Field Engineer
McDermott
Field Engineer
About this role
Job Overview:
The Field Engineer prepares for and executes onshore / offshore pipeline Pre-Commissioning operations. The pre-commissioning golden rules - Meet deadlines, Communicate and Do what you say. Ensure the Core Competencies of the greater organization are embraced.
Live the Rules: Treat the Life-Saving Rules as non-negotiable principles that guide your daily decisions and routines. Lead by Example: Show your commitment through your actions and inspire others to do the same. Speak Up: Act immediately if you see something unsafe or identify a potential risk. Empower one another to intervene with courage and care. Educate and Share: Continue fostering conversations about the Life-Saving Rules within your teams, ensuring everyone understands their importance and application. Collaborate: Work together as One Team to make safety a shared responsibility, ensuring no one is left behind. Goals: Focus on and execute your most important goals. Vision: Together we will continue to enhance, grow and transform.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Work with the Lead Pre-Commissioning Engineer to develop Pre-Commissioning execution methodologies for offshore and onshore projects
- Provide key inputs for engineering and planning to be developed
- Define and order equipment and installation aids
- Specify and identify suitable Pre-Commissioning spreads and vessels
- Prepare Task Plans with support from Lead Pre-Commissioning Engineer
- Review of Subcontractor Pre-Commissioning procedures
- Participate in Readiness review, Constructability, HAZID
- Conduct site visits
- Prepare Master Equipment List
- Procurement of materials and services
- Interface with Pre- Commissioning Subcontractor on deck layouts. Obtain sea fastening packages for vessel spreads and interface with installation team
- Equipment inventory, preservation and staging for each mobilization
- Attend function tests
- Mobilize Pre-Commissioning equipment and vessels to execute work scopes
- Arrange the testing and load-out of Pre-Commissioning equipment and installation aids
- Demobilization of the Pre-Commissioning equipment, marine spread and the off-hire of subcontract equipment
- Work at site (onshore and offshore) as required by the project
- Prepare MOC's with support from Lead Pre-Commissioning Engineer
- Prepare daily progress reports with support from Pre-Commissioning Senior Field Engineer
- Compile and issue Site Memo’s and maintain system completion plan
- The Field Engineer will maintain strong interfaces with the various disciplines within the business line. The main interfaces for Pre-Commissioning are:
- Marine Operations Engineers
- Engineering
- SCM
- QHSES
- Environmental Specialists
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- 5 plus years of experience in the oil and gas industry working for major Contractors or Subcontractors
- The following experience is required:
- General experience of all shallow and deepwater water installation operations
- Rigid & flexible pipeline Pre-Commissioning experience - execution of a minimum of 4 projects
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For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
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This Field Engineer role at McDermott is based in Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
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This Field Engineer position at McDermott was posted on Aug 4, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Field Engineer
McDermott
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