Job description

Principal Offshore Structures Engineer

Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

About the Role:

Our client, a leading international engineering company seeking a talented Principal Engineer to lead our offshore design team in Basingstoke, UK. As a key member of our engineering department, you will be responsible for overseeing structural analysis, providing technical guidance, and driving innovative solutions for offshore projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the offshore structural design team and plan their activities accordingly.
• Execute structural analysis for offshore substructures and topsides.
• Develop and evaluate technical solutions for offshore structures throughout the design process.
• Review technical documentation and analyses produced by the team.
• Prepare sketch drawings, concept studies, and feasibility studies.
• Collaborate with other disciplines and teams.
• Liaise with other departments on project execution.
• Work with planners and project management to ensure project delivery within schedule.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Strong experience in offshore structures analysis and design, adhering to industry standards.
• Proficiency in creating and verifying FEM models for offshore structures.
• Expertise in foundation system design, including piles and mud mats.
• Experience in brownfield structure re-design, life extension, and reliability analysis.
• Familiarity with non-linear analysis, blast, dropped objects, impact, redundancy, and pushover analysis.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and provide independent recommendations.
• Knowledge of offshore structural materials, fabrication, and installation aspects.
• Experience with floaters design.
• Experience in tender documentation for offshore structures design.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to guide a team of structural engineers.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel abroad.
• Proficiency in relevant computer tools (e.g., DNVGL SESAM Suite, USFOS, ANSYS, SACS).

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Work-life balance with a flexible working policy.
• Be part of a global energy company driving the transition to a net-zero future.

If you are a passionate and experienced Principal Engineer looking to make a significant impact in the offshore energy industry, we encourage you to apply.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.