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Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

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

FacilitateReview 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.

Qualifications

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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📌 Principal Project Lead Engineer (Lombardia)
🏢 McDermott
📍 Lombardia