SPS Engineering Lead, UK

For more than 40 years, the IOTA Group has been supporting clients in their international expansion by combining compliance, agility, and seamless local integration across more than 150 countries.

We provide tailored solutions that enable our clients to operate confidently across borders through our Employer of Record (EOR), technical consulting, global payroll, and international recruitment services.

What sets IOTA apart is the strength of its global network of 165,000 professionals, supported by a dedicated team driven by an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Through our international subsidiaries, we combine global standards with deep local expertise, ensuring seamless and compliant operations wherever our clients do business.

At IOTA, trust is at the heart of everything we do. We build long-term partnerships based on transparency, reliability, and compliance, helping our clients achieve lasting success in their international growth.

• Lead and coordinate allSPS engineering activities throughout EPFS execution.
• Act as the primary engineering focal point forSubsea Trees, Wellheads, Running Tools, Installation Equipment, SPS hardware and control systems.
• Provide technical leadership, supervision, mentoring and development to SPS engineers and technical specialists.
• Coordinate engineering priorities, workload and deliverables across the SPS team.
• Ensure engineering deliverables are completed, reviewed and approved in line with project schedules.
• Manage contractor and supplier engineering performance and ensure contractual compliance.
• Lead technical reviews with contractors, suppliers and project stakeholders.
• Review and approve engineering calculations, analyses, procedures and design documentation.
• Oversee technical queries, non-conformances, concessions and design deviations.
• Ensure SPS equipment and designs comply with project specifications, international codes and industry standards.
• Lead multidisciplinary interfaces withsubsea controls, flowlines, pipelines, structures, drilling, completions and operations teams.
• Coordinate engineering support for manufacturing, FAT, SIT, EFAT, IST and offshore installation campaigns.
• Support procurement activities, including technical bid evaluations, supplier assessments and equipment qualification.
• Lead technical risk identification, mitigation and management.
• Support project management with technical decision-making and risk-based evaluations.
• EnsureSPS systems are ready for commissioning, start-up and handover.
• Support execution strategies, fabrication plans and installation methodologies.
• Ensure effective transition from engineering into fabrication, installation, commissioning and handover.
• Maintain technical integrity of theSPS package throughout project execution.
• Promote consistent engineering practices, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team.
• Ensure all activities are performed in accordance with HSE requirements and company procedures, with authority to suspend activities where there is a threat to people, the installation or the environment.

• Degree/Master's qualification inDrilling, Subsea, Mechanical Engineering or another relevant and recognized discipline.
• Minimum15 years' experience in Oil & Gas projects.
• Minimum10 years' experience in Subsea Production Systems (SPS).
• Strong background in subsea hardware, subsea drilling or engineering management, with detailed knowledge of subsea systems.
• Proven experience leading SPS engineering teams on major offshore developments.
• Significant experience withSubsea Trees, Wellheads, Running Tools and SPS hardware package delivery.
• Strong understanding ofEPC / EPFS project execution.
• Proven experience managing suppliers, contractors and multidisciplinary technical interfaces.
• Experience across procurement, fabrication, testing and offshore installation phases.
• Strong knowledge ofAPI, ISO, DNV and applicable subsea industry standards.
• Experience withFAT, SIT, EFAT and offshore commissioning activities.
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and make complex technical decisions.
• Fluent English is mandatory.
• Previous experience withBaker Hughes SPS systems is advantageous.
• PreviousTotalEnergies experience is advantageous.
• Experience onCaspian Sea developments is beneficial.

• Place of work: London, UK then Baku, Azerbaijan
• Working Schedule: Resident 5 days per week 
• Contract : 12 Months renewable