Senior XT Engineer
- Provide technical and project delivery support for subsea well systems.
- Ensure compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and technical specifications.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces across various teams to deliver a safe and reliable asset.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Christmas Tree/XT Engineer that’ll be based in the Perth CBD, Monday through Friday with ad-hoc site visits on a 12-months’ contract for an oil and gas operator.
As the Senior XT Engineer, you’ll provide technical and project delivery support for a subsea well system during FEED and execution phases, ensuring all associated equipment is designed, integrated, procured, qualified, manufactured, tested, installed, commissioned, and handed over in accordance with HSE, quality, reliability, budget, and schedule objectives. Coordinate cross-functional interfaces with Drilling & Completions and key stakeholders to deliver a safe, reliable, and maintainable asset.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver subsea well system engineering scope through FEED and execution phases, ensuring compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and technical specifications.
- Develop, review, and manage engineering deliverables for subsea production equipment, associated tooling, interfaces, installation, and maintenance systems.
- Provide technical oversight of equipment suppliers, including design reviews, documentation approval, interface management, and resolution of technical issues.
- Support procurement and commercial activities, including technical bid evaluations, supplier clarifications, deviation management, and equipment qualification.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces across drilling, completions, facilities, subsea controls, pipelines, installation, flow assurance, operations, and commissioning teams.
- Support system integration, materials selection, flow assurance, integrity assessments, and operability, reliability, and maintainability reviews to ensure safe and efficient performance.
- Monitor supplier progress and support testing, installation, commissioning, start-up, handover, and lifecycle planning activities to achieve project cost, schedule, and delivery objectives.
Skills/Requirements
Degree in Mechanical, Subsea, or related Engineering discipline.
10+ years of experience in subsea production systems, particularly XT, wellhead, and tubing hanger systems.
Proven experience delivering subsea equipment through FEED, design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and commissioning.
Strong knowledge of API 6A, API 17, and offshore/subsea engineering standards.
Experience managing suppliers, technical interfaces, procurement, and testing activities.
Understanding of materials selection, integrity management, and subsea equipment qualification.
Strong communication skills with a commitment to HSE, quality, and technical integrity.
About Airswift
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider. With 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 70 countries, Airswift's geographical reach, experience and expertise across the energy, mining, infrastructure and technology sectors is unparalleled.
Only candidates with full working rights in Australia will be considered (Australian Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australian working VISA)
If you would like to be considered for the position, please apply directly to this advertisement or send your application via email to Lisa.Aznan@airswift.com . Alternatively, you may contact Lisa on +61(0)8 6385 6717 for more information. #LI-LA3
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