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Seatrium

Global offshore and marine engineering conglomerate

Topside Piping Lead Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Houston, TX, USA
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Mechanical EngineeringDesign Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 8 years of piping-engineering-related work experience or similar activities is preferred.
  • Experience in offshore or shipyard projects, rig building, or shipbuilding is preferred.
  • Experience in FPSO projects, including topsides and marine, is preferred.
  • Good knowledge of topside piping design and planning.
  • Good knowledge of international piping standards, including ASME, ASTM, API, and classification-society rules and regulations.
  • A minimum Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Good Excel skills are preferred.
  • Experience with 2D applications such as AutoCAD.
  • Experience with 3D model review applications such as Navisworks.
  • Experience with 3D modeling applications such as SmartPlant, AVEVA, or Cadmatic.
Responsibilities
  • Prepare project planning materials, including work scopes, responsibility matrices, man-hours and software requirements, and interface matrices.
  • Prepare the Master Document List for overall piping-design work scopes, with forecast dates based on the Master Project Schedule.
  • Align piping-design input data and required dates with stakeholders to define piping-design output forecast dates.
  • Review and monitor the project budget related to piping, including man-hours and software utilization, high-cost and exotic-material purchases, and warehouse-balance material utilization.
  • Lead piping engineers and designers in project execution, or monitor work performed by an engineering design house where applicable.
  • Review and monitor engineering-design progress for piping work scopes.
  • Prepare and raise technical queries and engineering variation orders for additional piping work scopes.
  • Coordinate piping-design outputs, including piping isometric and pipe-spool drawings, with the construction team to ensure required information is incorporated.
  • Ensure work meets the project's scope and technical-quality requirements and complies with project requirements.
  • Monitor P&ID revisions and ensure the piping 3D model complies with the latest P&ID.
  • Monitor design-input due dates and data required to execute piping-design work.
  • Monitor 3D-model clashes, design-review comments, and punch lists.
  • Monitor comments from the client and classification society.
  • Monitor piping-related interface points.
  • Monitor hot work, tank coating, and drydocking activities where applicable.
  • Monitor piping-procurement status and surplus material resulting from drawing revisions.
  • Monitor hold items that affect piping-design completeness.
  • Monitor and control piping-weight development.
  • Establish communication and workflow between the piping-stress team, pipe-routing team, and pipe-support designers; monitor the 3D model's compliance with the latest pipe-stress analysis report.
  • Review and comment on piping-arrangement, isometric, and pipe-support drawings prepared by piping designers.
  • Review and comment on piping calculations performed by other piping engineers or subcontractors, including pipe-stress analysis, flow-master, and surge-analysis reports.
  • Review and comment on vendor technical proposals and vendor-certified documents.
  • Monitor and control drawing revisions, especially after construction has started.
  • Establish communication and workflow between the piping-design team and construction team; monitor piping construction drawings' compliance with the latest 3D model.
  • Monitor completeness of the piping-design database, including 3D-model attributes, to meet project Digital Engineering requirements.
  • Interface with vendors, other discipline leads, procurement, production, and commissioning.
  • Board vessels to carry out site inspections.
  • Support piping construction, QA/QC, and other non-engineering-design activities, including inspection, coating, painting, welding, and test packages.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in offshore or shipyard projects, rig building, or shipbuilding.
  • Experience in FPSO projects, including topsides and marine.
  • Good Excel skills.

About the company

Seatrium is a leading offshore and marine engineering group formed by the 2023 merger of Singaporean shipyards Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore & Marine. It operates by delivering complex ship repair, construction, and engineering services for the offshore oil and gas industry, as well as expanding into offshore renewables and new energy solutions. The company’s products and services include designing, building, and maintaining large-scale offshore platforms, vessels, and related marine structures, supported by a global network of shipyards and engineering teams. The merger creates one of the world’s largest players in its sector, combining deep industrial experience with scale to better compete in global markets, improve project execution, and pursue growth in energy transition opportunities. The goal is to be a hub for marine innovation that serves clients across traditional offshore markets and emerging renewable energy projects.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Singapore, Singapore

Founded

1963

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What believers are saying

  • May 2026 order book reached S$15.5 billion, giving revenue visibility through 2033.
  • BalWin5 and Nederwiek 2 keep Seatrium embedded in Europe’s offshore wind buildout.
  • Over S$50 million annualized savings from divestments improve cost structure and execution discipline.

What critics are saying

  • Seatrium faces Brazil bribery fallout after the July 2025 DPA and 2024 charges.
  • The US$475 million Maersk arbitration can drag into 2026 and damage margins.
  • Legacy yard divestments and asset sales signal a shrinking footprint if new orders weaken.

What makes Seatrium unique

  • Seatrium is one of few yards building HVDC offshore platforms and converter systems.
  • Its 24-project order book runs through 2033, spanning wind, FPSO, and FSRU work.
  • Repeated Karpowership FSRU conversions and TenneT awards show deep repeat-customer specialization.

