Principal Project Engineer (Eng)
Job Overview:
The Principal Project Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex project engineering-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Project Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of project engineering. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in project engineering as well as broad knowledge of the project engineering discipline within the engineering function.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Managing the assigned portion of engineering scope of McDermott project
- Able to facilitate effective communication amongst disciplines and different operating centres
- Establishes and implements project procedures to ensure deliverables meet quality and technical content requirements in accordance with contract documents
- Manage the technical execution to support the business considerations established for the project
- Responsible for a specific function. i.e Interface between Operating Centres and different disciplines, Change Order follow up etc..
- Requires depth and/or breath of expertise in own specialized discipline or field.
- Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
- Works independently or with guidance in complex situations.
- Support others to solve complex problems, use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions
- Explain difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
- Practice and promote Safety in designs and work processes
- Help prepare and understand the requirements of Engineering in the contract documents
- Coordinate with the Engineering and Design Leads on the assigned project
- Discuss project requirements to the team
- Provide guidance to less experienced Project Engineers
- Ensure effective communications among engineering disciplines
- Document discussions and decisions related to the design
- Prepare, review, and approve meeting minutes
- Support in preparing the weekly and monthly reports for management
- Manage change effectively and proactively
- Develop and maintain Project Engineering documents
- Review work with client, management and project leads
- Coordinate third party interfaces
- Identify problems and coordinate with the engineering team to correct them
- Support handover and archiving of the completed project
- Facilitate Review of Lessons Learned submitted
- Review and provide input to Company work processes and procedures as requested
Report to: Project: Project Engineering Manager, Project Manager.
Functional: Manager of Project Engineering/Eng. Director
Liaise with: Project Engineer, PEM, PM, Discipline Lead Engineers, Eng. Dept Managers, Construction/Fabrication team, Project Controls.
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- At least 5 years of experience as Project Engineering Manager on a project, at least 10 years of Project Engineering experience
- Bachelor Degree or Master Degree in Engineering
- Experience with the execution of LNG projects at EPC stage
- Experience of projects executed via MOPEX strategy
- Experience with JV environment
- Preferably member of professional engineering society as applicable.
- Field assignment experience
- Demonstrates a broad technical knowledge of detail design engineering codes and standards
- Familiar with detailed engineering and design work procedures and processes
- Able to read and understand contractual documentation
- Able to effectively communicate with all stakeholders on the project
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