McDermott International — a global leader in offshore energy engineering, subsea infrastructure, offshore platforms, and onshore energy solutions operating across 54 countries for over 100 years — is hiring an Associate Production Engineer in Dubai, UAE. This full-time role utilises existing production procedures to solve routine and standard engineering problems — covering product design development, market analysis, design modelling using computer software, material selection, manufacturing process design, and assembly oversight. Minimum 3 years of product or production engineering experience. BSc Mechanical Engineering preferred.
About McDermott International — Global Energy Engineering
Company: McDermott International — a premier global engineering, procurement, and construction company specialising in offshore energy, subsea infrastructure, and onshore energy solutions
Heritage: Over 100 years of making the impossible possible — from laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level to installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore
Scale: More than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries — trusted partners across the full energy value chain
Energy Transition: Designing and building offshore wind infrastructure while reshaping the onshore landscape — driving the energy transition with the same engineering excellence that built the traditional energy sector
Mission: “Our ingenuity fuels daily life” — trusted partnerships across the energy value chain transforming ideas into operational reality safely and sustainably
Associate Production Engineer Scope — Dubai
Design Development: Develop product design ideas based on customer interests, budgets, and market research
Market Analysis: Analyse market and industry product trends to inform engineering and product decisions
CAD Modelling: Create product designs and specifications using computer software modelling techniques
Material Selection: Select product materials and design the product manufacturing process
Testing: Conduct theoretical testing on design models before full manufacturing
Assembly Oversight: Oversee assembly and ensure products conform to market specifications and safety regulations
Position Overview
This Associate Production Engineer role at McDermott International in Dubai is an early-to-mid career engineering position within the Production Engineering and Fabrication function of one of the world’s most respected and experienced offshore energy engineering companies. The Associate Production Engineer utilises existing production procedures and engineering practices to solve routine and standard production and fabrication problems — developing product design ideas informed by customer requirements and market analysis, creating designs through sketching and computer software modelling, conducting theoretical testing on design models, selecting appropriate materials, designing manufacturing processes, and overseeing assembly to ensure products conform to market specifications and safety regulations. The role operates with instruction, guidance, and direction from experienced team members, and offers an exceptional professional development environment within a globally experienced engineering organisation at the forefront of both traditional energy infrastructure and the energy transition.
Why This Role Matters: As Associate Production Engineer at McDermott International in Dubai — one of the world’s most experienced and globally respected offshore energy engineering companies, with over 100 years of achievement and a current team of 30,000+ engineers and specialists across 54 countries — you will contribute your mechanical engineering and production design skills to projects that quite literally fuel daily life for billions of people around the world, work at the extraordinary intersection of traditional offshore energy engineering and the rapidly growing offshore wind and energy transition sector — building engineering expertise that will be valuable and in demand for decades, develop your production engineering career under the guidance of some of the world’s most experienced energy infrastructure engineers in a company that has mastered the art of turning visionary engineering concepts into safely installed, reliably operating energy infrastructure, and establish your professional engineering reputation within one of the industry’s most globally recognised and technically admired organisations — where the projects you contribute to become part of the built energy landscape that the world depends on every day.
