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    4. Subsea, Pipeline and Energy Transition Engineering Placement Surrey 2023
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    Wood’s Subsea and Export Systems service line is recruiting for an Engineering Placement Student to work with the Subsea and Pipeline Engineering Team in the energy sector based in our Staines office.  This role will start from September 2023 for 12 months on a fixed term basis.

    The Role

    • You will work on energy transportation projects in many challenging locations including the North Sea, the Arctic, West Africa and the Mediterranean. Technical challenges will include water depths up to 3.5 km, product temperatures ranging from -190 to 160oC, corrosive products, composite materials, icebergs, tsunamis, landslides, scour and cyclones. You will also work on onshore energy transportation projects, including traditional oil and gas, LNG, CO2 and now hydrogen, as well as supporting Cable Routing and Design for Renewable Energy Projects
    • You will learn to apply the latest limit state design methods including pipeline burst, collapse, propagation buckling, lateral buckling, spanning, upheaval buckling and on bottom stability within the subsea context
    • You will be trained to use advanced engineering software for pipeline and cable routing and design and general-purpose FE software such as ABAQUS
    • Help to prepare engineering proposals, techno economic studies, technical reports, material specifications, equipment requisitions and drawings

    The Subsea and Pipeline Engineering Team is also actively engaged in number of cable projects involving offshore renewable energy and also inter-connector cables.

    Engineering disciplines applicants should be working towards a good honours degree in one of the following disciplines:

    • Civil Engineering 
    • Mechanical Engineering 
    • Subsea Engineering
    • Materials / Metallurgical Engineering

    Key Skills:

    • On track for BEng or MEng at 2:1 or above
    • Digital knowledge
    • Hard working and honest Open attitude and willingness to tackle new tasks
    • Willingness to work as part of a team
    • Good written and verbal communication skills in an engineering environment
    • Will demonstrate initiative but knows when to ask for help
    • Can exhibit engineering common sense when problem solving

    Key Benefits:

    • Competitive salary and benefits package
    • Technical challenging work