Offshore Geotechnical Engineer - Christian Linde Olsen

Geotechnical Engineer

Offshore Geotechnical Engineer

Personal profile

An enthusiastic and professional offshore geotechnical engineer, who enjoys being part of, as well as leading, a successful and productive team. Quick to grasp new ideas and concepts, and to develop innovative and creative solutions to problems. Able to work well on own initiative and can demonstrate the high levels of motivation required to meet the tightest of deadlines. Even under significant pressure, possesses a strong ability to perform effectively.

Engineering Education

Graduated from Aalborg University with a Ms.C in civil engineering in 2007. During my studies, I spent one semester at Griffith University in Australia where I completed a detailed analysis and examination of coastal structures and design of pile foundations which is a branch of offshore geotechnical engineering.

Work as Geotechnical Engineer

After Graduation, I joined the Trainee program at Acergy as a geotechnical engineer. It is a two year program with eigth one week off the job training modules across Europe; diving, survey, commercial contracts, cultural awareness, pipeline installation, welding, geotechnics and naval architecture.

In January 2011, Acergy and Subsea 7 merged into Subsea 7. For more information regarding the merger, please have a look at the Subsea 7 home page.

At Subsea 7, I deliver geotechnical support to projects world wide. The support covers gravity structrures, pipe - soil interaction and FEM analysis in PLAXIS. In agreement with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), I was invited to NGI for a two weeks secondment with mentoring by the leading offshore geotechnical engineers and practical work in the NGI laboratory.

Offshore Geotechnical Engineer at Subsea 7

Engineering at Subsea 7

Subsea 7 engineer and deliver complex projects in the offshore industry. Each project is engineered in a project team consisting of engineers for various disciplines. Subsea 7 has adopted the matrix structure for the projects and disciplines work together. I work as part of the geotechnical engineering team and deliver support to the Projects.

Tasks as a geotechnical Engineer

As Subsea 7 mainly engineer and install risers, umbilicals, flexibles and pipelines offshore, most of my work as a geotechnical engineer is connected with these activities. I engineer initiations systems, provide geotechnical engineering assessment of soil conditions, design pipeline protection structures and subsea rock structures.

I deliver geotechnical support to the projects which covers but is not limited to preparation of geotechnical design basis, design of gravity structrures, pipe - soil interaction and FEM analysis in PLAXIS. When standard solutions are no longer applicable I use the FEM programs PLAXIS 2D and 3D supported with limit equilibrium calculations. Last summer, I censored a master thesis in GRP design for Stavanger University.

Lately, I have delivered geotechnical engineering to tenders and projects. Some of the main projects are Skarv, Norne, Alve, Ormen Lange, Gjøa and Volund. Further, I have prepared a two-day internal course on Geotechnics for engineers in collaboration with principal engineer.

Geotechnical Engineer Offshore

After completion of all rock design and coordination of the rock dump campaigns on the Dong Trym project, I was offshore on the Van Oords Nordnes in May 2010. As the only Acergy client rep on board, I was responsible for all communication between Nordnes and Acergy, approval of the work and I managed changes in scope.

Noverber 2008, I went offshore on the Maersk Advancer as client rep for Acergy. We trenched for the Volund project with CTC equipment on the vessel. No geotechnical engineering was required, howeever, it was a good experience for me as an offshore geotechnical engineer.

In connection with two procedures I completed, I went offshore on the Acergy Petrel in June 2008. It was my first trip offshore as an engineer and I worked as project engineer. I worked with the offhsore manager and the deck foreman.

Secondment as Geotechnical Engineer at NGI

Summer of 2008, I was invited to the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) for a two weeks secondment. The Secondment was a mutural agreement between Acergy in Stavanger and The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute. At the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute I had mentoring sessions with some of the world leading offshore geotechnical engineers and practical geotehcnical work in the NGI laboratory.