Job Purpose:

We are looking to hire Consultant, Structural Engineering,

This job role is to ensure to provide consultation regarding Structural and give expertise supervision of the overall detail/production drawings in Ship Building.

Key Accountabilities & Working Relationships

Key Accountabilities:

The Consultant, Structural Engineering who will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Consult the Structural Discipline Engineers for the Structural division.

• Create Master Engineering Plan for the Structural Division of New Project considering Construction Schedule, Procurement and Detail/Production MP/MP.

• Evaluate Engineering Manpower with analysing changeable design workload for the Structural Division and Deploy engineers where needed.

• Develop and structure the division’s engineering capabilities for the Discipline in line with the department’s strategic development plan.

• Contribute to the professional development of employees by providing training and mentoring.

• Monitor and ensure achievement of key performance indicators for the engineering discipline.

• Assist the department manager in development and implementation of process and procedures and ERM/CAD system implementation in the engineering.

• Provide guidance Update drawings according to result of feedback with each party of Clients, Classification Societies, Operation/Commissioning team, Vendors, and sub-contractors.

• Generate required technical information for production using CAD/CAM/ERM system.

• Support projects and production ensuring that detail/productions design deliverables are provided in a timely manner.

• Support for commissioning team to Arrange/Manage the service engineers from vendors for commissioning.

• Attend/Manage the major commissioning, test, and trial.

• Establish and ensure the use of standard engineering details for the discipline.

• Contribute to the professional development of employees by providing training and mentoring.

• Support the commercial team and provide technical assistance when required for Bids and Proposals.

• Ensure quality and accuracy of the engineering deliverables for the discipline and ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) responsibilities.

Working Relationships:

Internal Interactions: 

• Internal Engineering Department, other business work-streams within the company, Engineering Manager, GM Engineering, VP Engineering.

External Interactions:

• Suppliers, Subcontractors, Consultants, Inspection Agencies.

Who we are looking for

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Structural / Civil Engineering or Naval Architecture Engineering or equivalent.

• Preferred – master’s degree in Structural engineering.

Experience:

• At least 18+ years’ experience, 5 years of which is in managerial or similar role within engineering department of any shipbuilding industry in related engineering field.

Professional Qualifications (Certifications & Accreditations):

• Preferred – any other additional certification courses in Structural engineering and project management.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Sound knowledge of international design codes & standards, maritime regulations, and class rules.

• Design knowledge/experience in structural calculations using FEM.

• Exposure to AutoCAD & 3D design tools like AVEVA.

• Exposure to structural analysis software such as ANSYS, SACS, STAAD Pro, Abaqus.

• Demonstrated high-order interpersonal skills and the ability to operate within a multinational environment.

• Demonstrated ability to influence and motivate others with regards to continuous improvement.

• Ability to manage internal processes against Customer’s expectations.

• Excellent negotiation skills for high valued technically & commercially complex projects.

• Good presentation skill.

• Knowledge/Experience in leading technical contract meeting with Customer’s for new contracts.

• Ability to understand market data analytics, news, trends and translate these into design.

• Design knowledge/experience in basic or detailed engineering for B/C and Oil Tanker.

• Ability to understand the manufacturing process of shipbuilding and convert these into efficient engineering.

Languages:

• English. (Mandatory)

• Arabic / Others (desirable)