Senior Structural Engineer
Role Overview
McDermott is exploring candidates for a Senior Structural Engineer role ahead of future recruitment; the position is not yet open for active recruitment.
The role focuses on structural engineering and design for large oil and gas modules.
Key Skills for This Role
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Future role opportunity
McDermott is exploring candidates for a Senior Structural Engineer role ahead of future recruitment; the position is not yet open for active recruitment.
The role focuses on structural engineering and design for large oil and gas modules.
Key responsibilities
- Perform conceptual, FEED, study, and detailed structural analyses and design to project bases, specifications, codes, and standards.
- Prepare detailed calculations, reports, procedures, layouts, specifications, material take-offs, and subcontract documents.
- Review vendor data and prepare technical bid evaluations; check designs for operations, constructability, and maintainability.
- Perform design verification, engineering checks, independent analyses, and discipline or inter-discipline checks.
- Lead small projects or act as area lead or deputy lead; manage work hours, materials, progress, deadlines, and budgets.
- Coordinate across engineering disciplines, project management, construction, fabrication, procurement, subcontractors, vendors, and customers.
- Train and mentor engineers; coordinate and check engineers’ and designers’ work.
- Assist with deliverable control, schedules, progress reports, estimates, project support, and departmental feedback.
Essential qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering.
- 10–20 years of oil and gas experience with a major contractor or consultant, predominantly performing detailed design.
- Professional Engineer registration or membership in a professional engineering society is preferred.
- Seasoned knowledge of engineering standards and specifications, good knowledge of engineering software, and strong structural engineering knowledge.
- Strong working knowledge of design techniques, analysis methods, standards, codes, and guidelines.
- Able to work independently and communicate in spoken and written English.
- HSE awareness, cost-consciousness, and the ability to organize, motivate, and supervise.
Possible specialist areas
- Specialist areas may include geotechnical, steel, concrete, dynamic, finite element, fatigue, earthquake, jacket, FPSO, blast, hydrodynamic, or architectural design.
- Relevant design codes may include EC, ACI/AISC/API, or GOST.
Reporting and coordination
Reports to the project Lead Engineer or Project Engineering Manager and the functional Supervising Department Manager.
Supervises engineers and designers and liaises with engineering disciplines, construction, fabrication, safety, document control, procurement, subcontractors, vendors, and customers.
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