Lead Installation Engineer
Location:Houston, TX 77044
Position Type: W2 Contract, 100% Onsite
Duration: 6 months
Pay Rate: $60.00/hour
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and driven Lead Installation Engineer to take overall responsibility for installation engineering activities across projects, tenders, and studies. In this key technical interface role, you will work closely with the Project Management Team to deliver robust installation engineering solutions and ensure all project requirements are successfully met.
You will drive internal cross-disciplinary alignment to review the installability of company products, tooling, and equipment, while managing external technical interfaces with clients. By leading installation engineering activities across execution streams, you will champion a collaborative safety, quality, and technical excellence culture from the tender phase through to offshore execution.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- SQDC Ownership: Assume overall responsibility and accountability for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) readiness, preparation, and execution of allocated installation engineering activities.
- HSES Culture: Foster a collaborative safety, quality, and security culture across all tender and project phases by adopting correct HSES & Q behaviors and leading by example.
- Tenders & FEED Leadership: Lead installation engineering tendering and FEED activities, coordinating between VSO and Non-VSO execution streams. Responsibilities include ITT reviews, CTR development, scheduling, method statements, MDRs, risk registers, material lists, and technical clarifications.
- Contract & Interface Management: Interpret main contracts, identify variations, communicate effectively with clients, and manage installation engineering queries and interface requests.
- Schedule Alignment: Own the Installation Engineering schedule, working closely with planners to ensure seamless updates and aligned execution streams.
- Technical & Operational Reviews: Lead and coordinate Engineering and Operational Reviews (including constructability, risk assessments, and Readiness reviews) as an independent technical focal point.
- Procurement Support: Partner with Package Engineers and Global Sourcing & Procurement to develop installation-related procurement plans, appointing resources for RFQ/ITB technical inputs and bid evaluations for temporary installation aids and equipment.
- Team Mentorship: Support the Installation Engineering Manager with team development, check-ins, goal-setting, training, coaching, and mentoring.
- On-Site & Offshore Supervision: Provide expert installation engineering supervision and technical support for manufacturing, fabrication, SIT, and shorebase worksites. Work offshore as the primary client interface, ensuring operations strictly follow procedures and preparing essential documentation (project briefings, dive/task plans, MOCs, lift plans, etc.).
You Are Meant for This Job If You Have:
- Education: Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Experience: 8+ years of professional experience in offshore installation engineering, supported by multidisciplinary project experience.
- Technical Knowledge: A strong technical foundation in Subsea Umbilicals, Risers, and Flowlines (SURF), Subsea Production Systems (SPS), and vessel operations.
- Standards & Software: A robust understanding of industry codes and standards (e.g., DNV-ST-N001) and high proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Projects).
- Project Competencies: Proven ability to manage multiple and/or complex work packages, alongside hands-on experience in risk assessment, mitigation management, and Management of Change (MOC).
ICON Consultants is an award-winning, woman-owned workforce solutions and staffing company based in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1998 by Pamela O'Rourke, the company provides comprehensive talent management, direct sourcing, contract staffing, payrolling (Employer of Record), and independent contractor compliance services across North America.
