Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Design Engineer – Orcaflex will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Designing and optimising products from initial concept stage, all the way through to production.
• Producing 3D CAD models and Detail Drawings to provide solutions, in accordance with client requirements.
• Producing technical reports, detailing work completed and the products produced. This includes, but is not limited to, hydrodynamic analysis using Orcaflex, engineering calculations, Finite Element Analysis and CFD.
• Assisting in the development of company design systems, standards and procedures.
• Contributing development ideas for new and existing products.
• Providing support to proposals and projects through working to tight deadlines.

Experience / Qualifications:

Essential:

• An engineering degree qualification in mechanical or structural engineering (a mechanical engineering degree would be preferred).
• Or, alternatively, a relevant HND qualification with at least 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• A minimum of 3 years’ design engineering experience, preferably within the oil and gas or Offshore Renewables sectors.
• Previous experience in a similar Design Engineer type role.
• Experience with hydrodynamic analysis.
• Experience of working with Orcaflex.
• Experience with FEA and 3D CAD software (Autodesk Inventor experience would be preferred).

Desirable:

• 5+ years’ experience of working in a mechanical design engineering environment.
• Experience with CFD simulation techniques.
• Experience with Mathcad.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in hydrodynamic analysis – preferably with specific analysing experience of mooring systems, umbilicals, risers and flowlines.
• Programming experience with Visual Basic.
• Composites experience.
• Experience of working with plastics within a design environment.
• Programming and macro derivation experience.
• Experience of designing buoyancy products.
• Injection moulding experience.