Principal Project Engineer

1 month ago


Houston, United States McDermott International, Ltd Full time

Company Overview:



People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.


Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.


For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.


Here, what you do matters.



Job Overview: Principal Project Engineer 24001007



Managing the engineering scope of a McDermott project. 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. 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 preparation of proposals for prospective projects. May be assigned as the Project Engineering Manager (PEM) for smaller or medium size EPC projects.




Key Tasks and Responsibilities:



  • 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 communications 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 client, management and project leads
  • Coordinate third party interface
  • 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



Essential Qualifications and Education:


  • 2-4 years of experience as Project Engineering Manager on a project
  • 5-10 years of Project Engineering experience
  • Bachelor Degree or Master Degree in Engineering
  • Preferably Registered Engineer in Training (ElT) or member of professional engineering society as applicable.
  • Experience with Electrical and Instrumentation
  • 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 workload (also other projects). The managing/learning of future current working methods and software applications


Preferred Qualifications and Education


  • Requires depth and/or breath of expertise in own specialized discipline or field.
  • Field assignment experience
  • Experience on 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 on revamp (Brownfield) and grassroots (Greenfield) projects
  • Demonstrates a broad technical knowledge of detail design engineering codes and standards
  • Familiar with detail 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 judgement and identify innovative solutions
  • Explains difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view



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