Key Responsibilities
Product Design Development — Customer Requirements & Market Research
- Develop product design ideas based on a thorough understanding of customer interests, project budgets, and market research findings — translating client technical requirements, operational parameters, and commercial constraints into initial engineering design concepts that balance technical performance, manufacturability, regulatory compliance, and cost-effectiveness
- Meet with the development team to discuss product ideas, design concepts, and engineering approaches — contributing thoughtfully to collaborative engineering discussions, presenting design concepts clearly and constructively, and incorporating team feedback and senior engineer guidance into evolving design solutions throughout the product development process
- Create rough product designs using sketches and preliminary computer-aided design (CAD) software models — rapidly translating conceptual design thinking into visual representations that can be evaluated, discussed, and refined by the development team and shared with clients for early-stage design review and feedback
- Ensure design ideas consistently account for all relevant technical, safety, and regulatory requirements applicable to the product type — including relevant international engineering codes and standards, client specifications, and McDermott’s internal engineering design procedures and quality requirements
Market & Industry Trend Analysis
- Analyse the market and industry product trends relevant to McDermott’s production engineering and fabrication activities — staying current with developments in offshore energy infrastructure design, subsea equipment engineering, offshore wind component fabrication, energy transition technology, and the competitive landscape of energy engineering product development
- Apply market and industry insight to inform product design decisions — ensuring that engineering designs are not only technically correct but also commercially competitive, aligned with evolving customer requirements, and reflective of the direction in which the energy infrastructure industry is developing both in the Middle East region and globally
- Share market and technical trend analysis with the development team — contributing to broader engineering team awareness of industry developments, emerging materials and manufacturing technologies, regulatory changes, and client requirement evolution that may influence current or future production engineering design approaches
- Support the continuous improvement of McDermott’s production engineering capabilities — applying market and technical awareness to identify opportunities for design methodology improvement, new material application, or manufacturing process innovation that could enhance product quality, performance, or cost-competitiveness
Computer Software Modelling — Full Product Design & Specifications
- Create full product designs and detailed specifications using computer software modelling techniques — developing complete 3D parametric models of production components and assemblies using industry-standard CAD software, with the geometric detail, feature intelligence, and configuration management discipline required to support detailed design review, interference checking, manufacturing drawing derivation, and assembly planning
- Conduct theoretical testing on design models — applying finite element analysis (FEA), structural simulation, fluid dynamics modelling, or other applicable engineering analysis tools to evaluate design performance under expected operating loads, pressures, temperatures, and environmental conditions before committing to physical prototype or manufacturing
- Develop and maintain full engineering design documentation — including product specifications, design calculations, material lists, assembly drawings, and all other technical documentation required to define the product completely and accurately for procurement, manufacturing, quality assurance, and client review
- Revise and iterate designs based on theoretical testing results, team review feedback, and client input — applying engineering judgement and analytical rigour to evaluate design alternatives, resolve identified design issues, and arrive at optimised final designs that meet all technical, safety, and commercial requirements
Material Selection & Manufacturing Process Design
- Select appropriate product materials for each application — evaluating material options against required mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, weldability, machinability, availability, cost, and the specific environmental and operational demands of the offshore, subsea, or onshore energy application for which the product is being designed
- Design the product manufacturing process — defining the fabrication sequence, machining operations, welding procedures, surface treatment requirements, assembly methods, and inspection and testing requirements that together constitute a complete, practical, and quality-assured manufacturing process for the designed product
- Apply knowledge of fabrication and manufacturing practices relevant to energy infrastructure engineering — including structural steel fabrication, pipe spooling, mechanical assembly, welding and non-destructive examination, coating and surface treatment, and the specific fabrication disciplines relevant to McDermott’s offshore and onshore construction activities
- Collaborate with supply chain and procurement teams to verify material availability, lead times, and supplier qualification status — ensuring that material selections are practically achievable within project procurement timelines and budgets, and flagging any material availability risks to the project team early enough to allow alternative specification or procurement strategy adjustment
Assembly Oversight & Quality Conformance
- Oversee assembly activities to ensure that manufactured products conform to market specifications, engineering design requirements, and applicable safety regulations — providing engineering support and technical guidance during fabrication and assembly, resolving engineering queries from fabrication teams promptly, and verifying that assembled products meet the quality standards defined in the design specifications
