Naval Architect Houston TX - Expert Staffing (713) 856-7132 - (US-TX-Houston - 77299)

Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: Naval Architect floater 3472
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Expert Staffing is currently seeking a degreed, experience Naval Architect. The Naval Architect (NA) is responsible for floater concept development, preliminary sizing, global performance, and positioning (mooring/tendon) design and analyses of various types of floating structures for oil and gas production through interfacing with other engineering disciplines of the group as the need arises.

The NA is also responsible for performing and/or coordinating floater concept maturation, as well as all project work related to the Naval Architectural discipline within all phases up to and including detail engineering. This will require the execution and guidance of engineering analyses using industry accepted performance prediction tools for global performance and positioning (mooring/tendon) system of the floater, as well as responsibility for all the model testing (wave, wind, current, operations).

Specific tasks include:
o Develop conceptual design and preliminary sizing of floating systems
o Focus on semisubmersibles with a further growth within FPSO and Dry tree solutions is expected
o Perform global performance analyses of the above mentioned floating systems
o The analyses include hydrostatic stability and hydrodynamics (loads and motion responses)
o Perform stability calculations
o Perform floating structure mooring/tendon analyses and design of mooring/tendon systems
o Perform marine transportation, installation and operability analyses
o Coordinate and supervise scale model tests of floating systems in model basin and wind tunnel as appropriate
o Analyze test results and validate/correlate with global loading/performance predictions
o Develop detail design for the selected concepts of the floating structures
o Ensure that all works meet company's quality requirements and are in accordance with the project's quality manual.

If you are qualified for this position please email your resume in Word.doc format to expert_staffing@yahoo.com ATTN: NAVAL ARCHITECT RECRUITER for immediate consideration.

Excellent $ $ $ for the right candidate.

To expedite your hire, please include the following in the body of your email:

(1) What is your current salary requirement?

(2) Are you a US citizen or currently eligible to work in the US ? (Our client does not sponsor visas)

(3) After you receive a firm job offer, how soon could you start this position?

Thank you for your time and your interest in Expert Staffing, Houstons preferred Engineering and Technical Staffing Source since 2001.