Senior Naval Architect

Job Description

Senior Naval Architect – Permanent – London - Hybrid

Navis Consulting have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Naval Architect to join a growing Oil & Gas operator in London.

Purpose of the role:

• The Senior Naval Architect will report to the Marine Lead and will be responsible for carrying out and coordinating the completion of various projects for the marine department, from basic design to final commissioning, involving all technical parts of the Project.
• The Senior Naval Architect will support and act on potential development, design, specification, and services related to FSO, FPSO, mooring systems, marine systems, and marine equipment.
• The Senior Naval Architect is accountable for life extension studies and technical evaluation of various engineering studies to ensure continuous and optimized operations of the units.

Key Responsibilities:

Support to Production / Operation team:

• Experience in offshore platform and floater projects, able to take lead in engineering studies with respect to Class/statutory and other regulatory requirements within the area of competence and as per tasks assigned.
• Provide design, operational, and maintenance support to the operating units in terms of marine systems such as: Hull inspections and repair; Mooring, cargo, ballast and other marine systems; Offload systems; Navigation/Radio equipment.

Design of the facilities:

• Safe design of the facilities compliant with the company policies and international standards & regulations.
• Support on design modifications to ensure operability, maintainability, and reliability of the facilities.
• Reviewing and challenging integrity management operations that may impact production.

Project Management:

• Provide technical support to internal pre-project activities.
• Provide support in the budget preparation.
• Review and prepare work schedules.

HSEQ responsibilities:

• Support and enforce the company's HSEQ objectives and directives.
• Risk prioritization of area identified risks and mitigation measures.
• Participation in HAZID/HAZOP/Risk Assessments & provide input from Marine team point of view.

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Good technical knowledge on engineering design and life extension studies for floating units in Deepwater Projects in the key project phases (conversion and after design phase). Good working knowledge with GeniE-SESAM, USFOS, Orcaflex, Abaqus, Ansys, etc.
• Full-time bachelor’s degree in naval architecture from an accredited university.
• >7 years relevant experience in the oil and gas industry, ideally from one of the following specialties: Floaters life extension and engineering calculations and design studies development.
• Oil and Gas Industry experience in green-field and brown-field projects delivering offshore Floating Facilities.

Candidates must have current UK right to work to be considered for this role.

For more information on this role please call Jack on +44 (0) 2392 322384 or email jbaker@navis-consulting.com