Offshore Structural Design

Roles and Responsibilities

Design Review of Offshore Structures

• Detailed design and drawing review of Offshore structures

Pre-tender Document Review

• Understand the material requirements, design procedures assumptions, constraints. Prepare and finalize design basis report.
• Prepare conceptual designs
• Review pre-tender documents, attend kick off meeting, understand clients requirements, attend discussion with Team Leader about addition, omission, or deletion form scope of service.
• Prepare design delivery schedule and agree with Team Leader.
• Organize, draft, review and coordinate technical documents.
• Ensures that designs are constructable, safe and economical, satisfy contract requirements, law of land, statutory provisions, if required advice modifications, additional calculations.

Design Analysis

• Finalize the designs developed for Offshore structures such as jackets, topside, modules, bridges, skids, various types of offshore structural designs.
• Be a part of the offshore design team on offshore feasibility, basic engineering, and detailed engineering.
• Co-ordination with and handling queries from client, design sub-contractor and consultant. etc.
• Prepare scope of work, man hour and cost estimation for proposal.
• Provide engineering input, review and approve 2D drawing and 3D models prepared by drafting team/other stake holders.
• Should have knowledge and experience of preparing structural design basics, structural design specification, construction and installation work procedure and cost estimation.
• Should have experience in performing in service analyses like in-place analysis, seismic analysis, fatigue analysis, dynamic analysis etc.
• Should have experience in performing preservice analyses like lift analysis, loadout analysis, transportation analysis, launching analysis, floatation and upending analysis etc.

Design Methodology

• Develop and carrying out construction stage design checks. Prepare the construction sequence to be adopted during construction in discussion with Team leader and Planning team.
• Participate in discussion for possible options/ methodology for installing offshore structures. Finalize the scheme with team leaders.
• Preparation and review of submittals such as method statements,
• Take responsibility of all design issues and ensure successful delivery of the projects.
• Direct the activities of the department members working with other departments to ensure alignment on priorities.

Preliminary Design and Analysis

• Prepare preliminary design based on Detailed Project Report/ Information available from clients. Ensure feasibility, constructability, and viability of the structures in terms of cost, time. Prepare Bill of Quantities.
• Develop preliminary structural framing plan and sizing of structural members.
• Manage design submission for approval according to the schedule finalized.
• Ensure design review is completed prior to the construction process commencing.
• Design Submission and Review of Design for Approval/ Monitor Work Progress
• Prepare design and issuance of GFC documents for construction.
• Co-ordination with and handling queries from clients, sub-contractors, and other stake holders.
• Design Review and Optimization of design prepared by JV partners/ designs sub-Key

Objective of the Job Position

• To ensure that the Engineering department is fully engaged in supporting Structural safety and occupational safety programs.
• Perform Structural Design of Offshore structures such as Jacket, Topside Bridges etc. using software like SACS etc.
• Examine and approve design orders, evaluating changes, and drawing releases; collaborating with operations on design and packaging specification; and creating front end packages designed to control project expenses.
• Evaluate vendor bids, produce services and equipment bid requirements, and generate material RFQs /procurement recommendations. Devise methods to reduce costs.
• Review T I Engineering and/or propose structural design based on Installation requirements
• Design Installation Aids / padeyes, etc.
• Assist Manager/Senior Manager in generating structural deliverable, schedule client/Sub Contractor interface.
• Liaise with client and MWS etc. for approval of structural documents

Education Qualifications

Essential: B.E in Civil Engineering or equivalent from a reputed Institute/University

Desirable: M.E in Civil/Structural/Ocean Engineering/ or equivalent from a reputed Institute/University.

Computer Software Proficiency

• Should be specialized in International Codes and Standards like ASME, BS/PD 5500, API, ANSI, ISO NFPA, ASTM, AWS, AISC, ISA etc.
• Should be thorough with SACS software (used for analysis design of offshore structures)

Experience Range

• Minimum 3 to 10 Years of experience in Structural Design for Projects involving Offshore Platform.

Work Environment

• Requires the ability to travel to client sites. Ability to work overtime as needed based on project. Mostly Office work with occasional field travel.
• Requires the ability to travel to client sites. Ability to work overtime as needed based on project.
• Mostly Office work and occasional Field travel