Principal Weight Engineer

Principal Engineer - Weight

Our Clients London team provides front-end studies, engineering, procurement and project management services for initiating and executing oil & gas field, offshore wind HVDC, renewable energy and carbon capture developments. Our Business very much depends on our people; all our major achievements are team efforts.

We are currently looking for Talented Weight Engineer for thier New Build team, the role will be based in Chiswick office, West London. Hybrid working

​What will you be doing?

Ensuring weight control is executed in accordance with the Project Execution Model / Plan (PEM/PEP) and in accordance with the schedule, budget and contractual requirements, keeping a focus on Quality and HSE aspects.

Monitoring the weight control schedule and manhour budget.

Co-ordinate work, planning and resources to align with other engineering disciplines.

Retrieving of weight and centre of gravity information from the 3D model.

Validating of weight and centre of gravity information provided by disciplines.

Validating weight information against historical data.

Produce, review or approve technical reports, SOW, Basis of Design, and ensure that technical requirements are met.

Review and import best practice tools and procedures to ensure continuous improvement.

Develop and maintain good client relations.

Risk management, to identify project threats and opportunities related to weight control.

Keeping the Engineering Manager and Client representative informed of weight control progress.

Support tender preparation. Review tender documentation; prepare SOW requirements and schedule of deliverables. Provide man-hour estimates and manning requirements.

Review and approve 3rd party documentation including but not limited to T&I Contractor, vendor and fabricator

Provide weight control assessment over changes identified within the Change Management Process

Support, mentoring and coaching of Weight Engineers

We think you should have:

Have extensive knowledge and experience in weight control for fixed and mobile offshore oil and gas production facilities or wind platforms.

Be familiar with methods and norms for providing weight estimates and COGs for offshore installations through all design phases, such as study phase, concept definition, pre-FEED, FEED

Support maintenance of experience data base.

Have excellent understanding of the relevant rules and codes of practice for weight control procedures for offshore installations, such as API, ANSI, Norsok, DNv, Noble Denton and ISO 19901-5.

Knowledge WEMS system is beneficial

Proficient communication and interpersonal skills, being able to work and collaborate with other colleagues

Knowledge of Autodesk Navisworks Freedom, Simulate and AutoCAD is beneficial

Knowledge of E3D

Experience in large EPC projects, particularly within lump sum environments.

Experience in vendor packages and modules weighing's is beneficial