- The Senior Principal Structural Engineer is tasked with solving unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business
- They must proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business
- The Senior Principal Structural Engineer is considered a specialist in the field of Structural (Eng) and they offer a broad base of knowledge about the Engineering function
- The Senior Principal Structural Engineer impacts the direction and resource allocation of programs and projects in their discipline and works within general functional policies and industry guidelines
- The Senior Principal Structural Engineer role requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop creative solutions to Structural (Eng) challenges
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree in engineering
- 20+ years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultants predominantly performing detail design
- Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable
- Seasoned knowledge of engineering standards and specifications
- Good knowledge of engineering software
- Able to work independently
- Good working knowledge of English, both oral and written
- HSE, TQM, and cost-conscious
- Good technical structural knowledge
- Good organizer, motivator, and supervisor
- Keen on improving the effectiveness of the work
Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to:
- The reassignment to other departments/construction sites/fabrication yards
- The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays
- The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workloads (also other projects) when possible/desirable
- The managing/learning of current working methods and software applications
- The reassignment to other McDermott offices
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
- Apply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations
- Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and - procedures
- Manage own time to meet objectives and (as Lead Engineer) forecast and plan resource requirements
- Communicate and explain difficult concepts and persuade others to adopt a point of view
When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
- Direct medium or large Engineering team as a Lead Engineer
- Lead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and complete it within the planned schedule and budget, by standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to a high professional standard
- Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all manpower resources - agree allocations with the Discipline Manager
- Ensure interfaces and deliverables are identified
- Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action
- Act as project representative for Discipline during meetings with the Project Team
- Customer discipline lead and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc
- Train/mentor other employees in the department
- Assist and monitor MOPEX offices on projects
- Has a good understanding of the other engineering departments
- Initiate interface with other disciplines to obtain input for discipline designs
- Has a good understanding of construction/fabrication yard and client requirements
- Has commercial insight
- Help maintain Unifi
- Prepare bid from sketching data, using experience
- Supervise engineers and designers
- Define scopes of work for engineering/construction fabrication yard
- Provide engineering support as required
- Perform engineering checks of drafting
- Perform engineering checks prepared by others within the discipline
- Perform design verification through single discipline check and assist with inter-discipline checks (IDC)
- Prepare MTOs of structures
- Prepare specifications
- Prepare subcontract
- Review of vendor data
- Prepare technical bid evaluations
- Assist in furthering the department
Tasks as Engineering Specialist:
- Coordinate and check the work of senior and junior engineers
- Conduct peer reviews on request
- Provide technical assistance where required
- Prepare structural analyses and reports on calculations or perform specialist tasks (ie, architectural designs, underground piping designs, complex structures, topsides, jackets, weight control reports, the center of gravity reports)
- Specialize in several fields (geotechnical, steel, concrete, dynamic calculations, FEM, fatigue calculations, earthquake, jackets, FPSOs, blast, hydrodynamics, architectural, )
- Is specialized in several design codes (EC, ACI/AISC/API, GOST, )
- Check designs for operational requirements, constructability, and maintainability
- Prepare project engineering guides
Tasks as Lead Engineer:
- Work as Lead Engineer on medium to large-size EPC projects
- Responsible for all engineering and design work on any project
- Has full control and manages work hours, materials, progress
- Work in close liaison with the Design Coordinator
- Set up all engineering computer systems
Assist Project Manager in:
- Preparing deliverable control
- Preparing schedule
- Preparing progress reports
- Preparing man-hour and capital expenditure estimates
- Coordinate with project management
- Train personnel under their supervision
- Responsible for discipline within the engineering group
- Manage (design) subcontracts
- Identify and manage changes in the scope of work
- Responsible for filing engineering work
- Give relevant feedback to the department
- Reports to: Lead Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, or Project Manager or Supervising Department Manager
- Liaise with: All Engineering disciplines, Construction site/Fabrication Group, Safety Dept, Project Management Team,
- Document Control, Project Planner, Project Cost Controller, QC and Certification Group, Procurement Group, Subcontractors
- and Vendors, and Customers
- Supervises: Senior Engineers, Engineers and Designers
