Structural Engineer - Subsea 7

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide limited skills, integrity, and knowledge in key areas of discipline engineering, including design codes, legislative requirements, and current good engineering practice. Understands clients’ needs; identifies and addresses design parameters and problems; develops and implements solutions.
• Generally, under direct supervision, be responsible for the production of deliverables, which may include engineering support to DO, design calculations, specifications, procedures, analyses, progress reports, bid evaluations, study reports, and various 3rd-party submissions.
• Originate or check technical documentation, accepting personal responsibility for its adequacy.
• Be aware of relevant safety objectives, legislative and legal requirements.
• Design and detailing the following acknowledged industry Codes, Standards, and Design Guides (e.g. API, DNV, AISC); Client Specifications, and Scopes of Work.
• Be involved in meetings/correspondence with Clients, subcontractors, 3rd parties, etc. in a technical capacity.
• Assist/guide more junior engineers/graduates as appropriate.
• Recognize and accept HSE Roles & Responsibilities as defined in company HSE Standards.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to function within a design team and across multiple projects.
• Ability to prioritize own workload, manage the time accordingly and inform senior team members where constraints will affect a project in terms of program or budget.

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• Manage interfaces within a project structure, including other disciplines, drawing office, document control, project management, client, and suppliers.
• Manage change control within own remit on a project. Inform team members where constraints will affect a project in terms of program or budget.
• Can work within time/budget constraints

Discipline-specific Roles & Responsibilities:

• Contribute to planning, detailing, and reviewing of technical documentation relating to subsea structures’ construction and installation.
• Undertake analysis, design, and engineering activities associated with subsea construction and installation.
• Provide structural stability and integrity calculations for steel frame structures, pipelines, spool pieces, tie-ins, risers, and umbilicals. Design to resist forces for in-service, installation, and transportation load conditions. Determination of size, shape, strength, and type of structural members.
• Design and detailing the following acknowledged industry Codes, Standards, and Design Guides (e.g. API, DNV, AISC); Client Specifications, and Scopes of Work.
• Assist in producing design documentation including feasibility reports, detailed design reports, construction drawings, design specifications, material take-offs, weight control calculations, etc.
• Be aware of associated subsea-related disciplines and understand the interfaces within a project environment.
• Provide engineering assistance during mobilizations and occasional periods of offshore or site working.
• Provide technical engineering support to other departments within the Central Engineering Group, the Project Engineering Group, and colleagues as required.
• Develop a working knowledge of relevant structural analysis and design software
• Be aware of activities associated with events such as Bid Clarifications, Kickoff meetings, HIRAs, Design Reviews, etc.

Requirements: 

• Graduated with a Degree in Civil (Structural), Mechanics or Marine Engineering;
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in structural design-related activities. Oil and Gas, Subsea equipment, or Offshore Renewables knowledge are greatly appreciated;
• Competency in design and analysis software packages for FEA (Abaqus, Ansys…) and Beam Elements (SACS, NSO/ISYMOST…) is essential;
• Good knowledge of industry standards;
• Good knowledge of design codes (AISC, API, ABS, BV, DNV, Eurocodes…)

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