Senior Project Surveyor

Location: 

Houston, TX, US

Employment type:  Employee
Place of work:  Hybrid
Offshore/Onshore:  Onshore

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as equal opportunities, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 21,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.

Job Purpose

Delivering specialized technical survey support across a wide range of subsea and construction-related project activities. The role provides expertise in survey methodologies, positioning technologies, and risk analysis to support both project execution and manufacturing, fabrication, and installation operations. This includes ensuring that all survey-related work is performed in accordance with TechnipFMC standards, industry best practices, client contractual requirements, and applicable safety and quality expectations.

Job Description

  • Define the technical specifications associated with the pre-engineering survey (AUV survey / bathymetric and geophysics survey) in accordance with the contract.
  • Develop survey methodologies in accordance with client requirements, industry standards, Group HSE, engineering processes, and TechnipFMC survey best practices.
  • Reinforce and strengthen the HSES and Quality culture and promote correct behavior through personal actions.  
  • Produce tender and commercial proposal deliverables, for project survey activities, such as:
    • Technical bid evaluations, Method Statements and Material Take-Offs. 
    • Cost, Time and Resources estimates required to perform survey activities. 
    • Scheduling input for tenders and projects and forecasting the dates for survey deliverables.
  • Analyze and assess technical offers of subcontractors, when applicable.
  • Collaborate with Lead Project Surveyor and Discipline Manager to ensure constant and balanced workload distribution among the survey team.
  • Responsible for survey input on multiple projects from initial tender phase, onshore engineering support, offshore construction, and delivery of final as-built documents. 
  • Issue procedures related to positioning of structures, pipelines and umbilicals in relation to the subcontractors, the structure design, and installation team.

 

You are meant for this job if:

    • Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or equivalent; specialized in Surveying, Geophysics or Topography preferred.

 

  1. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
    • At least five (5) years’ experience in survey and positioning activities in construction work projects (Offshore / Subsea) and especially in: installation and calibration of LBL array, use of USBL, metrology (acoustic, inertial, Lidar, photogrammetry), pre-lay and pre-engineering survey, as-built survey (OOS)

 

  1. REQUIRED CERTIFICATE(S):
    • Ability to obtain a TWIC, passport, working visa(s) and medical certs such as BOSIET and OGUK. 

 

  1. REQUIRED INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
    • Excellent command of English
    • Embraces new, innovative solutions, exploring all opportunities to maximize potential.  
    • Cross Functional Connectivity and inclusive culture

Skills

Engineering Standards

Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes equal opportunities and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matter and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.

Learn more about TechnipFMC and find other open positions by visiting our Career Page.

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Date posted:  Apr 8, 2026
Requisition number:  17416


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