Overview Of Role
Reporting to Discipline Manager / Structural Team Lead or an Engineering Manager, the Principal Engineer will have responsibility for a discipline area and/or planning and coordinating the technical expertise and services required to ensure successful delivery of high-quality engineering to meet commercial and technical needs. The individual is expected to improve the specific discipline work processes and provide technical governance for the Discipline. The scope will include studies and tenders as well as live projects.
Specific Key Responsibilities & Activities
Provide specialist skills, integrity, and knowledge in key areas of project or discipline engineering, including design codes, legislative requirements, and current good engineering practice.
Understand clients' needs; identify and address design parameters and problems; develop and implement solutions.
Act as a technical expert in all aspects of offshore geotechnical engineering design and installation.
Manage interfaces within a project structure, including other disciplines, drawing office, document control, project management, client, and suppliers.
Participate in the conceptual studies.
Undertake geotechnical engineering calculations and design reports for subsea foundation design, pipeline initiation anchorages, and pipeline/soil interaction.
Understand how trenching equipment works and its uses and limitations.
Check and approve technical documentation, accepting personal responsibility for its adequacy.
Understand and manage geotechnical risk.
Ensure that specifications and norms related to the project are respected.
Participate actively in engineers' training and development.
Propose innovative solutions allowing cost & risk reduction.
Evaluate, organize, and prioritize work for self and others.
AUTHORITY/DIMENSIONS
Operate within the Business Code of Conduct.
Operate according to Subsea 7's Management Principles.
Support standards and procedures for the Engineering Function.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS/STAKEHOLDERS
External
Client technical representative.
Professional bodies and institutions of learning.
Internal
Project Managers.
Project Engineering Managers.
Tendering Managers.
Engineering Department.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Experience, Skills And Knowledge
Professional qualifications - Degree qualified ideally in Civil/Structural Engineering with geotechnical expertise. (Demonstrable experience in a similar role will also be considered).
Relevant engineering experience (10+ years) in all aspects of offshore geotechnical engineering design and installation.
Awareness of marine classification and local legislation (Essential).
Demonstrable ability to work within time/budget constraints.
Presents self in a professional manner appropriate to the role.
Produces work of presentable quality.
Ability to prioritize and organize work.
Use and reference appropriate Codes and Standards associated with geotechnical engineering in the offshore industry, i.e. ISO codes, DNV, API.
Sound Knowledge of foundation FEA analysis software, i.e. PLAXIS (Essential) or similar software.
Understand and manage geotechnical and geohazards risks.
Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain PE in 6 months.
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