- Verify conformance of fabricated and assembled products against design drawings, specifications, and applicable codes and standards — conducting in-process and final inspection activities, reviewing quality control test results and inspection records, and confirming that all required quality activities have been completed and documented before products are released for delivery or installation
- Identify and resolve manufacturing and assembly problems — applying engineering problem-solving skills to investigate deviations from design intent, evaluate alternative approaches, develop practical engineering solutions, and implement improvements that prevent recurrence of fabrication quality issues
- Engage effectively with production, fabrication, quality, and project management teams — building the collaborative working relationships and mutual technical respect that enable smooth, well-coordinated product development and manufacturing activities within McDermott’s multi-disciplinary project delivery environment
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline — a relevant engineering degree is the preferred educational qualification for this Associate Production Engineer role at McDermott International
- Relevant professional engineering training and/or certifications applicable to production engineering, fabrication engineering, or offshore energy infrastructure are a valued additional qualification for this position
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of professional work experience as a Product Engineer, Production Engineer, Fabrication Engineer, or in a directly comparable engineering role — demonstrating the practical engineering design, analysis, and manufacturing knowledge required to perform effectively in this position within McDermott’s energy engineering environment
- Advanced analytical and engineering design skills — with demonstrated competence in computer-aided design (CAD) modelling, engineering analysis, material selection, manufacturing process planning, and technical documentation for engineered products or fabricated assemblies
- Knowledge of industry and market trends relevant to energy engineering, offshore construction, fabrication, or related engineering sectors — a broader awareness of the commercial, technical, and regulatory environment in which McDermott’s engineering work takes place
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English — required for effective collaboration with engineering, production, quality, procurement, and project management teams within McDermott’s internationally diverse Dubai engineering environment
About McDermott International & Engineering Careers in Dubai
McDermott International has been making the impossible possible for more than 100 years — transforming the world’s most ambitious energy infrastructure concepts into safely installed, reliably operating reality across oceans, continents, and energy sectors. From laying subsea pipelines thousands of feet below sea level and installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore to designing and building offshore wind infrastructure and reshaping the onshore energy landscape, McDermott has consistently demonstrated the engineering ingenuity, project execution capability, and technical excellence that make it one of the energy industry’s most trusted and respected organisations.
Dubai sits at the centre of one of the world’s most active and commercially significant energy regions — the Middle East, which is home to some of the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and an increasingly important hub for energy transition and offshore energy development activity. For production and mechanical engineers, a role at McDermott in Dubai offers the exceptional combination of world-class engineering project exposure, the professional backing of a globally recognised 100-year engineering organisation, and the career development opportunity of contributing to energy infrastructure projects that quite literally fuel daily life for billions of people around the world.
Career Excellence: Join McDermott International as Associate Production Engineer in Dubai, UAE — where your mechanical engineering expertise, production design capability, CAD modelling skills, and analytical problem-solving mindset will contribute to energy infrastructure engineering at a global scale and advance your career within one of the world’s most experienced, respected, and mission-driven energy engineering organisations.
Who Should Apply?
- Mechanical Engineers with 3+ Years Production / Product Engineering: With a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and minimum 3 years of product design, production engineering, or fabrication engineering experience — ready for an Associate Production Engineer role at one of the world’s most respected offshore energy engineering companies in Dubai, UAE
- Offshore Energy / Oil & Gas Fabrication Engineers: With experience in offshore energy equipment design, structural or mechanical fabrication engineering, or production engineering for oil and gas infrastructure — bringing directly relevant energy sector engineering expertise to McDermott’s Dubai production engineering team
- CAD-Proficient Product Design Engineers: With strong computer-aided design and engineering modelling skills — comfortable developing full 3D product models, detailed engineering specifications, and manufacturing process definitions for complex fabricated or machined components in a demanding energy engineering environment
- Early-to-Mid Career Engineers Seeking Global Company Exposure: With 3+ years of product or production engineering experience and the ambition to develop their career within a 100-year-old global engineering organisation — where the scale, technical complexity, and international reach of McDermott’s project portfolio offers professional development opportunities that few other engineering organisations can match
- UAE-Based Mechanical Engineering Professionals: Currently based in Dubai or the UAE — with the relevant engineering degree, production or fabrication engineering experience, and CAD design capability to contribute effectively to McDermott’s Dubai engineering team from day one of employment
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