Senior Structure Engineer

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

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to: Engineering Manager - Ehouse

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be a design authority for an engineering discipline. Each day, you will complete assignments on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects in a cost-effective manner. You will also showcase your expertise by ensuring assignments are completed in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and cybersecurity policies and standards.

The work model for this role is: Onsite

• 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.

Qualifications For The Role

• Minimum 8 years of structural engineering experience in Marine & Offshore, FPSO, E-House, Oil & Gas, or industrial facility projects.
• Proven expertise in the analysis and design of offshore and modular steel structures, including FPSO topsides, subsea, and complex structural systems.
• Advanced proficiency in structural engineering software such as SACS, STAAD Pro, ANSYS, ABAQUS, and other finite element analysis tools.
• Strong knowledge of structural steel materials, welding standards, fabrication methods, construction sequencing, tolerances, and quality requirements.
• Experience in lifting and rigging engineering, mechanical handling design, offshore transportation, loadout, sea fastening, and installation methodologies.
• Sound understanding of fatigue assessment, fracture mechanics, structural integrity management, fire-rated design, building codes, and egress requirements.
• Ability to independently review and approve engineering calculations, technical reports, vendor deliverables, drawings, and multidisciplinary design interfaces using tools such as Navisworks, E3D, or SP3D.
• Excellent initiative, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage project priorities, mentor junior engineers, engage stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

What's in it for you?

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’ll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’s tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

More About Us

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize, and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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