S3D Senior Structural Designer

Airswift; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift seeks a S3D Senior Structural Designer for an offshore facilities project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The role focuses on detailed design and analysis for topsides and jackets, with vendor document review and material requisitions in a multidisciplinary setting.

You will use SACS, USFOS, GRLWEAP and related tools to deliver compliant engineering outputs, supporting the project through detailed calculations and coordination across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of offshore facilities design experience.
• Experience with jackets and substructures.
• Experience interpreting geotechnical and metocean data for design basis.
• Ability to review third-party technical reports and support timely engineering reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and analysis for offshore substructures and jackets.
• Prepare material requisitions and review vendor documents.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across civil, structural, and geotechnical disciplines.
• Utilize SACS, USFOS, GRLWEAP for modelling and analysis.
• Ensure compliance with offshore engineering standards and codes.

Skills

SACS

USFOS

GRLWEAP

Structural analysis

Material requisitions

Design calculations

Vendor document review

Multi-disciplinary coordination

Offshore jacket design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

SESAM

Abaqus

Ansys

Job description

Job Title: S3D Senior Structural Designer

Duration: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This opportunity sits within a technically complex offshore project environment focused on structural design and analysis for topsides and jacket structures. The role offers the chance to contribute to detailed engineering, material requisitions, design calculations, vendor document review and multidisciplinary coordination while working with specialist tools such as SACS, USFOS and GRLWEAP. This position will play an important part in delivering compliant, efficient engineering outputs across offshore facilities work.

Required Education

Engineering degree in Civil Engineering

Required Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the design and execution of projects in offshore facilities
• Experience working on substructure and topsides engineering scopes
• Experience supporting detailed engineering deliverables, material requisitions and multidisciplinary project coordination
• Experience interpreting third-party technical reports including geotechnical, bathymetric survey and metocean data for use in structural design basis
• Experience in offshore structures, including jackets

Required Skills

• User of SACS engineering software
• Frequent user of USFOS
• Frequent user of GRLWEAP
• Strong capability in technical responsibility for material requisitions and performing design calculations
• Knowledge of in-service analyses including static in-place, dynamic in-place and spectral fatigue
• In-depth knowledge of pre-service analyses including lifting analysis, load-out analysis, on-bottom analysis and pile driveability analysis
• Ability to review vendor documents and support timely engineering reporting
• Ability to optimise material quantities through value engineering solutions
• Ability to work across disciplines and provide guidance to junior engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using SESAM
• Experience using Abaqus or Ansys
• Experience in seismic analysis including ELE and ALE
• Experience in blast and fire structural collapse analysis
• Experience in vibration analysis
• Experience in wind fatigue analysis
• Experience with S3D

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.