Principal Design Engineer

2 X Principal Design Engineers

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey – 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week from home

Outside IR35

Initial 12 Month Contract – Role will provide long term work

2 Principal Design Engineers are required to support on an initial 12 month contract based in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey that will offer a hybrid working of 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week working from home.

As the Principal Design Engineer, you will have the ability to work on an outside IR35 contract basis.

You will ideally provide a strong background within subsea pipelines and will have experience with spools design and will be involved in FE analysis.

Skills Required:
• Degree qualified in civil, structural or mechanical discipline.
• As the Principal Design Engineer, you will be involved primarily in detailed FE analysis but also in general subsea pipeline and spools design activities, such as, wall thickness, stability, bottom roughness and freespan. 
• As the Principal Design Engineer, you will have a comprehensive understanding of structural analysis, including, statics, dynamics and fatigue as well as installation and constructability aspects of pipeline systems.
• As the Principal Design Engineer, you should have extensive experience in Subsea engineering with knowledge of typical subsea software tools

Qualifications and Software:
• As the Principal Design Engineer, you will ideally be degree qualified in civil, structural or mechanical discipline
• FEA software Orcaflex, ANSYS, ABAQUS (2D shell and 3D solid elements) and hand calculations. Knowledge of DNV SESAM, Sage Profile 2D and AutoPIPE will be a benefit.

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