In March 2015 the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and KBR announced an agreement to establish a new engineering and support Services Company in Azerbaijan. The legal entity name of the new company is SOCAR-KBR LLC and provides design, engineering, technical, procurement, construction supervision and project management services for projects across the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors, in the Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey (AGT) region. The key objective of this strong partnership is to create a world class Azerbaijan-based EPCM services company that will utilize the strengths of both organizations and deliver top quality results by utilizing, developing and promoting Azerbaijani national content. The company has a long term commitment from both organizations.

2. Position Title: Senior Technical Professional – Structural

Work Location: Baku

3. Brief Statement of Duties:

Industry experience

Experience in the oil and gas industry is of primary interest, including offshore structural engineering and pipeline engineering, although experience in one or more heavy industry sectors will be considered, including, but not limited to;

• Chemicals
• Power
• Mining
• Metals processing
• Water treatment

Project phase experience

A wide range of experience of project phases from feasibility, conceptual, FEED to EPC is preferred, but not essential, as the majority of work is expected to be executed at EPC phase
Discipline experience

For the majority of positions the basic requirement is for experience in the detailed design of the following;

• Steel structures – onshore and offshore
o Piperacks
o Equipment structures
o Topsides platforms and supporting jackets
o Connections – bolted and welded
o Stick built and modular systems

Experience in one or more of the following specialist design areas would be advantageous;

• Building design – in particular plant buildings for administration, control rooms, maintenance, equipment shelters, substations, instrument rooms, etc.
• Site preparation – earthworks, security, temporary construction facilities, etc
• Nearshore marine facilities – jetties, materials handling, shore protection, seawater intakes/outfalls, etc
• Blast design
• Dynamic loading design

4. Required Skills:

It is expected that candidates will have the following as a minimum:

• Master’s degree in Civil and/or Structural Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years post graduate working experience
• Chartered, or approaching chartered, status
• Ability to supervise junior engineers and designers

Additional experience of site/field supervision and technical support is desirable. Knowledge of international design codes and standards would also be viewed favourably.

CVs to be submitted to: [email protected]

(Please indicate the position “Senior Technical Professional – Structural” in the subject line of the e-mail).