Onsite Lead Structural Engineer - Offshore & Marine

ABB; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Johor Bahru seeks a Senior Structural Engineer for an on-site, full-time role. You will lead structural design activities on projects, contributing to career growth and impactful solutions.

You will perform analysis, develop drawings and specs, ensure compliance with codes such as ASTM/EN/API/SOLAS, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust offshore and industrial structures. Mentor junior engineers, lead technical reviews, and support installation, commissioning and

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of structural engineering experience in Marine & Offshore, FPSO, or related fields.
• Proven expertise in offshore and modular steel structures.
• Experience with Navisworks, E3D or SP3D for design interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Performing structural analysis, design calculations, and optimization using industry-standard software and engineering methodologies.
• Developing structural designs, layouts, drawings, specifications, and technical documentation, including general arrangements, detailed, isometric, and fabrication drawings.
• Ensuring compliance with customer requirements, applicable codes, standards, and classification society regulations, including ASTM, EN, API, SOLAS, ABS, DNV, and LR.
• Coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to integrate structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, and HVAC systems while resolving design interfaces and clashes.
• Managing structural engineering activities throughout project execution, including planning, technical reviews, procurement support, fabrication follow-up, and schedule management.
• Supporting installation, commissioning, and operational phases by resolving engineering issues, managing deviations and change requests, updating as-built documentation, and verifying structural integrity.
• Providing technical leadership through customer engagement, bid evaluations, mentoring of junior engineers, and continuous improvement of structural engineering practices and solutions.

Skills

Structural analysis

Project leadership

Problem solving

Tools

SACS

STAAD.Pro

ANSYS

ABAQUS

Navisworks

E3D

SP3D

Job description

ABB in Johor Bahru seeks a Senior Structural Engineer for an on-site, full-time role. You will lead structural design activities on projects, contributing to career growth and impactful solutions.

You will perform analysis, develop drawings and specs, ensure compliance with codes such as ASTM/EN/API/SOLAS, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust offshore and industrial structures. Mentor junior engineers, lead technical reviews, and support installation, commissioning and