Principal Structural Design Engineer - Offshore

Role Overview

Principal Structural Design Engineer - Offshore at KBR, responsible for leading the design, analysis, and integrity assessment of offshore structures across all project phases.

Role Purpose

Lead the structural design, engineering analysis, and integrity management of offshore platforms and subsea systems, ensuring compliance with Saudi Aramco Standards and international codes while supervising engineering teams and supporting projects from FEED through decommissioning.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Analysis

• Lead structural design and advanced engineering analysis for offshore platforms and subsea systems.
• Perform global and local analyses including in-place, loadout, lifting, fatigue, strength, buckling, and earthquake analysis.
• Develop and implement structural integrity management strategies for brownfield assets.

Compliance & Standards

• Review Saudi Aramco standards and design codes (API RP 2A/2SIM, ISO 19900 series, DNV-GL standards) and ensure compliance.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet technical requirements, manhour budgets, and schedules.

Documentation & Quality Control

• Review and approve structural calculations, drawings, and project documentation.
• Perform single discipline checks on drawings and documents.
• Perform inter-discipline checks on drawings and documents.

Team & Stakeholder Management

• Mentor junior engineers and review their work.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including piping, instrumentation, mechanical, electrical, architectural, pipelines, and geotechnical engineers.

Construction & Installation Support

• Provide technical support during fabrication, installation, and offshore construction activities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in civil or structural engineering.
• 10+ years of offshore structural engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of Saudi Aramco standards and offshore structural design codes (API, DNV, ISO).
• Experience in FEED, detailed engineering, and brownfield modifications.
• Understanding of offshore construction and installation methods.

Skills & Competencies

• Proficiency in structural analysis tools (SACS and Staad.Pro).
• Strong communication, leadership, and technical report-writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple assignments.

Additional Information

• Chartered Engineer / Professional Engineer (CEng/PE) preferred.