Installation Engineer - Monaco Internship
Monaco, MC
Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.
About Us:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably. Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.
Purpose
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As part of core business of SBM Offshore as ocean solution provider (i.e. Floating Windfarm, FPSO…), installation at sea of its own product is a key component. For this SBM offshore is operating installation vessel Normand Installer able to operate in all ocean where SBM offshore have project and which enable deployment of its product. Installation engineer role consists in developing installation procedure to be executed offshore, define limiting criteria based on hydrodynamic analyses (i.e. allowable seastates, duration…) and follow up operations on site. As part of it, it’s important to de-risk complex operation and test it as much as practically feasible ahead of offshore execution.
Responsibilities
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Your Role
There is no cursus that prepares to jump into offshore installation world. Although you will first start working in group and out of your comfort zone on true study case during which you will explore various tools, meet engineering & operational teams of the department as well as presenting your work on each sprint (every 3 days).
Starting from there you will evolve within a project team in charge of project to executed offshore and as your role will consist to develop offshore installation methodology to position platform in deepwater. For this you will:
- develop preliminary method statement that describes the main steps to be executed offshore, using 2d & 3d CAD software;
- perform installation analyses using hydrodynamic software to confirm and re-visit your procedure such to better cope with offshore environment and installation vessel capabilities;
- Develop test bench to demonstrate/calibrate your procedure using available 3d print in the company;
What it will bring to you:
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- Introduction to offshore environment & operations;
- You will have opportunity to work with experienced people from various engineering disciplines;
- Offer hands-on experience with real-world offshore challenges;
- Substantial gain in experience in offshore engineering and numerical modelling;
Education
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- 3rd year of engineering school with hydrodynamic, mechanical or related background;
- Programming skills and Python knowledge are a plus (learning along the internship);;
- A previous experience with 2d/3d CAD software is a plus;
- Good written and oral communication skills (English)
GENERAL INFORMATION
SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.
SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.