA-lined pipe, and duplex. With a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and H3SE excellence, the Venus Project aims to optimise reserves, reduce costs, and lower greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining the highest standards of technical quality.

Key Responsibilities:
As the SURF Material, Welding & NDT Specialist, you will:

• Oversee material selection, corrosion, welding, and NDT activities during FEED, Call for Tender, and EPCI phases.
• Review, approve, and manage contractor and supplier documentation.
• Lead technical clarifications and evaluations during the tender process.
• Ensure compliance with H3SE, QA/QC, and technical standards.
• Supervise testing, fabrication, and offshore pipeline installation activities.
• Act as the technical referent for welding and NDT matters, ensuring alignment with international standards and company specifications.
• Provide support to the SURF Technical Manager and liaise with SPS and FPSO teams for interface matters.
• Travel to contractor engineering sites, fabrication yards, supplier workshops, and offshore locations as required.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Master’s degree in engineering, with specialisation in Material Sciences or equivalent.
• ESSA or IWE qualification, with expertise in NDT techniques such as AUT, Phased Array, TOFD, and IWEX.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in large offshore deep-water oil & gas SURF projects.
• Strong knowledge of DNV codes
• Positive, proactive mindset with the ability to work in multicultural teams.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.