Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer

2H, Acteon's Engineering consultancy, turns offshore engineering challenges into your competitive advantage. Combining unrivalled domain knowledge with leading-edge technology, our agile consultancy enhances project-critical decisions, optimises economic viability and minimises risk throughout the energy project lifecycle. With proactive digital monitoring and industry expertise, we help you stay ahead, driving efficiencies and ensuring rigour from design to decommissioning. We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Houston team and contribute to some of the industry's most challenging offshore energy projects. In this role, you'll work directly with experienced engineering specialists, project managers, and clients to solve complex offshore engineering problems involving risers, pipelines, subsea systems, and installation operations. You'll take ownership of technical work scopes, contribute to project delivery, and continue developing your expertise through hands-on experience across a wide variety of projects. This role is ideal for an engineer with 5-10 years of experience who is ready to take the next step in their career by gaining greater responsibility, client exposure, and project leadership opportunities. At 2H, engineers are trusted with real responsibility early in their careers. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with operators, drilling contractors, and installation contractors, contribute to major offshore developments, and see your work influence real-world decisions. Our size allows engineers to gain broad experience across risers, pipelines, subsea hardware, installation engineering, and client engagement, accelerating professional development beyond what is often possible in larger organizations.

Duties

• Solve Challenging Engineering Problems
• Deliver engineering analyses and design assessments for offshore pipeline, riser, and subsea projects
• Develop practical solutions to complex offshore challenges
• Perform production and drilling riser analysis
• Perform pipeline design including thermal expansion and buckling, pipeline walking and free span assessments
• Structural analysis of subsea hardware and foundations
• Prepare engineering reports, calculations, specifications, and design documentation

• Own Project Work Scopes
• Take responsibility for delivering assigned project scopes from initiation through final delivery
• Work closely with project managers to plan and execute engineering activities
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve project objectives
• Contribute to technical reviews and project decision-making
• Opportunities for real world experience providing technical support during offshore installation

• Work Directly with Clients
• Participate in client meetings and technical workshops
• Present engineering findings and recommendations
• Collaborate with clients to understand project challenges and develop effective solutions
• Build trusted relationships through technical excellence and responsiveness

• Grow Your Career
• Learn from industry-leading specialists across risers, pipelines, and subsea systems
• Develop technical and project leadership skills through increasing responsibility
• Mentor graduate and junior engineers while continuing to expand your own expertise
• Contribute ideas that improve engineering tools, workflows, and project delivery

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, Structural, or Ocean Engineering
• 5-10 years of relevant offshore engineering experience
• Experience in one or more of the following: oRiser engineering oPipeline engineering oSURF projects oSubsea engineering oInstallation engineering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within project teams
• Experience using 1 or more software applications: OrcaFlex, ABAQUS, ANSYS, FLEXCOM, MATLAB, or Python
• Familiarity with API, DNV, and ISO offshore design standards, preferred
• Master's degree or PhD and PE License, preferred