Stress Analysis Engineer

Full Job Description

Jackson Hogg is delighted to be recruting for an Stress Analysis Engineer to join a leading Engineering company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This role is full time and permanent, offering excellent progression opportunities, a competitive salary and additional benefits. The successful candidate will be joining a multi-disciplined integrity management team and will be involved in applying stress techniques, typically based around the ASME VIII-2 stress analysis approach, to assess of a range of assets including pressure vessels, piping and associated components and pipelines.

Main responsibiltiies:

• Apply stress analysis techniques to perform complex assessments of defects 
• Model the behaviour of assets when subject to complex loading, such as loads experienced by a pipeline affected by ground instability. 
• Working with engineers and managers at all levels and from other disciplines within the business on commercial client projects
• Communicate well with research and development

Requirements:

• Degree qualified (minimum 2:1) with a relevant engineering degree.
• Minimum of 5 year’s stress analysis experience
• Knowledge of failure modes associated with metallic components and structures
• Demonstrative experience working in a technical consultancy environment
• Significant experience of FEA and CAD software, Abaqus preferred
• Experience of performing hand calculations to verify finite element analysis results
• Demonstrative ability to problem solve and troubleshoot to provide sustainable solutions to often complex technical challenges
• Excellent Presentation skills, including experience presenting to clients
• Knowledge of Oil & Gas Industry, with experience in pipelines / pressure vessels advantageous.
• Understanding of asset integrity management with sound knowledge of basic principles
• Chartered Engineer, or actively working towards it

If this sounds like a role of interest to you, please get in touch with Eleanor Buckley at Jackson Hogg to arrange a confidential initial call.