Principal Structural Designer (Baku)

You can be part of our vision!

Working Pattern: Employee Fixed Term Contract / Full Time 

As the Principal Structural Designer, you will:

• Represent PD&MS with Clients, Suppliers / Vendors and Certifying Authorities in a professional manner;
• Supervise personnel under the Principal Designer’s control, and the quality of work produced by them;
• Assure competence of design personnel under the Principal Designer’s control. Identify personnel shortfalls and submit proposal to the Design Team Leader for solutions such as training, coaching or replacement;
• Identify design scope of work required to undertake a project/job. Estimate deliverables time required to execute the scope of work;
• Provide input to project plans and schedules via the Lead Engineer;
• Identify early to the Lead Engineer / Lead Design areas of concern during the course of any project or study with necessary corrective action identified;
• Ensure operational and maintenance issues are addressed in the design. Seek input from operations and maintenance personnel;
• Carry out surveys, both onshore and offshore, to determine information to allow execution of works copes;
• Monitor progress of work under the Principal Designer’s control and achieve completion within the agreed schedule and budget;
• Plan resources forward and identify changes to resource requirements in a timely manner to the Lead Engineer / Design Team Leader;
• Check department design deliverables;
• Identify increase or reduction in scope of work and advise the Lead Engineer / Project Engineer accordingly;
• Ensure Designers under the Principal Designers control follow procedures for document control and use and retention of check prints / IDC comments prints;
•  Comply with quality assurance, health and safety and environmental policies;
•  Demonstrate and promote PD&MS QHSE principles;
•  Ensure unsafe activities are challenged;
•  Adhere to the requirements of the best practice standards recommendations and processes in the undertaking of duties, in particular, risk assessment and control, reliability and failure prevention necessary to ensure the safe design, equipment and systems;
•  Demonstrate and promote PD&MS values;
•  Ensure direct report performance reviews are carried out within the required timescales (where applicable).

The role offers:

• Development opportunities: the opportunity to develop within your structural department, to be appreciated, to work with people who have the same goals and are driven to succeed;
• Varied workload: you’ll have the chance to transfer your skills and develop in our industry and deliver on projects across the fully energy sector, from conventional to renewable energies;
• Opportunities for transferable skills: if your experience isn’t traditional oil & gas, we still want to hear from you!
• Salary: Competitive Salary depending on knowledge and experience plus a range of benefits that support your finances, wellbeing, and family;
• Benefits: Pension, Voluntary Insurance, 30 days annual leave plus public holidays;
• Location: Baku, Azerbaijan.

You’ll have experience of:

• Leading a team of engineers and coordinating work tasks to achieve required plan dates or being a senior / principal designer looking for a step up in their career;
• Managing design team budgets, producing scope estimates and recognising and controlling scope change;
•  Delivering primary and secondary structural designs, lifting arrangements and development of installation routes;
• Working in offshore and onshore oil & gas business;
• Producing and checking design deliverables that conform to all applicable industry engineering codes and standards as well as the client’s policies and procedures relative to the equipment being specified. Sound knowledge of relevant commonly used codes therefore required;
• Producing and design checking structural detail drawings, checking installation sequence drawings, lifting arrangement drawings and weight control reports;
• Generating and checking design 3D models using Plant 3D;
• Using Microsoft packages, AutoCAD, Navisworks and Plant 3D essential.

Personal attributes:

Our GENES, our core values, define who we are, what we stand for and how we deliver. 

• Go the extra mile
• Empower our people
• Never get complacent
• Engage our partners
• Step up and deliver

If this sounds like you, then you could be a perfect fit.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent;
• Previous demonstrable experience in detailed design and design checking;
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant oil and gas industry codes and standards;
• Understanding of all engineering disciplines;
• Highly competent in the use of Autodesk design products;
•  Experienced in managing and developing others;
• Excellent written and spoken English.

PD&MS has been engineering solutions in the energy industry and beyond since 2002, our ability to combine innovative ideas with technical expertise sets us apart. A flexible, full-service provider committed to supporting the energy transition, we deliver high-quality project work across the entire lifecycle of assets within the oil and gas, renewables and nuclear sectors. But whoever we work with, it’s the energy, professionalism and purpose of our people that really makes the difference.

Be who you’re meant to be, with PD&MS!

We firmly believe in a work culture in which: individual differences are a source of collective strength and pride; everybody can perform to the best of their abilities and on a level playing field; and all colleagues feel they’re part of our team and their voices will be heard.  We’re already heartened by the diversity within our organisation, but we recognise that there’s always more we can do to improve further.  We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.

We’re energised by the prospect of operating successfully today, tomorrow and far into the future. But we’re also driven to ensure that our business activities are conducted in socially responsible, morally acceptable and sustainable ways.