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Senior Structural Designer

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Petrofac is seeking a Structural Designer 3 - Contractor for 12 months based in Aberdeen, UK.

The role is outside IR35 and we invite Limited Companies to engage.

The scope of services will be reviewed should there be a significant change to client support requirements.

Scope of Services:
• Provide technical expertise for the structural design of new infrastructure and modifications to existing infrastructure for the energy sector.
• Provide technical information to support estimates for project work scopes
• Provide technical expertise to the resolution of technical queries ensuring that all design changes are captured by the change control process
• Conduct site surveys on offshore or onshore assets
• Produce structural design drawings / 3d models etc
• Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews / HAZIDS
• provide checking of structural drawings
• Interface with other disciplines, clients and third parties on technical project issues
• Compliance with company engineering procedures, industry, international and client codes and standards
• Ensure that all work complies with the Contract Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality policies and procedures as appropriate

Deliverables:
• Structural general arrangement drawings
• Structural detail drawings
• Structural destruct drawings
• Installation methodology drawings / documents
• Rigging drawings
• Survey reports
• Construction workpack input
• Weight control reports
• Presentations sketches etc., to assist in scope communications

Additional Design Deliverables to Check:
• Structural general arrangement drawings
• Structural detail drawings
• Structural destruct drawings
• Installation methodology drawings / documents
• Rigging drawings
• Survey reports
• Construction workpack input
• Weight control reports

Skills/ experience
• Computer literate in Microsoft office applications and relevant discipline specific software

o AutoCAD 2D & 3D

o PDMS

o LFM

o Recap Pro

o Simulate)
• Ability to investigate and interpret data
• willing to travel offshore/site and capable of completing site surveys
• Brownfield Project Experience desirable.
• Experience within the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical Industry will be preferable but not essential
• Suitable design experience within other engineering industries will be considered where appropriate.

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Senior Structural Designer

Petrofac
Aberdeen, UK
Full-Time

Published on 08/03/2026

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