Chief Engineer Functional Design

VARD is a major player in the global shipbuilding industry with a forward-leaning ownership. We have a long and proud history serving innovative customers worldwide with highly advanced vessels and solutions. Our inherent flexibility and integrated value chain have enabled us to successfully diversify into new shipping segments and blaze a trail in green technology development and system integration. We are creating ships for the future. Join us!

Vard Design & Engineering is VARD’s inhouse design & engineering entity, leading in development of advanced and specialized vessel designs from the contract signing till the delivery of the vessel. Our solutions come together in close partnership with clients, suppliers and our own shipyards, combining into a powerful package. In a dynamic working environment, supported by the extensive experience base in Vard Group, we develop globally acknowledged vessels.

We are now strengthening our project teams and are looking for experienced and proficient chief engineers!

Duties and responsibilities

We are looking for a chief engineer with both vessel operation and new build experience to strengthen our Design & Engineering team. You will be part of our Engineering Project Management department within Design & Engineering, working in close cooperation with experienced technical coordinators and a proficient team of engineers from all technical disciplines. The chief engineer is the central role between project management, engineering and commissioning.

The chief engineer is to be involved from the early phase of the project with special focus on the following responsibilities and tasks:

• Having the overall technical overview across systems and equipment throughout the project.
• Support in the quality control and approval of systems and equipment across disciplines, with regard to P&ID, arrangements, system philosophies.
• Support in the quality control of systems and equipment interfaces.
• Technical procurement support.

Based on the in-depth knowledge of the specific project the chief engineer will have the following responsibilities in the later stage of the project until delivery:

• Overall responsibility of practical following up the systems and interfaces in the project.
• Support the commissioning coordinator in maintaining the commissioning plan and keeping the overall overview of commissioning status.
• Participate on equipment FAT.
• Responsible for the ship operation and safety during the HAT.
• Act as Chief Engineer at sea trial.

It is expected that the chief engineer follows the project in Ålesund during the engineering phase and then at our local yards during outfitting and commissioning.