At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the offshore design team and execute structural analysis for innovative offshore projects.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking engineering firm focused on offshore structures.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, career development, and opportunities for international travel.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in offshore engineering while mentoring the next generation of engineers.
- Qualifications: Degree in relevant engineering field and strong experience in offshore structures design.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
Principal Engineer, Offshore Structures – 33590
A talented Principal Engineer is required to lead the offshore design team, providing guidance on structural analysis and taking a proactive, problem‑solving approach throughout the decision process.
Responsibilities
- Set up internal workflow for assigned projects and plan the team’s activities accordingly.
- Execute structural analysis for offshore substructures and topsides.
- Study and define the best technical solutions for offshore structures during all design stages (feasibility, FEED, detail design).
- Review technical documentation and analyses produced by the team before issuance.
- Prepare sketch drawings and concept and feasibility studies.
- Collaborate with immediate and wider teams.
- Liaise with other disciplines during project execution.
- Work with planners and project management to organise offshore resources’ workload and deliver the scope within the schedule.
- Knowledge and Experience
- Strong experience in analyses and design of offshore structures in accordance with ISO1900 series, API RP2A, AISC code.
- Ability to create and verify FEM models of fixed offshore structures (e. g., jackets, topsides) under in‑place and temporary conditions.
- Definition and design of foundation systems, including foundation piles and mud mats.
- Experience in re‑design and assessment of brownfield structures, life extension, reliability analyses and capacity for critical decision‑making.
- Experience in non‑linear analyses, blast, dropped objects, impact, redundancy, pushover analyses.
- Familiarity with offshore structural materials, fabrication and installation aspects.
- Experience with floaters design.
- Experience in tender documentation for offshore structures design and leading bidders towards efficient solutions.
- Capacity to lead and direct teams of structural engineers across multiple work packages.
- Ability to provide tutoring and mentoring to junior engineers.
- Ability to interface with other discipline PDLs in relation to the assigned project.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to convey technical information between project management and stakeholders.
- Availability to travel abroad (short and long term).
- Experience with relevant computer tools (e. g., DNVGL SESAM Suite, USFOS, ANSYS, SACS).
- Good knowledge of Windows OS, Microsoft Office, AUTOCAD and similar.
Qualifications
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Offshore Engineering, Structural Engineering or Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering with a focus on structures.
- Demonstrable experience in design of structures across all project phases (feasibility, FEED, detailed engineering, Operations).
Location
Basingstoke, UK
Contract Type
Permanent
Eni will evaluate applications considering plurality and diversity as sources of enrichment.
If your application is assessed to be most in line with the required profile, you will be contacted to continue the selection process.
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