Engineering that holds under load.
Structural Engineer
Major shipbuilder · Canada
EGBC Registered
Engineers & Geoscientists BC
Mechanical Engineering
University of Windsor, Canada
Mechanical Engineering
UET Taxila
Vancouver, BC
Remote, or on-site across North America
I'm a mechanical engineer with 8+ years across the offshore wind energy, marine, and shipbuilding sectors. My work covers the structural engineering behind heavy lifting and marine transport — from design through to independent verification.
Seven of my years were with Bright Engineering B.V. in the Netherlands, working within structural design teams on major offshore projects. This included the design of heavy lifting tools with capacities up to 3,000 tonnes, and the design, detailed structural analysis, and detail engineering of pile guiding tools — all delivered to classification approval. On projects of that scale, I was one of the engineers responsible for the major FEA simulations: from linear static analysis, to advanced non-linear analysis capturing both geometric and material non-linearity, to cyclic loading analysis used to study peak strain and material strain-hardening effects, in accordance with DNV recommended practices such as DNV-RP-C208. I also have extensive FEA experience with welded and bolted structures.
I am currently providing my services as an engineer to a major shipbuilder in Canada, where I design and verify lift and transport plans for ship blocks — engineered around the cranes and SPMTs available in the yard. This involves first-principle calculations and FEA-based verification of lifting and transport arrangements, workstation and support layouts, and on-site engineering during critical lifts. Every deliverable is produced within a regulated engineering environment, reviewed and signed off by a licensed Professional Engineer before release.
My work also extends into structural optimization — refining plate thicknesses, connections, and lift points to reduce weight and material without compromising integrity. I take designs through to detail engineering as well, producing the information a fabricator relies on to build correctly: weld sizes and types, bolted and temporary connections, bolt grades and torque values, and flange thicknesses. Recent examples include the sea fastening design for a 5,000-tonne cable carousel, engineered for transport from Greece to the Netherlands, and a 70-metre modular tower of bolted sections supporting a 5-tonne cable tensioner, used in the cable-laying process.
Three things you can count on.
Regulated-environment ready
Every deliverable is produced within a regulated engineering environment and reviewed by a licensed Professional Engineer before release. No compliance risk for your project.
Independent FEA review
Experienced at catching over-constrained models and non-physical load distributions before they reach production — a second pair of eyes that actually finds problems.
Production-aware
A track record of coordinating with Planning, Production, and Operations to turn engineering findings into solutions that actually get built.
What I can take off your plate.
Eight years of offshore, marine, and shipbuilding work — organised by what it does for a project, not by where it happened.
Lifting & rigging
Lift and transport plans for ship blocks up to 250 t, engineered around the cranes actually in the yard. Lug design from first principles, weld sizing, rigging and load equalizer configurations. Heavy offshore lifting tools up to 3,000 t.
Heavy transport
SPMT planning for yard moves and land-based transport — centre-of-gravity verification, lateral load assessment, stability margins, and the acceleration limits an operator can actually work to. Sea fastening for ocean voyages.
FEA & verification
Linear, non-linear, and cyclic analysis to DNV-RP-C208 — geometric and material non-linearity, peak strain, strain hardening. Independent peer review and model auditing that catches over-constrained models before they reach production.
I wrote my current employer's company-wide FEA guide on RBE3 elements for load equalization — the reference other engineers there work from.
Detail engineering & approval
Packages carried through to what a fabricator actually builds from: weld sizes and types, bolted and temporary connections, bolt grades and torque values, flange thicknesses. Delivered to DNV and Lloyd's Register classification approval.
Work delivered to DNV and Lloyd's Register classification approval, across offshore wind, marine, and shipbuilding.