Our client is looking for a GBS Foundations Engineer to join their Engineering Team, supporting the delivery of contractor selection and detailed design for GBS foundations. The project will design and construct up to 100 concrete gravity base structures.  Each structure may be up to 65m tall and weigh up to 10,000 tonnes.  A construction site is planned to be developed in the UK specifically for the purpose of constructing these GBS.
 
The Foundations Engineer will work in the Employer’s engineering team throughout the remainder of FEED and detailed design, to guide and performance manager all aspects of the contractor’s engineering delivery, including providing ongoing verification of engineering works.  The team will also input into the execution planning for both the onshore and offshore construction phase.
 
Key Accountabilities:

• Support foundation engineering aspects of project development.
• Define and lead technical studies to inform key project decisions on the foundation package.
• Technical verification of contractor engineering including design reviews
• Performance manage contractor package engineering
• Work closely with the Quality Lead to define test and inspection requirements.
• Support technical bid evaluation
• Review and approve deviations from codes and standards
• Verify supplier documentation using the document review process, inform inspector visits and support client verification of construction work
• Support technical integration with from other packages, particularly Transport and Installation and Wind Turbines
• Capture lessons at keys stages during the package management lifecycle to continuously improve portfolio technical knowledge.
• Deliver foundation innovation, technology and designs that optimise the LCoE of the project

 
Who you will work with

• You will report to the Project Engineering Lead to deliver technical integrity
• You will manage engineers (3rd party contractors) to deliver foundation engineering on projects
• Coordination with the other engineering disciplines ensure the most efficient design and management of the technical interfaces.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams locally and globally
• Work with procurement and quality professionals and package managers.
• Work and coordinate with the respective engineering community, ensuring the knowledge sharing and best use of synergies
• Network externally

 
Required

• Engineering degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Demonstrated technical competency in structural engineering discipline and concrete design with broad understanding of the applicable codes and standards for the scope
• Fluent written and spoken English language
• Minimum of 7 years relevant design experience with concrete structures
• Significant experience of project design stages (FEED/detailed design)
• Understanding of the interfaces and interaction with supporting engineering disciplines for the scope of this package, particularly geotechnical
• Understand technical risk identification and management processes to deliver safe and competitive projects
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively across functions and within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability in performance management of others (including. 3rd party engineering services providers) to support timely decision making

 
Desirable

• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience of offshore structures
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional qualification
• Understand Quality Management process for engineering, manufacture and installation
• Understand technical aspects of competitive procurement process
• Ability in performance management of others (including. 3rd party engineering services providers) to support timely decision making
• Experience of construction, installation and operations support
• Experience of technology development
• Design experience in offshore wind or with offshore structures

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