Title: Principal / Senior Designer

Overview

At Subsea7, we deliver some of the world's most complex offshore energy and renewable projects. As a Principal or Senior Designer, you will be a key technical contributor responsible for leading design delivery, improving engineering quality, and developing innovative solutions across global subsea and offshore projects.

We are seeking expressions of interest from experienced engineering professionals for a number of future opportunities within our Kuala Lumpur office. These positions are being advertised in anticipation of upcoming project awards and form part of our proactive workforce planning strategy.

Qualified applicants will be considered as projects are awarded and staffing needs are confirmed. We encourage interested candidates to apply and become part of our talent pipeline, allowing us to engage with qualified professionals as opportunities arise.

This role offers the opportunity to influence major projects from concept and FEED through fabrication and installation while mentoring junior designers and shaping design standards across the organization.

If you're passionate about 3D modelling, engineering design/methods drawings, and turning complex concepts into practical solutions, we'd welcome your application.

What will you be doing?

Technical Leadership

• Manage the development of complex 3D models, fabrication drawings and engineering deliverables.
• Act as a technical focal point (CAD project lead) for drawing office activities within assigned projects.
• Review and approve design deliverables to ensure quality, consistency and compliance with relevant standards.
• Provide technical guidance on modelling strategies, drawing production and CAD methodologies.

Project Delivery

• Deliver engineering design packages supporting:
  • Subsea structures
  • Offshore installation systems
  • SURF developments
  • Pipelines and risers
  • Renewable energy projects
• Coordinate design activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Identify and resolve complex design challenges through practical engineering solutions.
• Support fabrication yards, construction teams and offshore operations during project execution.
• Tracking of deliverables required to be delivered for the project with good understanding of schedule and work planning ability.

Continuous Improvement

• Enhance CAD workflows, standards and best practices.
• Support development of drawing office procedures and design governance.
• Mentor and coach Designers Level I and II.
• Contribute to technical training and capability development initiatives.

What experience would we like you to have?

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma, certificate or technical qualification in Mechanical, Structural, Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in engineering design and drafting for offshore, subsea, oil & gas or renewable energy projects.
• Advanced proficiency with:
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Autodesk Inventor
• Extensive experience producing:
  • Fabrication drawings
  • Steel structure designs
  • Installation deliverables
  • Mechanical assemblies
  • Piping layouts
  • Pipeline design deliverables

• Demonstrated experience leading complex design activities and coordinating multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Solid understanding of fabrication, construction and installation requirements.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to mentor and develop less experienced designers.

Beneficial Experience

• Autodesk Civil 3D.
• Autodesk Vault Professional or equivalent data management systems.
• Offshore installation support experience.
• Experience supporting FEED and tender phases.
• Exposure to global project execution environments.

#LI-CR1