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Principal Riser Mooring Engineer
About this role
The role is for a Principal Riser Mooring Engineer within Shell Foundation’s Deepwater Projects team supporting SNEPCo in Lagos. It focuses on mooring, risers, and related engineering for FPSO operations in deepwater, including design, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and operations support. The position targets someone with substantial floating systems or riser and flowline engineering experience, capable of delivering engineering solutions and ensuring compliance with codes and standards. The job involves working in a matrix, multi-disciplinary environment and collaborating with a diverse team to develop local Nigerian capability. The employer supports energy access and affordable transport through funding and partnership with social enterprises and institutions in Africa and Asia.
What you would do
- Deliver and review engineering deliverables for deepwater projects and operations support in Lagos.
- Assess mooring, riser, and related systems to meet project requirements and standards.
- Review and manage engineering deviations, clarifications, and design changes with subcontractors.
- Perform risk assessments, HAZOPs, and integrity management activities as directed by projects.
- Apply hydrodynamic and structural analysis tools (eg Orcaflex) for static, dynamic, fatigue, and interference analyses.
- Utilise relevant software for riser and mooring design and analysis.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to support design, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and operations.
- Ensure compliance with international codes, standards and local governing bodies in mooring and riser work.
- Provide technical input for procurement and fabrication activities related to floating systems.
- Support knowledge sharing and development of local Nigerian capability within the Deepwater Projects group.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical, Civil, Ocean/Naval or Materials Engineering (or related field).
- Substantial experience in floating systems and/or riser and flowline engineering for upstream oil and gas projects.
- Knowledge of fabrication, installation and offshore structures related to mooring and riser activities.
- Experience with assurance reviews of floating systems, mooring, station keeping, riser and flowline design documents.
- Familiarity with mooring and riser industry guidelines from classification societies and regulators.
- Proficiency in riser and mooring analysis using Orcaflex; experience with hydrodynamic software (eg WAMIT).
- Understanding of material selection, engineering critical analysis, strength and fatigue checks.
- Ability to support engineering change processes, risk assessments, and integrity management.
- Experience with risk assessments, HAZOPs, and repair strategies is desirable.
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