Design Engineer - Marine/Offshore (Electrical)

Role overview

Goltens Worldwide is seeking a Design Engineer for its Green Technology team in Singapore. This position reports into the Green Manager for Green Technology and Business Manager - Product & System and Green Technology. The role focuses on electrical design work for marine and offshore projects, with involvement across engineering, documentation, project coordination, and site-related activities.

Key responsibilities

• Develop electrical systems for ships and offshore assets.
• Build electrical load schedules and single-line diagrams.
• Carry out short-circuit and circuit breaker calculations.
• Choose suitable electrical equipment for the project scope.
• Prepare cable schedules, cable tray layouts, MCT layouts, cable routing plans, and termination diagrams.
• Create electrical material take-offs.
• Apply knowledge of automation integration topics such as vessel ISCS, VRCS, AMS, and related systems.
• Produce design drawings and supporting technical documentation.
• Handle project management tasks, planning, customer coordination, and site visits, including client offices and vessels.

Required qualifications and technical skills

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred; a diploma or degree in Marine Electrical Systems is also preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Hands-on experience with 2D and 3D ship design tools such as Cadmatic, AutoCAD, and point-cloud modeling software.
• Understanding of classification society rules, statutory requirements, marine safety standards, technical codes, and other ship-related engineering regulations.
• Good project management capability.
• Familiarity with classification bodies and guidelines such as DNVGL, ABS, LR, CCS, BV, and NK.

Professional and personal attributes

• Able to stay effective under pressure.
• Comfortable working independently, efficiently, and in a professional manner.
• Shows a mindset focused on continuous improvement.
• Proactive and detail-oriented.
• Willing to travel overseas when needed.
• Works with discipline and diligence while maintaining the right attitude toward clients and principals.
• People-oriented and collaborative with strong integrity.
• Good interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Able to communicate effectively with technical managers, superintendents, ship captains, chief engineers/officers, and crew members on board.
• Practices safe working methods and understands risk management while working on ships.

Industry background

Prior exposure to the marine industry or offshore/oil & gas environments is relevant for this role.

Additional information

Location: Singapore. Department: Green Technology. The application section requests a full name, email, and resume upload, with accepted file types including DOC, DOCX, and PDF. The resume file size limit is 50 MB. The application form also includes an additional information field.