Owner’s engineer

Add skills, experience, and capacity to your project team with our industry-leading offshore wind foundation engineers.

Accelerate

Bring our experience into the heart of your project

Supplement your team with Empire’s knowledge and capabilities, whether to fill a crucial role, provide a second opinion, or benefit from our industry-leading tools and solutions.

Having been involved with dozens of high-profile wind projects around the world, we help you avoid common pitfalls and steer your projects to successful completion.

Quickly add extensive experience to your team
Cover short and long-term skills and capacity gaps
Access advanced engineering software

Discuss your project

What we offer

Our flexible approach to owner’s engineering

Working with you for anything from months to years, we support your offshore foundation engineering work from concept through to installation.

Our Owner’s Engineer service gives your project access to an industry leading team of offshore wind foundation specialists. These skills are delivered both on a secondment basis, as well as by an engineering back office providing a depth of project experience and state of the art tools.

Scope

To ensure you get the right expertise, we discuss your needs and hand-pick the right people from our in-house team.

Deliver

Our engineers can slot seamlessly into your organisation, working as one with your team. And whenever they need to, they’ll draw on the experience of the wider Empire Engineering team.

Manage

From procurement to sign-off, we bring experience to ensure that chosen contractors deliver value to your project.

Our owner’s engineer services

We fulfil one or more key engineering roles for you, bringing experience from across the industry to the heart of your project team.

Founders package manager/ Design manager

We lead your foundation package team, overseeing the selection and management of your contractors, and the validation and certification of their work.

Transport and installation (T&I) manager

We manage the safe delivery and installation of your foundations from fabrication to site, working closely with your T&I contractors.

Primary steel lead

We oversee delivery of this critical part of your fixed or floating foundation design, ensuring an optimised design at every step of the process.

Secondary steel lead

We run the process to design the steel components that will attach to your main structures.

Interface manager

We ensure the smooth flow of information between your many suppliers, and that their respective components integrate as planned.

Certification manager

We ensure your contractors are designing with certification in mind, and manage the project’s journey through the certification process.

Support

Owner’s engineer with Empire Engineering: What to expect

Finding even one experienced offshore wind foundation engineer can be challenging, particularly at short notice. With Empire Engineering, you get flexible access to a whole team as soon as you need it.

Having been involved in dozens of wind farms, including some of the world’s largest and most high-profile, few things surprise us. When your project encounters challenges, we probably already know the solutions.

We also bring access to advanced design tooling for you to benefit from, including our Fathom software, plus industry-standard applications. These boost team efficiency and the quality of your designs.