Associate Riser Engineer

McDermott International, Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International, Ltd. seeks an Associate Riser Engineer in Kuala Lumpur to perform basic riser design tasks under guidance. You will help with detailed design calculations, analyses, and reports while learning design techniques and industry standards.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers, designers, and supervisors, delivering clear documentation, and growing skills across structural/mechanical disciplines within subsea engineering.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of experience in oil and gas; Preferably Registered Engineer in Training (EIT) or member of a professional engineering society
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering (Masters is a preference)
• Learning the content and application of standards, codes, and guidelines; learning design techniques and analysis methods

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed design engineering, analysis and calculations on basic engineering tasks
• Apply knowledge and skills to complete routine assignments under close supervision and mentoring
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
• Organize own work to meet deadlines set by others
• Clearly communicate information, asking questions and checking for understanding
• Gain understanding of design and analysis processes with riser engineering
• Prepare sketches of detail design to guide designers
• Review MTOs for requisitions
• Review vendor data for input to riser components and interfaces
• Review design data for input to riser components and interfaces
• Check drawings
• Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities, progress, and concerns
• Develop an awareness of costs related to own work
• Develop basic understanding of MDR’s business and customers it serves
• Develop basic knowledge of MDR’s business units and interactions including engineering, fabrication, and marine functions
• Develop advanced skills in use of standard productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Perform riser analysis under supervision such as Fatigue, Strength, Installation, and Clashing analyses

Skills

Riser engineering

Detailed design

Communication

Productivity tools

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering

EIT or professional engineer society member

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Overview:

The Associate Riser Engineer utilizes existing Riser procedures to solve routine or standard problems. They receive instruction, guidance, and direction from others within the team, and they will leverage their conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures related to Riser and Engineering.

Job Description

The Associate Riser Engineer utilizes existing Riser procedures to solve routine or standard problems. They receive instruction, guidance, and direction from others within the team, and they will leverage their conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures related to Riser and Engineering.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Perform detailed design engineering, analysis and calculations on basic engineering tasks
• Apply knowledge and skills to complete routine assignments under close supervision and mentoring
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
• Organize own work to meet deadlines set by others
• Clearly communicate information, asking questions and checking for understanding
• Gain understanding of design and analysis processes with riser engineering
• Apply knowledge and skills to complete routine assignments under close supervision and mentoring
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
• Organize own work to meet deadlines set by others
• Clearly communicate information, asking questions and checking understanding
• Gain an understanding of the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements
• Prepare sketches of detail design to guide designers
• Review MTOs for requisitions
• Review vendor data for input to riser components and interfaces
• Review design data for input to riser components and interfaces
• Check drawings
• Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities, progress, and concerns
• Develop an awareness of costs related to own work
• Develop basic understanding of MDR’s business and customers it serves
• Develop basic knowledge of MDR’s business units and interactions including engineering, fabrication, and marine functions
• Develop advanced skills in use of standard productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Perform riser analysis under supervision such as:
• Fatigue Analysis
• Strength Analysis
• Installation Analysis
• Clashing Analysis

Reports to: Sr Manager (Sub Sea Engineering)

Liaise With: Engineers, Design Supervisor and Designers of own discipline

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• 0-3 years of experience in oil and gas Preferably Registered Engineer in Training (EIT) or member of a professional engineering society
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering (Masters is a preference)
• Learning the content and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable. Learning design techniques and analysis methods

About Us

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.