Principal Structural Designer
Job in
Aberdeen City, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Area, AB10, Scotland, UK
Listed on 2026-03-11
Listing for:
Petrofac
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-03-11
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Structural Engineer, Civil Engineering, Engineering Design & Technologists
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Petrofac is seeking a Structural Designer 2 - Contractor for 12 months based in Aberdeen, UK.
The role is outside IR35 and we invite Limited Companies to engage.
The scope of services will be reviewed should there be a significant change to client support requirements.
Scope of Services- Provide technical expertise for the structural design of new infrastructure and modifications to existing infrastructure for the energy sector.
- Provide technical information to support estimates for project work scopes.
- Provide input to progress and planning meetings as required.
- Provide technical expertise to the resolution of technical queries ensuring all design changes are captured by the change control process.
- Conduct site surveys on offshore or onshore assets.
- Produce structural design drawings / 3d models, etc.
- Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews / HAZIDS.
- Provide checking and approval of structural drawings, complete interdisciplinary checking of documents where necessary.
- Interface with other disciplines, clients and third parties on technical project issues.
- Provide a level of technical support that satisfies the appropriate Asset Safety Case and that PFEER performance standards are not compromised by any discipline engineering activities.
- Compliance with company engineering procedures, industry, international and client codes and standards.
- Ensure that all work complies with the Contract Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality policies and procedures as appropriate.
- Provide technical assurance and oversight on structural design scope.
- Coordinate structural design resource in line with project requirement.
- Structural general arrangement drawings
- Structural detail drawings
- Structural destruction drawings
- Installation methodology drawings / documents
- Rigging drawings
- Survey reports
- Construction work pack input
- Weight control reports
Presentations, sketches, etc. to assist in scope communications
- Structural general arrangement drawings
- Structural detail drawings
- Structural destruction drawings
- Installation methodology drawings / documents
- Rigging drawings
- Survey reports
- Construction work pack input
- Weight control reports
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office applications and relevant discipline specific software
- AutoCAD 2D & 3D
- PDMS
- LFM
- Recap Pro
- Simulate)
- Ability to investigate and interpret data
- Willing to travel offshore/site and capable of completing site surveys
- Brownfield Project Experience desirable.
- Experience with in the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical Industry will be preferable but not essential.
- Suitable design experience within other engineering industries will be considered where appropriate.
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