Offshore Structural Engineer - TSI

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

About bp

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) center in Pune, strives to build on bp’s existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide! TSI brings together diverse engineering capability to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable, and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work!

Let me tell you about the role

The offshore structural engineer will provide subject area expertise for project and operation support, including greenfield and brownfield projects, operational modifications, life extension, and decommissioning support. The engineer will proactively collaborate with other subject areas and contractors to systematically resolve technical challenges, apply sound engineering judgment to drive integrated, pragmatic solutions for risk management, project delivery, operational efficiency, defect elimination, and standardization.

The offshore structural engineer would be based in Pune, India.

We are looking for a candidate with broad experience in both topside (floating or fixed) and jacket design, construction, and installation, as well as a proven technical background who can make fit-for-purpose recommendations for projects and operations. In addition, the candidate needs strong team member leadership skills and the ability to optimally communicate technical outcomes to ensure engineering risks are understood, controlled, and continuously reduced across the business to deliver safe and reliable results.

What you will deliver

Responsibilities

• You will be a coordinated member of the central Civil & Structural (C&S) team, Pune branch, providing technical service work for operations and projects to ensure the safe delivery of projects and the maintenance of operating assets in a suitable condition to deliver the company’s safety and business goals.
• As an offshore structural engineer, you will:
• define the structural engineering scope of work for new construction, modifications to existing assets, life extension, and decommissioning, focusing on topside structure or jacket;
• Provide technical assurance for third-party engineering deliveries, ensuring design and operations follow industry codes, company technical practices, and performance standards;
• Perform independent verification for challenging analyses conducted by third party engineers;
• Manage relationships with third-party providers and contractors;
• assess the impact of significant weight and metocean changes to operating assets, and
• deliver fit-for-purpose solutions that consider operational constraints and asset as-is conditions.
• You will actively supply to the offshore systems Community of Practice by sharing the standard processes and learning. Additionally, you will:
• support the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with the development and upkeep of company engineering technical practices, ensuring they are fit for purpose, and
• work with SMEs to address lessons learned.
• You will drive efforts to ensure offshore structural risks, including pre-service and in-place conditions, operation, or metocean factors, are understood, controlled, and continuously reduced across the business to deliver safe and reliable results, and effectively communicate these risks to business and technical team members.

People and business related:

• Provide visible safety leadership in accordance with bp safety leadership principles, lifesaving rules, and process safety fundamentals to model desired safety behaviours
• Record relevant lessons learned in the bp shared learning system, bring up as vital and incorporate into local activities and specifications/ practices/ procedures.
• Support performance management through implementation, measurement, and analysis of relevant KPI’s to drive continuous improvement

What you will need to be successful

Must have educational qualifications:

• BSc or BEng (UK), BSc (US), or international equivalent in civil/structural engineering, or a closely aligned subject area.

Must have certifications:

• Chartered engineer, professional engineer, or near chartered/professional status in a closely aligned subject area, or evidence of progression towards full chartered/professional status.

Preferred education/certifications:

• Postgraduate qualification in civil/structural engineering or a closely aligned subject area.

Minimum years of relevant experience:

• 10+ years

Total years of experience:

• 10+ years

Must have experiences/skills (To be hired with)

• Knowledge of discipline-related industry standards (API RP 2TOP, 2A-WSD, 2EQ, AISC WSD/LRFD, or ISO 19900/19901/19902 series) and class codes, such as DNV.
• Proven experience in the design of jackets and fixed platform topsides from in-place condition to construction, transportation, and installation.
• Skilled in nonlinear finite element analyses, hot spot stress calculations, spectral fatigue analyses, utmost and abnormal level earthquake level analyses for topside structures and jackets.
• Understanding of the structural theory behind code requirements and being capable of interpolating the code conformance in the context of risk.
• Proven track record as a technical lead in approving design drawings during detailed engineering.
• People leadership, teamwork, communication skills, and an ability to network and influence across organizational boundaries.
• Capable of communicating both verbally and in writing clearly and succinctly.
• Proficient in English, both written and oral.
• Individual must be highly motivated and a self-starter.

Good to have experiences/skills (Can be trained for – learning/on-the-job):

• Experienced in topside analyses for floating structures.
• Skilled in fracture mechanics analysis for wave introduced cracks.
• Experience in management of change, risk assessment, performance management, maintenance, and repair strategies.

You will work with

• Other central subject area engineering teams
• Major project and global concept design teams
• Operation site project, execution, and decommissioning teams
• Projects delivery leads
• External Vendors and Contractors.
• Ad hoc teams as required

Why join bp:

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Design approaches, Designing for climate change and zero carbon, Digital fluency, Emerging technology monitoring, Engineering evaluation, Incident investigation and learning, Inspection and monitoring strategy, Numerical modelling, Scripting, Sustainability awareness and action, Technology Development, Uncertainty Quantification

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