Internship - Structural Fatigue Analysis of Container Ships (F/M)

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Joining Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore means becoming part of a world-leading organization in maritime classification and certification.

For nearly two centuries, we have been supporting innovation and transformation across the maritime sector, ensuring the safety, performance, and sustainability of ships and offshore infrastructures worldwide.

Our mission? To contribute to a safer and more sustainable maritime world, by providing our technical expertise and commitment to our clients and partners.

Would you like to apply your structural analysis skills to some of the largest ships in the world?

Join the Structure team, based in La Défense (Paris area, France). The team verifies the structural compliance of ships as part of their classification.

Context: structural checks consider fatigue risks, which can lead to cracks in highly stressed areas. Large container ships are particularly exposed: their size and slenderness make them sensitive to torsion and hull girder vibration (springing). Assessing these effects requires spectral fatigue analyses that are highly demanding in time and computing resources.

Bureau Veritas is therefore studying screening approaches to quickly identify the most critical structural details.

Your goal? Help validate one of these methods by assessing how well it identifies critical areas and estimates fatigue damage levels.

Your main missions

Supported by the team's engineers, you will:

• Prepare and run reference spectral fatigue calculations on a selection of representative structural details;
• Apply the screening methodology to the same structural details;
• Compare results with the detailed analyses and assess the robustness and limits of the approach;
• Summarize your work for the Plan Approval and Research departments, to support the decision on adopting this new method.

You will work with our digital tools VeriStar Hull, Femap, and Homer.

Your strengths to succeed

• Final-year engineering student;
• Solid knowledge of structural mechanics and finite element analysis;
• Rigor and strong analytical and synthesis skills;
• Good command of English, both written and spoken, to communicate with our international network.

Preferred qualifications

• Background in naval architecture
• Knowledge of Bureau Veritas rules

Allowance and benefits

• Location: La Défense (Paris area)
• Allowance: €1,300 to €1,600 gross / month, depending on level of studies
• 50% reimbursement of your public transport pass
• Works Council (CSE): subsidy for leisure and cultural activities

Why join Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore?

By joining Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, you will be part of:

• An international, ambitious, and open-minded team, driven by a passion for the maritime world;
• A work environment built on trust, collaboration, and talent development;
• A company that values curiosity, initiative, and innovation.

Bureau Veritas is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. We promote gender equality and support the professional integration, access, and retention of people with disabilities.

Ready to embark on your next professional adventure? Join us in shaping a better maritime world!