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Senior Operations Support Engineer

Total Marine Technology is a privately owned and operated Western Australian company situated in Bibra Lake, Perth. The company was formed in 1999 to manufacture and operate work class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and subsea well intervention tooling designed for offshore drilling and energy production.TMT engineering and production facilities are well tuned to manufacturing products for challenging environments. TMT is best known for making the 3000msw capable Typhoon work class ROV, and less well known for designing and building subsea tooling and associated products. TMT ROVs and products are being delivered into the international offshore energy marketplace where they are meeting and overcoming the often challenging needs of clients.Over 30 engineers work at TMT and at the 2014 Western Australian Industry and Exports Awards, TMT won the C.Y. O’Connor Award for Excellence in Engineering and Technology, and received a Special Commendation for Manufacturing Export.TMT CEO Paul Colley said “It’s great to see our talented engineers working together in innovative ways. It’s great for the company, but we are also gaining recognition of our success from our peers and the public.”TMT has continually built ROVs and in the process attracted people who passionately contribute to the ongoing success of TMT’s products and services. The team currently exceeds 250, from 25 different cultural groups and countries, all involved with the design, engineering, building and delivering of great products and services worldwide. TMT is committed to developing people within the industry. Apprenticeship scheme, staff training, and competency programs build the quality of our personnel, and the quality of the company, products and services.TMT is a unique company in Australia. It is the only manufacturer of work class ROVs in Australia and has a number of patents and industry awards that recognize TMT’s excellence in engineering design and manufacturing.

Design engineer with substantial experience in the use of Solidworks and AutoCAD. This experience includes implementing and maintaining a document management system for Solidworks files. Experience offshore in the role of the offshore engineer, responsible for managing the maintenance of equipment, managing critical path and non-critical path operations, and maintaining offshore documents. Responsible for the production of marketing, training and business development animations and images of subsea tooling. Successfully designed a linear override tool to manually override the production and annulus valves on Griffin subsea tress. Designed the method of adapting the 9-5/8" Cement Injection Tool (CIT) to punch 10-3/4" casing Significant role in the research, development and testing of the 10-3/4" CIT for the Exeter 8HL1 Casing Repair Project Designed, developed and tested a 20" Perforation Tool Assembled and tested the 9-5/8" CIT Assisted with the design and testing of a Guidewire Weight Arresting System. Specialties: Certified Solidworks Professional