Vietnam - Team Lead - Structural Analysis

This is a Cactus International position and is located in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

JOB SUMMARY: As a Team leader – Structural Analysis, you are responsible for planning, designing, and overseeing activities of simulation team while managing deliverable/outcome and supervising simulation teams. This role requires engineering expertise, leadership, personnel management, and business acumen to drive simulation activities and outcomes. It also involves applying mechanical engineering principles such as mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid and aerodynamics, materials science, and structural analysis to recommend design enhancement. The Simulation Team create simulation models for our Surface wellhead to predict loading, test scenarios and define ancillary requirements. We work closely with other engineering functions and are a fundamental defining the scope of projects. The Analyst will utilize software tools to imagine wellhead configurations and simulate real world operating conditions to test the proposed solution. This role offers an opportunity to learn about the products and services of a truly global business whilst developing your engineering skillset as part of our engineering organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, ROLES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.

Job Requirements

- Planning, designing, and overseeing engineering activities of simulation team.

- Supervising engineering teams and supporting personnel management.

- Setting and achieving project goals and objectives. Ensuring simulation activities are meeting customer expectations, timelines and quality standards.

- Guiding the application of simulation results in system design, analysis, testing and field troubleshooting.

- Performing Structural Assessments: Conducting linear static, nonlinear (elastic-plastic), fatigue, dynamic, modal, and thermal-structural coupled analyses to evaluate product performance and structural integrity.

- Providing Engineering Recommendations: Interpreting simulation results and recommending design improvements to optimize performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost.

- Supporting Product Development: Collaborating with Design, Manufacturing, Testing, and Project Engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

- Driving Engineering Excellence: Developing and maintaining simulation methodologies, modeling standards, best practices, and analysis procedures.

- Review/Release analysis report from engineer.

- Provide technical guidance on simulation activity and mentor young engineers.

- Ensuring Engineering deliverables are completed within the agreed timeline.

Progress Monitoring & Control

- Track and report progress against baseline schedules, milestones, and key deliverables.

- Identify delays, risks, and variances; recommend recovery or mitigation actions.

Stakeholder Communication

- Provide accurate and timely updates to team leader/ manager.

- Communicate engineering teams on FEA progress and result to guide the product design activity.

- Collaborate with global cross-functional teams across engineering, procurement, vendors, and testing disciplines.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE:

- Have Bachelor degree with honors in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

- Have a minimum 10 years of experience in simulation using a commercial software (Ansys, Abaqus, ), experienced in the Oil&Gas Industry is a plus.

- Have a minium of 3 years of experience in managing engineering team.

- Have a strong understanding of:

Strength of Materials

- Structural Mechanics

- Elasticity and Plasticity

- Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

- Material Behaviour and Failure Modes

- Have knowledge of industry standards including:

ASME BPVC Section VIII

- ASME B31.3 / B31.8 Process Piping Codes

- ISO Standards relevant to structural design

- API 6A and API 17D (optional)

- NORSOK Standards (optional)

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

- Good oral and written communication skills.

- Good interpersonal and leadership skills

- Effective communicator.

- Demonstrate experience of working with cross-functional teams within a global-matrix environment across different time zones.

- Be a self-starter, proactively taking the initiative to identify and solve problems.

- Have excellent report writing and presentation skills and an ability to articulate technical information clearly.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Cactus Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Safety is our top priority. All employees must comply with our comprehensive safety programs, participate in required safety training, and demonstrate commitment to our safety-first culture. This position may require working in potentially hazardous environments if you are traveling to a branch or plant location. Ensure that you follow all safety guidelines that are required when working in the field, branch or manufacturing facility.

This position generally operates in a professional office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

- Sit for extended periods at a desk and work on a computer

- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls

- Reach with hands and arms

- Talk and hear

- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

- Walk or stand periodically throughout the day

- Maintain sustained concentration on computer screens

- Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Cactus Companies maintains a drug-free workplace and participates in E-Verify.