Contract: Principal Structural Engineer / Perth

Job Title: Principal Structural Engineer
Location: Perth CBD
Length of Contract: 12 months (with the view to go permanent after that)
Hours per day: 8 hour days (Mon- Fri)
Pay Rate: Competitive
 
Job Role:

• This position will be hands on with design as well as leading a small team.
• Attend / chair meetings with Clients, Suppliers and / or Consultants to assist on technical issues relating to relevant
• As required by tenders, prepare and approve appropriate content and lean man?hours estimates to support tender submission, including collation of content from other disciplines
• Working closely with the client and be responsible for ensuring compliance by discipline team of the design rules and procedures within the company.
• The proposed designs must be safe, economic, sustainable and in accordance with requirements
• To manage, train and supervise the work performed by assigned Engineer(s)
• As required by projects / tenders / studies, undertake role of Principal/Lead Engineer for the relevant project’s discipline engineering scope of work. As required by projects / studies, supervise engineers as defined by project organization chart
• Demonstrate and apply exceptional knowledge in the relevant engineering discipline tasks
• Be effective, efficient and fit for purpose in the delivery of solutions and documents, and instruct junior engineers
• Assist assigned Project Manager / Relevant Engineering Discipline Leader define engineering document deliverables for allocated project scope of work
• Assist assigned Project Manager / Relevant Engineering Discipline Leader define resource requirements meet project technical and schedule requirements, and be responsible for identifying subsequent changes.
• Liaise with Principal Draftsperson on drafting resource requirements for projects. Instruct Drafting Team on engineering drafting requirements for projects
• Responsible for key interfacing with other engineering disciplines during project execution, and identifying opportunities within other related disciplines
• Participate in formal and informal reporting to Discipline Lead on progress of engineering tasks, lessons learnt and Identify and escalate areas of concern
• Supervise discipline engineering performed by Engineering Consultants / Suppliers to meet project schedule
• Attend vendor/sub?contractor for purpose of surveillance, inspection and testing (Factory Acceptance Test)
• Provide site engineering supervision / technical assistance for commissioning and start?up
• Undertake engineering tasks in other engineering disciplines when required
• Assist Discipline Lead in development of Discipline Engineering Technical Notes and Guidelines

 
Requirements:
- Ideally 12 – 15 years experience
- Experience working in Oil & Gas Projects (such as brownfield design, offshore structures)
- Exposure to SACS software
- University Degree in Engineering relevant to the discipline from a reputable institution, for instance as recognized by the Institute of Engineers Australia, or international equivalent Knowledge/Skills (consider practical, technical and managerial knowledge)
- Essential software experience: SACS, Space Gass and MS office
- Preferred software experience: Mathcad, AutoCAD or BrisCAD, Navisworks
- Expert written English for technical report preparation
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant engineering discipline
- Commercial awareness and management of change
- Significant experience working within the oil and gas industry
- Prior experience of holding a leadership position in project roles
- Prior experience of checking a wide range of technical deliverables including tendering packages, calculations, simulations, drawings and reports
- Required to work extended hours as needed to meet job / project requirements
- Required to undertake training courses to develop professional knowledge
- Required to travel to onshore or offshore sites as needed
- Must have good communication skills, must be able to work independently, managing and delivering conceptual / FEED and / or details engineering packages of work and satisfy requirements specified by the client or project.
 
If interested, please apply.
 
BH ID: 217511