Lead Engineer (CFD)

ABS Consulting’s Extreme Loads and Structural Risk Division is seeking an experienced Engineer to join our team. ABS Consulting is a worldwide multi-discipline industry leader in risk assessment, hazard mitigation, and management planning for natural, process, or threat related hazards.

What You Will Do:

• Consequence Analysis
• Explosion, Fire and Toxic Modeling
• Explosion Testing and Similitude Modeling
• Advanced Finite Element Analysis (FEA): Nonlinear static, Nonlinear transient dynamic
• Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analyses
• Root Cause Analysis & Incident Investigations

What You Will Need:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• 5 years (minimum) of professional experience.
• Experience in fluid dynamics and energy emphasis.
• 5+ years of experience performing CFD modeling of dispersion/explosion using GEXCON FLACS.
• 5+ years of experience performing consequence modeling using DNV PHAST and SAFETII.
• Preferred - Master’s degree Mechanical/Chemical Engineering.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proven track record of conducting fire/toxic/explosion hazards analysis.
• Working knowledge of facility siting and/or Fire & Explosion Risk Analysis (FERA).
• Demonstrated experience communicating complex technical concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to speak well in group and/or client facing environments.
• Preferred - Experience with CFD modeling using ANSYS Fluent, Star-CCM+, COMSOL, or equivalent.
• Preferred - Programming/scripting experience (.NET, Python, VBA).
• Preferred - Project management experience.
• Preferred - Experience as a consulting engineer.

Reporting Relationships:

This person would report to the Director Engineering.

Working Conditions:

Work will normally be performed in an office environment. Duties may include site visits which could include limited overseas travel.

Equal Opportunity:

The ABS Group of Companies is committed to the equal employment opportunity of its employees and prohibits discrimination against any employee or qualified applicant based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status, or other non-work-related characteristics that may be protected under the law of the Federal Government or specific state employment laws.

Notice:

ABS and Affiliated Companies (ABS) will not pay a fee to any third-party agency without a valid ABS Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, CV, application, or other forms of candidate submission provided to any employee of ABS without a valid MSA on file will be considered property of ABS, and no fee will be paid.

Other:

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job of the incumbent. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making a fair decision regarding the pay structure of the job.