Senior Umbilicals Engineer

Job Purpose

For assigned projects, senior engineers are responsible for analysing the life cycle performance of all umbilical products within assigned project scopes to relevant internal, international and client driven standards. This includes working with the lead engineer to identify and manage additional risks and engineering assessments required outside of standard practises to ensure the product is fit for purpose. Additional support shall also be given to other non-assigned projects within Post Award. The senior engineer will work closely with other disciplines such as the Structural, Drawing Office, Project Management Team, R&D, Process and others.

Job Description

• Technical responsibility over engineering deliverables for assigned projects and technical support to more junior members of the team
• Specification review, assessment against internal standards and verification of umbilical design basis.
• Analyse the life cycle performance of umbilical products to relevant internal, internationaland client driven standards and rules through creation of the calculation packages specific to the umbilical type / design including verification and approval level responsibility.
Including but not limited to:
o Umbilical design
          ▪ Functional component design: steel tube, hose, LV / MV / FO Cable design
          ▪ Cross-section design verification
o Manufacturability
          ▪ Design for manufacture
          ▪ Accumulative plastic strain assessment
          ▪ Packing and loadout support
o Installability
          ▪ Strength assessment of umbilical structure
          ▪ Installation tensioner assessments
          ▪ Crush and clamp capacity via FEA
          ▪ Hold period assessment
          ▪ Pull-in load calculation
o In-situ operation verification
         ▪ Strength and fatigue assessments of the umbilical structure
         ▪ Bend restrictor and stiffener sizing
         ▪ Thermal performance
         ▪ Impact performance
         ▪ Seabed Stability
         ▪ Free span vortex induced vibration
         ▪ Crossing assessment
o Qualification and verification test scopes
         ▪ Test procedures
         ▪ Interpretation of test results
         ▪ Report writing
 • Technical responsible for delivering design reviews, internal and external clarification meetings and risk reviews both on project and during manufacturing phase with the guidance of the Lead Engineer (where required)
• Ensuring work is completed according to agreed guidelines, design rules and procedures in a timely and efficient manner
• Contributing and leading departmental goals identified by Lead Engineers and Departmental Manager
• Identification and management of technical risk and escalation through more Lead Engineer and Department Manager (where applicable)
• Highlighting required updates of design rules to discipline Technical Authority and ensuring deviation from standard design rules and procedure are carried out in accordance with company change control procedures
• Ensure that department and company QHS&E objectives and targets are met implementing Design for Safety considerations
• Leading and contributing with improvement activities and contributing to the departments Lean initiatives
 

You are meant for this job if:

Essential

• Degree or equivalent in an Engineering discipline – preferably Mechanical Engineering, Subsea Engineering
• Relevant experience in umbilical engineering and the wider offshore / subsea industry
• Proficient with engineering tools such as Orcaflex
• Experience delivering against challenging schedules in a project management environment
• Independent working and good at working as part of a team
• Proficient in Microsoft office tool such as word, excel and PowerPoint
Desirable
• Experience with engineering tools such as MathCAD (or equivalent)
• Experience with design tools such as AutoCAD and Inventor is not required but beneficial
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis tools such as Ansys and Abaqus
• Experience in developing lean best practices

What we offer

• My Annual Leave - 25 days + 8 fixed public holidays.
• My Wealth and Protection – Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Life Assurance, Will Writing, Workplace Isa, Group Personal Pension Plan - employer contributions up to 10%.
• My Health and Wellbeing - Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments & Personal Accident Insurance.
• My Lifestyle - Electric Vehicle Scheme, Cyle2Work, Employee Tech Scheme, Give as You Earn, GymFlex, Holiday Trading, Personal Travel Insurance, Perks at Work.
• My Workplace - Subsidised Cafe, Branded workwear, Hybrid Working, Flexible Working Arrangements, Enhanced Maternity and Parental leave, Talent/Management and Leadership programmes, Various inhouse training opportunities for your personal development.  
•  My Giving - Volunteering opportunities