Job description

Føn Energy Services is a joint venture between the Norwegian industrial companies Akastor and IKM with the ambition of building a globally leading service provider in the energy sector. We aim to achieve our growth by entering new segments, recruiting the best people, investing in growth, and differentiating through leading edge digital solutions. Today, Føn has almost 100 employees and offices in Oslo, Stavanger, Esbjerg and Umeå.

We are currently experiencing a vast increase in demand for our services and are seeking to grow our Stavanger-based engineering team by adding a Structural / Design Engineer. The position will be involved in engineering work across all our business areas, both renewables and traditional energy.

Please note that this is an on-site position and applicant that are not able to meet that requirement will not be considered. We encourage candidates from University of Stavanger to apply.

Purpose of the Position

Conduct analysis and calculations

• Analysis and design of structures and equipment for the offshore and subsea industry
• Follow up the fabrication, mobilization and installation of the equipment you designed
• Linear and nonlinear analyses using Ansys Workbench
• Fatigue and life extension analysis
• Hydrodynamic calculations
• Perform hand calculations with Mathcad
• Prepare design reports

Partake in the renewable energy transition

• Help our customers solve a wide range of challenges that arise when transition from traditional energy into renewables
• Partake in discussion on how we can tailor our service offering to match the demand rising in the energy transition

Contribute to commercial development

• Work closely with some our most important customers and identify their needs
• Work together with department lead to identify new commercial opportunities
• Participate in discussion on how to develop our service offering and expand into new markets

What Føn can offer the right candidate

• Directly drive the energy transition: Work in a forward-leaning company seeking to play a leading role in the energy transition. to drive processes and deliver significant impact right from the start
• Attractive graduate program: We offer all our graduates the ability to work across multiple departments to get a taste of broadness of our service offering and to learn to know Føn
• Opportunity to enter early and shape the future: Join an industrial scale-up backed by two of Norway’s biggest industrial conglomerates owners, providing the opportunity to play a key role in influencing our direction
• Fast moving organization: A company, which is nimble and fast moving, while also having significant scale benefits and system value due to the ownership structure
• Be yourself: A workplace where we have fun at work, appreciate individual differences and encourage people to stand out
• Work with skilled colleagues: Work with highly skilled colleagues who have backgrounds from companies such as Maersk Drilling, Vestas, Statkraft, Siemens, Vattenfall, Rosenberg and more
• Safety through solid owners: Being owned by strong industrial owners provides significant safety benefits and career enhancement possibilities

Professional Experience / Qualifications

• Higher education (M.Sc / B.Sc) within mechanical, civil, offshore engineering or other similar technical education
• Experience with FEA software (preferably Ansys)
• Structured way of working and strong analytical skills
• Curious and knowledge seeking
• Highly driven and motivated
• Collaborative and team player
• Ability to work independently
• Strong written and verbal Norwegian and English communication skills
• Knowledge of relevant design codes and standards such as NORSOK, DNV and Eurocodes is an advantage