Lead Structural Designer – Inventor and Vault

Aventa Group; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aventa is seeking an experienced Lead Structural Designer to join its subsea engineering team in the Paris area on the Baleine 3 project. This long-term contract role offers real ownership over design output and leadership of a design team for deepwater subsea work.

You will lead structural design and 3D modelling activities, guide designers, and ensure outputs meet fabrication and installation needs while interfacing with engineering and project management.

Qualifications

• 10 years' experience in structural design in Oil & Gas, ideally on deepwater subsea projects.
• Strong proficiency in Inventor and Vault.
• Team management experience and a collaborative, project-oriented mindset.
• Strong sense of shared ownership and good communication skills.
• Knowledge of installation methods is a plus.
• Good working English.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural design and 3D modelling activities on deepwater subsea projects.
• Manage and support a team of designers, providing technical guidance and interfacing across project disciplines.
• Ensure design output aligns with fabrication and installation requirements.

Skills

Team leadership

Project coordination

Communications

English proficiency

Subsea design knowledge

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Vault

Job description

Lead Structural Designer - Inventor and Vault

Published on July 30, 2026

Project Snapshot

About the job

For one of our clients, a major international EPCI contractor, we are looking for an experienced Lead Structural Designer to join a subsea engineering team on the Baleine 3 project.

What we offer

A long-term contract assignment within a major international EPCI contractor's subsea engineering team on the Baleine 3 project, based in the Paris area. This is a lead role with real ownership over design output and team coordination on a major deepwater subsea project.

Description

What you will do

Lead structural design and 3D modelling activities on deepwater subsea projects

Manage and support a team of designers, providing technical guidance and interfacing across project disciplines

Ensure design output aligns with fabrication and installation requirements

Act as a key interface point between design, engineering and project management

Required Qualification

What you bring

10 years' experience in structural design in Oil & Gas, ideally on deepwater subsea projects

Strong proficiency in Inventor and Vault

Team management experience and a collaborative, project-oriented mindset

Strong sense of shared ownership and good communication skills

Knowledge of installation methods is a plus

Good working English