Job Description
Overview / Responsibilities
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Join Wood! It's a future for all of us. We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.
Wood's Specialist Engineering and Consulting Business Unit is recruiting for Graduate Structural Integrity Engineers to join our graduate programme based in Aberdeen from Summer 2023.
As a Wood Graduate you will join a culture of innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.
The Role
Due to increased workload and continuing expansion, engineering positions are now available within our Structural Integrity Management and Advanced Structural Analysis department. These positions are available for graduates (MEng, MSc) and post-graduate (PhD) students. Note: PhD candidates are normally taken on at Engineer or Senior Engineer level depending on experience.
The department has offices in Aberdeen, Houston, Perth and Abu-Dhabi. The positions currently available are for our headquarters in Aberdeen from where we deliver projects to numerous clients on a worldwide basis. The majority of these projects are for the upstream, exploration and production, energy sector.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly and dynamic team of highly experienced engineers and analysts. With a strong emphasis on continuing professional development, and chartership. Full training for the role will be provided.
What we offer within our Graduate Programme:
- Two year structured program
- Technical and personal development; you will have access to a wealth of technical and personal development resources and opportunities
- Support throughout your career; you will be assigned a buddy, and departmental manager to ensure your professional development and achieve chartership status where relevant
- Meaningful and interesting projects; delivered to leaders of industry across the different Energy and Materials market sectors
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive salary with incremental increases as you progress within the graduate program
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Early Careers Network (ECN); join your peers within our ECN and have the opportunity to support and share ideas with other recent graduates across our business units
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Skills / Qualifications
Areas of responsibility
- Performing structural analysis of fixed and floating offshore assets.
- Linear-elastic, fatigue, ultimate strength, and dynamic analyses.
- Supporting structural integrity management projects.
- Carrying out structural engineering calculations.
- Carrying out risk based inspection and reliability analysis.
- Writing technical reports and presentations, communication with clients and 3 rd
- Developing your knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and industry best practice.
- Developing your competency in the use of various analysis packages.
- Providing support to the tendering process.
- Management and delivery of your projects.
Requirements
- Master's degree (MEng, MSc) or post-graduate PhD in Civil, Structural or Mechanical Engineering, or Naval Architecture.
- Good communication skills.
- Motivated, and with a strong desire to learn.
- Ability to deliver consistently high-quality work.
- Aiming for chartered status with a relevant Engineering Institution
How to Apply
- Go to and search for "Structural Integrity Engineer"
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Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.