Marine Specialist – Offshore Project

Role overview

This contract role supports a major LNG operator’s offshore project in Qatar, covering brownfield and greenfield work involving jackets, topsides, and subsea pipelines. The position is residential and is expected to run for 36 months, with the possibility of renewal. Work is based onshore in Qatar, with occasional offshore visits.

Job purpose

The Marine Specialist will help implement marine assurance and governance processes across the project, including routine inspections and verifications on marine spreads. A key part of the role is checking that project marine units, crews, and personnel documents remain valid and compliant with international requirements and QE LNG regulations so offshore marine operations can be carried out safely and efficiently.

Key responsibilities

• Report to the Marine Lead for the offshore project.
• Review marine unit certifications and confirm they meet international maritime rules, QE LNG standards, and project-specific requirements.
• Verify crew certification status to ensure vessels remain operationally ready and compliant.
• Keep an accurate trace of compliance records for marine units and crew, updating documentation as status changes and preventing gaps in required approvals.
• Support marine assurance reporting and KPI tracking in line with QE LNG expectations.
• Monitor compliance with regulations and assist the project management team in reviewing documentation against industry, QE LNG, and project marine standards.
• Visit marine units regularly to inspect compliance with applicable maritime regulations, QE LNG Marine Operations Procedures, and project requirements.
• Provide site support and onboard verification during marine incident investigations, mechanical breakdown handling, and fit-for-service reporting.
• Help improve offshore situational awareness and emergency response preparedness, and contribute to safety and welfare initiatives onboard.
• Promote the sharing of lessons learned and good practices across marine operations.
• Support HAZIDs, risk assessments, technical reviews, and marine execution readiness sessions.
• Coordinate with the EPC contractor’s marine team to keep marine assurance requirements aligned.
• Record lessons learned from marine operations and help identify and implement improvement actions.
• Follow up on corrective actions arising from marine incident investigations.
• Act as the PMT marine representative onboard project marine units to help ensure technical objectives are achieved within approved procedures.
• Manage marine-related interfaces between PMT, site PMT, Marine Warranty Surveyor, contractors, and marine crews effectively.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates should hold either a bachelor’s degree in science, marine disciplines, or engineering, or a diploma in marine or nautical disciplines, along with STCW II/1 and STCW III/1 certifications. The role requires 10 years of marine operations experience.

Technical and business skills

• Working knowledge of national and international maritime and shipping regulations.
• Strong practical understanding of marine operations.
• Experience with offshore marine units in the oil and gas sector.
• Familiarity with critical marine activities such as offshore installation, construction vessels, barges, heavy lifts, transport, pipe and cable lay, jack-up accommodation barges, and dive support vessels.
• Advanced written and spoken English.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities with a collaborative approach.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively within a project management team.
• Comfortable using office software and technical applications regularly.

Work schedule and contract details

The assignment is on a 3-year initial contract, with a potential extension. The start date is negotiable and is typically within one month’s notice. The work pattern is 6 days per week, 10 hours per day. The role is site-based in Qatar and may include occasional offshore visits.