Metocean Engineer (UK)

at  K2 Management

PROVIDING EXPERT INSIGHT ON METOCEAN CONDITION ASSESSMENTS AND INPUT TO FOUNDATION DESIGN

Would you like to be part of a growing consultancy within the renewable industry with significant career and learning opportunities? Does working on international assignments among a global team of specialists and ambitious clients in a leading consultancy within the renewable industry motivate you? Then you may be a candidate for this exciting job opportunity.
We are experiencing a rapid growth in the demand for our services in offshore wind markets all over the world and thus also an increased demand in our metocean services to support to the design, installation and operation for this industry. We are therefore expanding our Foundation Engineering Centre of Excellence, and we are currently looking for an experienced Metocean Engineer who can actively contribute to the development of our metocean services and support ongoing, design-oriented projects.
In this position, you will be based in one of our UK offices (Glasgow or Bristol) and you will report to our Head of Civil Engineering (based in Lisbon, Portugal).

Meteocean information is a key requirement for offshore renewable project development, from site identification to weather-limited operation planning, including critical input at the design stage. The metocean engineer tasks will cover a range of civil engineering activities, with a global remit (onshore and offshore projects), that may include the following:

• Carrying out metocean studies to produce data used for the design and/or assessment of fixed or floating offshore renewable energy structures.
• Creation of design basis (concept to detailed).
• Review of metocean reports to assess suitability, adherence to requirements / standards, provide recommendations.
• Preparation of ITT package for metocean analysis services and field measurement campaigns, including the definition of relevant sow / technical requirements / evaluation criteria.
• Support in ITT management, from evaluation of bidders to contract negotiation.
• Contribution to the strengthening of K2 Management’s in-house metocean capabilities, driving and developing fit-for-purpose metocean MATLAB-based tools, data management systems design tools and methods to achieve continuous improvement of the K2 Management offer.