Job Description
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.
Responsibilities
- Manage the engineering scope of a McDermott project
- Establish and implement 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
- May be responsible for a Unit/Area, a specific function, or may be assigned the Project Engineering Manager role depending upon the size and complexity of the project
- Regularly requested to support the preparation of proposals for prospective projects
- May be assigned as the Project Engineering Manager (PEM) for smaller or medium size EPC projects
- Practice and promote Safety in designs and work processes
- Help prepare and understand the requirements of Engineering in the contract documents
- Provide direction to and coordinate with the Engineering and Design Leads on an assigned project
- Develop and implement the Project Execution Plan
- Incorporate multi-office execution as appropriate (MOPEX)
- Develop internal/external Division of Responsibility (DOR) matrix as required
- Prepare a Project Coordination Procedure
- Communicate project requirements to the team
- Supervise and provide guidance to other Project Engineers
- Ensure effective communication among engineering disciplines
- Document discussions and decisions related to the design
- Prepare, review, and approve meeting minutes
- Prepare, review, and approve Technical Queries, Design Deviations
- Prepare, review, and approve responses to RFI’s and other correspondence
- Prepare and approve weekly and monthly reports for management
- Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control
- Manage change effectively and proactively
- Develop and maintain Project Engineering documents
- Assemble and approve the Engineering Staffing Plan
- Equipment List
- Potential Change Notices
- Weekly and Monthly reports for management
- Action item lists (internal and external)
- Review work with clients, management, and project leads
- Coordinate third-party interfaces
- Identify problems and coordinate with the engineering team to correct
- Lead orderly handover and archiving of the completed project
- Approve and submit the closeout report
- Review and approve Lessons Learned submitted
- Review and provide input to Company work processes and procedures as requested
Reports to:
Project: Project Engineering Manager, Project Manager
Functionally: Manager of Project Engineering/Eng Director
Liaise With: Project Engineer, PEM, PM, Discipline Lead Engineers, Eng Dept Managers, Construction/Fabrication team,
Project Controls, Finance
Supervises: Project Engineer; Engineering Discipline Leads on a Project (as PEM)
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Engineering
- 2-4 years of experience as Project Engineering Manager on a project
- 5-10 years of Project Engineering experience
- Requires depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field
- Field assignment experience
- Experience in International Projects
- Experience with multi-office (MOPEX) execution
- Experience in execution as part of a Joint Venture or Consortium Group
- Experience developing proposals and contractual documentation
- Experience in revamping (Brownfield) and grassroots (Greenfield) projects
- Demonstrates a broad technical knowledge of detailed 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 a project
- Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions
- Works independently or with guidance in complex situations
- Expected to lead functional teams or projects
- Leads others to solve complex problems, uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
- Explains difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
- Preferably Registered Engineer in Training (ElT) or member of a professional engineering society as applicable
- Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to:
- The reassignment to other departments, construction sites, and 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 future current working methods and software applications