What's the role?
We are looking for a high-caliber candidate with passion for technical solutions combined with business acumen in engineering. If you are looking for a company of “care and perform” and work with a high performing team to deliver results, join us as an Application Engineer, with focus on Offshore projects.
Who is Hilti?
Hilti is where innovation is improving productivity, safety and sustainability in the global construction industry, and beyond. Where strong customer relationships are creating solutions that build a better future. Where there is pride and a sense of belonging across our 120 locations, carrying right into our lives and homes. Where people are exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers.
What does the role involve?
As a Lead Engineer with a focus on Offshore, you will be linked with the Project Management Office (PMO) and direct your efforts towards implementing the Hilti strategy by providing highly differentiated solutions to our Top Accounts across the Asia Pacific. You will join a global community of highly motivated and passionate professionals, working with leading national and international players, such as owners, EPC’s, specifiers.
- This Offshore Application Engineer is a customer-facing role responsible for delivering charged engineering services within the scope of Integrated Project Solutions along the full project lifecycle from acquisition to execution to maximize project SoW, becoming a Lead Engineer
- Engineer and design key applications based on customer’s requirements, providing optimal solutions fulfilling technical, economic, and logistic constraints. This requires also to learn how to deal with the relevant software for the Offshore industries.
- Coordinate and manage the assigned engineering scope of the project to ensure the technical objectives to be met within the approved scope, budget, and schedule.
- Supervise, oversee, and coordinate regular and timely technical reviews of engineering scope deliverables
- Being part of the project team as a Offshore Application Engineer, decentralized from the main operations in the back-office but supporting acquisition and execution and leading technically the projects.
- Work closely with national and international capture teams to understand clients’ needs on key applications and consult on Hilti or Oglaend Systems modular support system and firestop solutions.
- Engineer and design key applications based on customer’s requirements, providing optimal solutions fulfilling technical, economic, and logistic constraints. This requires also to learn how to deal with the relevant software for the Offshore industries.
- Ensure the adherence to relevant codes and Hilti standards in project engineering.
- Travel locally and abroad, visit and collaborate with national and international stakeholders on-site or in the construction yard during design and/or construction phases, as required.
- Develop project-specific best practice documentation to contribute to increasing PMO know-how.
- Prepare engineering reports (calculation notes) for designed applications.
- Compile a bill of materials to support project bids and fulfilment, in coordination with other colleagues at Hilti (e.g. order management, logistics)
- Act as quality gate keeper, when applicable, providing inputs to modelers and drafters and performing QA/QC activities where relevant.
What do we offer?
Show us what you’re made of and we’ll offer you opportunities to move around the business – to work abroad, experience different job functions and tackle different markets. It’s a great way to find the right match for your ambitions and achieve the exciting career you’re after.
We have a very thorough people review process, unlike any we know of in any other business. We screen everyone in the company in a yearly career performance matching process. It means we can pair talent with opportunities - developing our people in their current roles or challenging them to work in new ways or in new places. It’s how we find the right fit and further our teams personally and professionally.
What you need is:
- Degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering
- Min. 3 years of experience within Structural engineering, including 2 years of Hilti F&P experience (DE or FE role)
- Or 5 years of experience in Structural engineering in shipbuilding/offshore or relevant industry (yard, shipbuilding/offshore material manufacturers, GE, MAN, Alfa Laval, Siemens, etc)
- Including the project management experiences of the engineering solution and/or engineering-based products solutions.
- Native Japanese speaker. Strong communication skills in English.
- Understanding the correlation between technical and commercial aspects of engineering work.
- Empathy and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Good understanding of structural model building:
- 3D Modelling experience, including navigation of engineering models in Autodesk Navisworks (experience modelling in Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit, AVEVA E3D or Hexagon Smart3D is considered a plus)
- Knowhow in usage of structural engineering software (RStab, SAP2000 or FEM software is a plus.
Why should you apply?
We have an excellent mix of people, which we believe makes for a more vibrant, more innovative, more productive team. So, if you’ve never worked in construction, that’s fine with us. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork, ability and competitive drive, no matter what your background.
