Senior Naval Architect

As an Engineer in Offshore & Shipbuilding, you play a crucial role in creating safe, sustainable and efficient projects on or offshore. From shipbuilding to floating offshore platforms.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior / Lead Naval Architect you will deliver engineering output in line with the project’s technical specification, budget and schedule.
• You may work as part of a team or lead a team of Naval Architects and Designers.
• You will be responsible for the design and the hydrostatic, hydrodynamic and structural analyses on FPSOs.
• You report to the Lead or Project Engineer on progress, setbacks and concerns and signal technical risks and anomalies in projects to your Section Head.
• You reply to queries from Site, Client, Certifying Authority and Subcontractors on time. If necessary, you perform activities abroad or on Site (shipyard). 

Requirements

• An engineer with strong leadership and social skills, who takes ownership, is organised and enjoys solving problems. Additionally the ideal candidates should have:
• You have a Bachelor’s or Masters’ degree in Naval Architecture or Offshore Engineering.
• At least 8 years of experience in the industry (but preferably more than 12 years), including two years of lead engineer experience as the person is responsible for the full FPSO hull, client contact, class approval, project controls, subcontractor quality, team of engineers and project hour budgets up to 25000 hours.
• Experience with organising scope and leading a team.
• You have experience with hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, finite element and fatigue analysis.
• Knowledge of relevant international design codes and Class regulations.
• Good understanding of the English language, verbally as well as in writing. 

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