Head of Department

PRINCIPIA; La Ciotat; Sur place; EUR 80 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading engineering company is seeking a Head of Department in La Ciotat. The role involves managing engineering teams and overseeing complex offshore projects, requiring a Bachelor's degree in engineering and at least 10 years of relevant experience. Candidates should possess strong project management skills and knowledge of offshore standards and engineering software. This position offers the chance to lead significant projects in the oil and gas and marine renewable sectors.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in engineering.
• Knowledge of offshore codes and regulations.
• Experience with team leadership.

Responsabilités

• Manage a team of 10-15 engineers.
• Supervise projects and deliverables.
• Participate in business development.

Connaissances

Leadership and team management

Project management

Technical support

Business development

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Outils

DIODORETM

DEEPLINESTM

ORCAFLEX

Description du poste

PRINCIPIA is an innovative engineering services company specialized in the offshore industry (oil & gas, renewable energies), nuclear and shipbuilding. With more than 40 years of experience and a strong technical expertise (more than 100 engineers and experts), Principia provides high value-added service solutions: FEED and detailed design projects, calculations and scientific expertise, engineering software, monitoring solutions, and R&D studies. We have offices in France (La Ciotat – Nantes - Lorient) and Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur).

Job Description

OPPORTUNITIES: PRINCIPIA is currently searching for a talented Head of Department (Engineering Subsea, Riser or Cable) to support the Offshore Business Unit (La Ciotat, Nantes, Lorient) for Marine Renewable and Oil & Gas activities. The Engineer will have an opportunity to work on particularly complex design challenges using PRINCIPIA’s internal suite of analysis tools to develop solutions that meet the needs of our range of national and international clients. This is a permanent contract position. PRINCIPIA is currently providing the engineering services to deliver some of the latest, challenging offshore projects in Europe and around the globe, for the Oil & Gas and Marine Renewable industries. This is a great opportunity to assume a leadership role on major execution projects and R&D work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 10-15 engineers (day to day management, appraisals)
• Supervise and co-ordinate engineers and draughts men
• Project Management: delivery, cost, operational schedule, reporting
• Participate to the business development (preparation of technical and commercial offers)
• Manage the Workload & Planning of the resources for all the subsea projects
• Participate to the recruitment (external or staff)
• Follow up the state of the art of the subsea activities (Riser, cable)
• Ensure Interface with the Client
• Technical support to the projects
• Participate to Events

Our scope of services for offshore activities

• Pre-project and feasibility studies
• Design and FEED studies
• Detailed engineering packages
• Independent design verification analysis
• Interface with equipment
• Expertise in hydrodynamic analysis, structural analysis, detailed fabrication, drawings
• Expertise and analysis for all design life steps, including in-place, fatigue, temporary cases, accidental cases…

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Naval architecture, Ocean, Mechanical or Marine). Min 10 years’ experience. Knowledge in use of relevant codes and software:

• Offshore rules: API, AISC, DNV, ABS, BV, ASME…
• Engineering software (at least one): DIODORETM, DEEPLINESTM, ORCAFLEX