Principal Engineer - Umbilical Specialist

DNV (Det Norske Veritas) is an independent foundation with the purpose of safeguarding life, property, and the environment. Our history goes back to 1864, when the foundation was established in Norway to inspect and evaluate the technical condition of Norwegian merchant vessels.

Since then, our core competence has been to identify, assess, and advise on how to manage risk. Whether we classify a ship, certify an automotive company’s management system, or advise on how to best maintain an aging oil platform, our focus is to safely and responsibly improve business performance.

While headquartered in Oslo, Norway, DNV has worked internationally since 1867 and has established approximately 300 offices in 100 countries. As a knowledge-based company, our prime assets are the creativity, knowledge, and expertise of our 9,000 employees from more than 85 different nations.

DNV offers a wide range of services related to oil & gas / energy market. The services are aimed for all phases from concept studies through production working with product development, design, technology qualification, manufacturing/installation, project execution and asset operation. The Department for Deepwater Technology is working with multi-disciplinary projects related to underwater systems.

Our Department is responsible for DNV’s activity related to Deepwater Technology in North America/West Africa. The Department has all oil majors and manufactures as key clients and performs a multitude of services related to subsea facilities and offshore pipelines. Our services include Verification, Technology Qualification, Technical/Consulting services and Integrity Management related to Mooring, Riser, Umbilicals, Subsea Pipelines, and Subsea facilities. We have a strong technical environment with the capability to undertake very advanced technical analysis related to offshore projects.

We are currently looking for a Principal Engineer with strong Subsea Umbilical experience.

We offer you:

• a job in a profiled technological company with global activities
• excellent possibilities to learn and develop
• challenging and varied tasks within a business area in growth
• flexible working conditions and a large degree of responsibility
• competitive benefits
• great colleagues and an informal work environment
• work location in Katy, Texas (Houston metro area) in brand new modern office facilities

You will be leading the expansion of our umbilical related business and be selling and delivering challenging technical projects related to subsea umbilicals. DNV has developed a very competitive solutions consisting of in-house multidiscipline subject matter expertise and a state of the art suite of software. DNV provides total solutions by combining a multi-disciplinary team of experts along with state of the art suite of computer software.

As a Principal Engineer, you will be expected to develop a strong client network. You will also be expected to promote DNV services through active participation in industry conferences.

In addition to your business development role, you will also be involved in managing / participating in multi-disciplinary projects. The position will include a large variety of projects and offers great opportunities for personal and professional development.

A general list of duties and responsibilities include:

• Marketing and business development of umbilical services
• Providing technical advice on umbilical design
• Managing multi disciplinary projects
• Qualification of new umbilical design/ technology
• Participate in risk assessment services (HAZID / HAZOP / FMECA workshops)
• Project assurance and follow up
• Verification and Certified Verification Agent (CVA) services
• Failure investigations
• Participation in R&D projects

The successful candidate will take an active role in developing these services towards our clients; oil companies, service providers and manufactures.

The ideal candidate should have an advanced engineering degree along with 10+ years of experience. The following traits and capabilities are highly desirable to be considered for the position:

• In depth knowledge of umbilicals and general understanding of subsea and riser systems
• Experience with umbilical design and knowledge of industry standards pertaining to umbilical
• Experience with material selection, welding, manufacturing process, testing, qualification, installation and integrity management of umbilicals.

• Experience with umbilical manufacturing background is a strong plus
• Proven track record of project management skills
• Ability to work as a team member
• Business development experience
• Enthusiasm and communication skills
• Ability to combine analytical / theoretical knowledge with practical skills
• Good understanding of risk management
• Eagerness to learn and develop oneself professionally

If you want to work within the multi-disciplinary field of subsea systems then we are interested in talking to you.

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