Graduate Structural Engineer

Wood Thilsted is a specialised offshore wind engineering consultancy designing the transition to clean energy. Our unmatched experience in end-to-end offshore wind engineering, from project exploration to operation and lifetime extension, is delivering some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms more efficiently and at a lower cost.

We employ more than 180 people, working in the UK, Denmark, Poland, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and the USA. As a company, we strive for two things: technical excellence and providing the best overall value to our clients. As a culture, knowledge sharing, mutual trust, and a great social atmosphere is key. Wood Thilsted is a truly exciting company to work for, something we’re most proud of.

Due to the success and growth of the company we are seeking an ambitious Graduate Structural Engineer to join us. The primary work location will be in one of our UK offices, either London, Bristol or Edinburgh. You may expect some travelling in Northern Europe in relation to your work. Opportunities for short or long-term postings abroad may be available.

Areas of responsibility:As a Graduate Engineer, your main task will be to provide high-quality deliverables to our clients in the offshore wind industry relating to structural design of foundations. In your role you will:

• Develop and deliver the design of secondary structures for fixed and floating offshore wind turbine foundations.
• Contribute towards and develop your competence in structural steel design
• Collaborate and contribute as a key part of the structural design team to deliver world-class renewable energy projects.
• Use your programming skills and finite element capabilities to enhance current designs or build new models, providing a state-of-the-art designed product to the client.
• Use your knowledge to prepare detailed engineering reports and technical notes documenting engineering analyses and recommendations and contribute to the development of the overall project programme, budget and risk registers.
• Take part in, or be responsible for, the development of in-house engineering software applied for structural design.

Your background:You should hold a master’s degree (or equivalent) or higher in civil, structural or mechanical engineering. You should thrive in an international environment and as our business language across all our locations is English, you should be very comfortable speaking and writing in English. You have a strong drive and take initiative and responsibility for your assignments and you get motivated by creating excellent results through teamwork.

Furthermore, it is an advantage if you have:

• Up to 2 years relevant experience as a professional structural engineer.
• Interest in design of steel structures for offshore structures.
• Knowledge of offshore design codes such as DNV-ST-0126, Norsok N-004, ISO 19902 and Eurocode 3.
• Have experience with application of 2D and 3D FE for structural analysis.

In return we offer you excellent opportunities to influence your daily work, develop new competences and work on interesting projects. At Wood Thilsted, we care about our people and we are committed to a brighter future. We have defined our set of values and behaviors that are at the heart of everything we do. Our work environment is a place where everyone can be themselves and be their best. We are result-orientated and innovation-driven at a high professional level and with excellence in delivery. Besides this we also offer competitive salary packages, pension, health and life insurance as well as flexibility in working hours and locations.

Any questions: Please reach out to Mary Wailling, Interim Head of People and Culture: mjw@woodthilsted.com

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