Discipline Manager-Analysis

Ocean Installer is a global marine construction company delivering large complex projects in challenging environments. The company is based in Stavanger and has offices in Oslo, Aberdeen and Dubai. With a business model based on partnerships, we have a flexible asset strategy and customer mindset. This creates agility. Ocean Installer is owned by Moreld, a leading industrial multi-disciplinary engineering group offering services across offshore energy and marine industries.

People are at the heart of our success. Our people are the driving force behind every triumph, every solution, and every project delivered with pride.

We’re a team that values expertise, celebrates dedication, and thrives on tackling challenges collaboratively. No unnecessary bureaucracy just a friendly, supportive team working together to turn complex subsea projects into standout achievements.

Now we are looking for an experienced Discipline Manager to lead our Analysis (Hydrodynamics) discipline. The role is central to delivering high‑quality hydrodynamic assessments that define operational limits, support safe offshore installation and optimise for vessel operability to minimise waiting on weather.

What we can offer you

If we look beyond the fact that you would get to work with some of the greatest minds in our industry, extraordinary people from all over the world, here’s some of the things you can expect as a Discipline Manager-Analysis in Ocean Installer:

• Operational limit and weather criterion definition
• Dynamic and quasi‑static installation and recovery analyses
• Lay analyses for flexible pipes, umbilicals, and cables, ,mooring lines
• Installation modelling for subsea structures
• Operability assessments, optimising for vessel operability to minimise waiting on weather
• Vessel motion evaluations, RAO governance (RAO generation, RAO auditing, RAO validation, input to vessel condition vrs RAO optimal use)
• Continual optimisation of analysis methods with new technologies and methods (screening, automated batch generation, post processing, maintance of systems)

Analyses must comply with industry codes (DNV, API, ISO) while optimizing vessel operability to minimize waiting on weather.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Analysis discipline across four engineering offices; manage engineers from graduate to senior specialist level.
• Perform line management duties: performance reviews, competence development, training, and career planning.
• Ensure effective resource planning across projects, studies, and tenders.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert and primary technical advisor for hydrodynamic analysis.
• Maintain and develop discipline-specific procedures, methodologies, and modelling standards.
• Drive digitalization and business improvement initiatives, including AI‑enhanced workflows.
• Collaborate closely with other disciplines and project engineering teams.
• Lead internal development initiatives and support technology and method improvements.
• Some travel between engineering locations is expected.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (minimum) in Marine Technology, Hydrodynamics, Naval Architecture, or similar.
• Extensive experience with hydrodynamic analysis and OrcaFlex-based modelling for offshore installation operations.
• Strong understanding of offshore construction methods, vessel capabilities, and environmental limitations.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate, develop, and guide technical teams.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple locations.
• Interest in digitalization, automation, and future‑oriented engineering development.

What We Offer

• A key technical leadership role with high impact on operational execution and engineering quality.
• Opportunities to shape analysis methodologies and drive future digital capabilities.
• Flexible organisation characterised by direct lines of communication and swift decision-making processes, our voice is always heard in Ocean Installer
• Regular social events organised by our social club -- Social Installer - with free access to in-house sports hall, gym and squash courts
• Competitive pension and insurance schemes