Contract: Senior Structural Designer / Perth

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with a global EPC in Perth CBD as a Senior Structural Designer on a 12-month contract.

The successful candidate will independently produce technically correct, timely and cost-effective models, drawings and technical documentation that consider total project requirements; providing technical assistance for all aspects of project design work as required.

Ensure compliance with the design rules and procedures in force within the company to assist and supervise the work performed by assigned Designers.

Duties & Responsibilities include:

• Solve challenging engineering design problems
• Analyze, design, and verify drafting and modelling.
• Where applicable, coordinate activities to ensure they are integrated into the project and that the client receives a satisfactory standard of service.
• Assist engineering in providing lean solutions and input to tendering.
• Be effective, efficient, and fit for purpose in the delivery of solutions and documents.
• Compliance with client requirements & recognized industry standards with respect to design work scopes.
• Provision of technical assistance (including checking) for all aspects of project design work.
• Originate and check design deliverables (including models and all technical documentation) as required by project and engineering teams in accordance with the project.
• Interface with 3rd party design team / engineering services as required on a specific project basis.
• Interface with other engineering / design disciplines during course of project execution.
• Provide Technical Assistance where required (site support).
• Assist on an ad hoc basis as required by additional projects / tenders.
• Maintain awareness of and compliance with the Management System procedures which directly affect the work undertaken.
• Assist Engineering Project Manager and Discipline Lead define resource requirements and document deliverables to meet project technical and schedule requirements.
• Key interfacing with other engineering disciplines during project execution.
• Participate in formal or informal reporting to Lead and/or project on progress of tasks, budget and schedule progress, lessons learnt and resources.
• Attend meetings with Clients, Suppliers and / or Consultants to assist on technical issues and support engineering.
•  As required by tenders, prepare appropriate content and lean manhours estimates to support tender submission.
• Assist Discipline Lead in development of Discipline Technical Notes and Guidelines when required

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Demonstrable knowledge of oil and gas industry in relevant business line (onshore/offshore)
• Computer literacy
• Key Software experience: PDMS / E3D, Autocad
• Preferred experience: Microstation, S3D, Inventor
• Minimum 8 years working as an in-house Structural Designer
• Experience working within oil and gas industry
• HNC/HND / Advanced Diploma of Engineering or equivalent