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PR Newswire
Oct 23rd, 2026
Seatrium wins Karpowership contract to convert five 600MW hydrogen-ready Whale Class Powerships

Seatrium has won a contract from Karpowership to convert and integrate five third-generation, hydrogen-ready Whale Class Powerships. The Singapore shipbuilder will handle equipment integration, mechanical completion and pre-commissioning. Engineering is under way. The first vessel is due at Seatrium's Tuas Boulevard Yard in December 2027. Powerships are floating power plants that connect directly to national grids and can start generating in as little as 30 days. The Whale Class is Karpowership's largest, deploying up to 600MW. The deal follows a Letter of Intent signed in August 2025. Since 2018, Seatrium has delivered seven floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) conversions to Karpowership, and secured the eighth and ninth this year.

Caproasia
Sep 25th, 2026
Ex-CEO of Sembcorp Marine Wong Weng Sun age & ex-senior General Manager of Jurong Shipyard Lee Fook Kang acquitted of charges for $44 million bribery of officials in Brazil from 2009 to 2014, Sembc...

Ex-CEO of Sembcorp Marine Wong Weng Sun age & ex-senior General Manager of Jurong Shipyard Lee Fook Kang acquitted of charges for $44 million bribery of officials in Brazil from 2009 to 2014, Sembcorp Marine name changed to Seatrium in 2023 after merger of Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine. Sep 25, 2026 25th September 2026 | Hong Kong The ex-CEO of Sembcorp Marine Wong Weng Sun & ex-Senior General Manager of Jurong Shipyard Lee Fook Kang have been acquitted of charges in Singapore court for $44 million bribery of officials in Brazil from 2009 to 2014. Sembcorp Marine name was changed to Seatrium after merger of Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine in 2023. In 2024 March, the ex-CEO of Sembcorp Marine Wong Weng Sun & ex-Senior General Manager of Jurong Shipyard Lee Fook Kang were charged in Singapore court for $44 million bribery of officials in Brazil from 2009 to 2014. Seatrium is also required to pay $57 million to Singapore authorities in a deferred prosecution agreement. Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau: "Wong and Lee each face five charges of conspiring to corruptly give gratification to Guilherme Esteves de Jesus ("GDJ"), for the benefit of persons in Brazil, as inducements or rewards to advance the business interests of the Company's subsidiaries in Brazil, punishable under Section 5(b)(i) read with Section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act." In 2023 June, Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has launched an investigation into Seatrium for alleged corruption related to "Operation Car Wash" in Brazil (Name changed to Seatrium after merger of Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine, proposed in April 2023). In 2022 December, Keppel Offshore & Marine had paid $65 million to Brazil authorities in a settlement agreement. More info below: "Ex-CEO of Sembcorp Marine Wong Weng Sun age & ex-senior General Manager of Jurong Shipyard Lee Fook Kang acquitted of charges for $44 million bribery of officials in Brazil from 2009 to 2014, Sembcorp Marine name changed to Seatrium in 2023 after merger of Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine"

Singapore Business Review
Apr 29th, 2026
Seatrium raises $400m in debut bond issue, demand 1.7 times covered

Seatrium has completed its inaugural $400m fixed-rate notes issue, with the order book about 1.7 times covered, the company said.

Renewable Energy Magazine
Jun 10th, 2024
Ge Vernova And Seatrium Consortium Awarded Third Contract To Build Hvdc System For Tennet?S Offshore Grid Project In The Netherlands

Monday, 10 June 2024The project is expected to begin in June 2024, with commissioning expected by 2031. The contract is part of the five-year Framework Cooperation Agreement with TenneT announced by the GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium in March 2023. The agreement was signed to cover three projects, each valued at approximately EURO 2 billion: IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma, and Nederwiek 2. The current contract is for Nederwiek 2, TenneT’s third project with this consortium. The contracts for IJmuiden Ver Beta and IJmuiden Ver Gamma were awarded to the consortium in March 2023.The HVDC system will support TenneT's sustainability goal of connecting 40 GW of offshore wind energy in the German and Dutch North Sea and will serve the Nederwiek 2 offshore wind farm, located approximately 95 kilometres off the coast of the Netherlands.“With the successful call-off of Nederwiek 2 from the Framework Cooperation Agreement with our Partners GE Vernova and Seatrium, we are now starting into the delivery of the third project with this consortium” said Dr. Johannes Kammer, Associate Director of Large Projects Offshore - 2GW, TenneT

The Maritime Executive
Apr 1st, 2024
Singapore Charges Ex-Executives and Settles with Seatrium in Brazil Bribery

The authorities in Singapore announced that they have completed their investigation into the alleged corruption and bribery offenses by the former Sembcorp Marine finding that there was sufficient evidence to mount a prosecution.