Senior Marine Structural Engineer — Offshore & FPSO

ABB; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Malaysia seeks an experienced Structural Engineer to act as a design authority for an offshore discipline. You will lead analysis, design, and documentation across multiple projects, ensuring compliance with project specs, quality, safety, and cybersecurity policies.

The role involves coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, managing structural activities through planning, procurement support, fabrication follow-up, and installation support, plus mentoring junior engineers and driving

Qualifications

• 8+ years of structural engineering experience in Marine & Offshore, FPSO, E-House, Oil & Gas, or industrial facilities.
• Expertise in offshore modular steel structures design and analysis (FPSO topsides, subsea, complex systems).
• Proficiency in structural software: SACS, STAAD Pro, ANSYS, ABAQUS, and finite element tools.
• Knowledge of steel materials, welding standards, fabrication methods, and construction sequencing.
• Experience in lifting/rigging, offshore transport, loadout and installation methods.
• Understanding fatigue, fracture mechanics, integrity management, and relevant codes.
• Ability to review/approve calculations, reports, vendor deliverables, and interfaces using Navisworks/E3D/SP3D.
• Initiative, communication, problem-solving, mentoring, and driving improvements.

Responsibilities

• Perform structural analysis, design calculations, and optimization using industry-standard software and methods.
• Develop structural designs, drawings, specifications, and documentation including GA, detailed, isometric, and fabrication drawings.
• Ensure compliance with codes and standards (ASTM, EN, API, SOLAS, ABS, DNV, LR).
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate systems and resolve interfaces and clashes.
• Manage structural activities across project execution: planning, reviews, procurement support, fabrication follow-up, scheduling.
• Support installation, commissioning, and operation by resolving issues and updating as-built docs.
• Provide technical leadership via customer engagement, mentoring, and continuous improvement of practices.

Skills

Structural analysis

Engineering design calculations

Project coordination

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Technical leadership

Strong communication

Tools

Navisworks

E3D

SP3D

ABAQUS

ANSYS

Job description

ABB in Malaysia seeks an experienced Structural Engineer to act as a design authority for an offshore discipline. You will lead analysis, design, and documentation across multiple projects, ensuring compliance with project specs, quality, safety, and cybersecurity policies.

The role involves coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, managing structural activities through planning, procurement support, fabrication follow-up, and installation support, plus mentoring junior engineers and driving