Weight Control Engineer

Job Description

Overview:
JAB Recruitment are currently sourcing for a Weight Control Engineer on behalf of our Oilfield Services client, located in Kingston Upon Thames. This is a full-time, permanent position with our client. As a Weight Control Engineer, you would be joining their team to work on a Floating Wind Project and:
Estimate, monitor and report weights and centre of gravity of dry, lift and operating weights relevant to offshore plants and onshore modularised plants.
Plan, coordinate, control and act as an interface within the Project Team for weights and centre of gravity monitoring activities.
Coordinate and supervise the external resources for all activities related to Weight Control in accordance with

corporate/project/client

requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Prepare and issue Weight Control Procedures.
Highlight to all concerned parties the importance of the weight control activity.
Define, in cooperation with Weight Control Manager, the weight control organisation and the relevant execution plan.
Plan, prepare and issue (agreed with Project Technical Manager) weight reports on a regular basis.
Define resources to be involved in Weight Control project activities in co-operation with Weight Control Manager.
Set up, operation and maintenance of weight control software.
Interface with Project Technical Manager and Project Team, collecting data transmitted by disciplines of dry, lift and operating weights of each single weight element.
Review data provided by all engineering disciplines in terms of overall consistency with plant layout.
Implement, review, analyse, classify and process data supplied by engineering disciplines.
Propose and organize any corrective action to ease and secure the communication of the data.
Provide an accurate analysis and evaluation of any weight deviation or centre of gravity variation and their effect on the limits set by the project and proposing, when necessary, corrective actions (target weight).
Identify and monitor weight implication due to design changes.
Perform back-up of input data to guarantee traceability of the data for the whole duration of the project.

Minimum Requirements:
Education:
Degree Qualified Engineer.

Experience/Specific

Knowledge:
Design experience in weight control.
Capable of estimating, monitoring and reporting weights and centre of gravity (CoG) of dry, lift and operating weights relevant to offshore structures.
Able to identify and monitor weight implication due to design changes.
Capable of coordinating for all activities related to Weight Control in accordance with project and Client requirements.
Knowledge of MS Excel and hand calculations.
Knowledge of MathCAD is preferred.