Lead CAD Engineer at West African Ventures

West African Ventures, an operating company of the Sea Trucks Group, was established in 2000 and is a 100% Nigerian company and a leading indigenous provider of offshore engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and vessel charter services.

With corporate headquarters in Lagos, marine support base & shipyard in Warri, dry-dock and fabrication facilities in Onne Oil & Gas Free Zone, WAV provides excellent offshore support services to the Nigerian Oil & Gas sector.

West African Ventures is recruiting to fill the following position:

Job Title: Lead CAD Engineer

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Ref.no: WAV/ENG/0002

Responsibilities

• The Lead CAD Engineer reports to the Engineering Manager.
• The Lead CAD Engineer directs all CAD Engineers.
• Implementation of company standard for drawings
• Ensure quality of all drawings made at company engineering office
• Ensuring all vessel and equipment drawings are up to date
• Maintain and increase competence level of CAD engineers
• Timely coordinate provision of drawings to projects
• Allocation of CAD engineers to tasks
• Communication and co-ordination of CAD engineers with other disciplines
• Identification and reporting of technical areas of concern to Engineering manager
• Adherence to Company Management System (CMS) as applicable

Authorised to:

• Take decision to ensure that quality of all drawings is safeguarded
• Check all drawings for accuracy and completeness
• Sign all drawings for CAD engineering approval

Requirements

• Vocational Education Degree in Civil, Mechanical or an equivalent engineering discipline. Bachelor’s degree is advantageous
• Strong drafting and offshore construction/installation experience
• Relevant software training
• Proficiency in AutoCAD 2D/3D
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in CAD engineering, of which 5 years in offshore transportation and installation engineering
• High proficiency in AutoCAD; other CAD design software skills are advantageous
• Good proficiency of English language (both written and spoken)
• Professional appearance
• Good coaching/leadership skills

Application Closing Date
5th February, 2014

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications and CVs to: projectshr@waventures.com. Please mention the reference number of the vacancy in your application