Conroe, Texas, United States
In-Service Inspection – Develop In-Service Inspection Plans (ISIP) for offshore assets including SPAR, Semi-Submersible, and TLP facilities. Execute in-service inspection plan scope by supervising on-site inspections for topsides, hull, and underwater mooring, riser, and subsea inspections (UWILD) to meet client, class, USCG, and BSEE requirements. Engineering Consulting Services – Provide technical engineering support to clients requiring independent 3rd party review of plans, calculations, testing, and installation. Projects supported include those which intend to use composite repair methods to repair critical areas of offshore facilities.
ABS Condition Assessment Program (CAP) – Interface between clients and surveyors, coordinate tasking to team members, train new team members, and provide weekly revenue and workload progress reports to management. Additionally, develop models using ABS' in-house software, SafeHull, to evaluate the fatigue strength of longitudinal members within the midship region, assess the current as-gauged condition of longitudinal structural members, and to provide an overall structural condition report of the current state of the vessel. Rapid Response Damage Assessment Team – Provide emergency engineering support to vessels which have been involved in a damage incident. Utilize Ship Project Editor, HECSALV and ABS “Rapid Response Damage Assessment” Software to simulate damage, assess structural condition near the damage location, verify the stability of the vessel after damage. Drawing Compliance Review – Review and verify submitted drawings against ABS rules and regulations, create comments, and work closely with clients to ensure compliance with ABS and USCG requirements.
Finite Element Analysis – Using the software Apex, responsibilities include both modeling and performing FEA's on various structural components. Major work in these areas include a full-vessel heavy weather mooring analysis, as well as global unit strength analyses. Vessel Lift Plans – Tasking includes developing lifting/rolling/launching plans for vessels and units. Calculations performed to ensure crane lift capacities are within allowable limits and to verify that vessel structure can adequately support and distribute loads. Drawing Review/Vessel Compliance – Review of third-party drawings to verify compliance with contract specifications, Eastern Shipbuilding guidelines, and regulatory body requirements. System review includes structural arrangements, piping systems, and propulsion systems. Additionally, on new-construction tugs, responsibilities include ensuring compliance with the new USCG Subchapter M requirements for this vessel type.
3-D Model Review - Main responsibilities included management of the 3-D model review process. Tasks included presenting major issues to the ship design team, working with subject matter experts to determine functionality and compliance of various systems, and managing review times to effectively fit the team's schedule. Drawing Review - Responsibilities also included ensuring shipyard compliance with U.S. Navy technical requirements with regards to contract agreements, regulatory compliance, design agreements, producibility/installation/maintenance requirements, and safety/human factors specs. Design deliverables included, but were not limited to, hydrodynamic analyses/reports, machinery arrangements, structural arrangements and finite element models/reports, piping diagrams, and outfitting arrangements.