Wind Turbine Analysis Engineer Woking Surrey Permanent role
Key Responsibilities:
- Performing analysis of wind turbine and other offshore structures via hand calculation and finite element analysis
- Performing roles up to and including Lead Engineer on concept and FEED design projects
- Producing clear and concise consultancy and technical reports
- Preparing and/or checking specifications, design calculations, drawings and MTOs quickly and efficiently.
- Petrofac’s processes and procedures are key to efficient delivery of projects, and you will ensure all outputs are compliant with our ISO accredited quality, project control, safety and integrity procedures
- Utilising your experience, you will commit to plan work packages reporting progress and forecasting
Essential Skills:
- A good Mechanical, Structural or similar Engineering Master’s degree.
- An excellent understanding of the fundamentals of solid mechanics and fatigue of metallic materials.
- Good communication skills combined with an excellent standard of written and spoken English
- Experience in:
- Aeroelastic analysis of fixed or floating wind turbines, using Bladed or similar software
- General-purpose FE software such as Abaqus
- Chartered Engineer status with a recognised professional institution
- Offshore analysis software such as DNV Sesam or Orcaflex
- Analysis of offshore structures
- Wind turbine analysis on floating foundation
- Hydrodynamic analysis of floating structures
- Engineering consultancy
- Offshore design and assessment codes and recommended practices
- Nonlinear assessment
- Dynamic / modal assessment
- Fatigue of offshore structures
- Fracture mechanics
- Structural assessment and appraisal
- Blast design
- Fixed and floating structures
- Python, VBA, Javascript or other programming language used for engineering purposes
- Company Benefits:
- A competitive base salary
- Pension Scheme – Standard Life - 3.5% Employee / 7% Employer
- UK Healthcare – AXA
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Permanent Health Insurance (PHI)
- Personal Accident insurance
- Life Assurance (3x Base Salary)
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Share Incentive Plan (SIP)
- Employee Lifestyle Benefits Scheme
- 30 days plus 3 public holiday entitlement
- Plus, much more