Principal Engineer – Geotechnical Engineering (Marine)

Purpose of the Role: As the Principal Geotechnical (Marine) Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in operational leadership, implementing strategies within the complex realm of marine geotechnical engineering. Operating within a highly specialized field or cross-functional setting, you will manage work through others, demonstrating a high degree of freedom within general management direction and functional policies. Your primary focus will be on delivering sustainable change and driving the organization towards becoming a global authority in sustainability solutions.

1. Key Responsibilities:Business Development and Sustainable Solutions:

• Facilitate the maintenance of personal profiles and resumes, tracking existing capabilities, and strategically addressing future customer capability requirements, aligning with the client's aspirations to be recognized globally as an authority in sustainability solutions.
• Encourage positive working relationships with external parties such as customers, suppliers, and contractors, fostering alliances that contribute to the client's commitment to delivering sustainable change.
• Engage in networking, negotiations, strategic alliancing, and cost-saving efforts that reflect the client's promise to be the straight-talking partner the industry needs for sustainable transformation.
• Steward the maintenance of pricing records, ensuring transparency and alignment with the client's  tagline, "Delivering Sustainable Change."
• Support proposals by developing engineering execution strategies that prioritize sustainability, reviewing costs, writing proposal content, and presenting to customers.

1. Budgeting, Engineering Operations, and Sustainability Leadership:

• Participate in budgeting and manage engineering operations to the budget, ensuring that sustainability-related projects.
• Control engineering staffing levels, organizational structure, and monitor project discipline structures, emphasizing the importance of sustainable practices.
• Administer engineering software licensing and costs, ensuring the tools used align with the client's commitment to innovative and sustainable solutions.
• Create and maintain engineering guidelines that incorporate best practices for sustainability.
• Ensure mentoring/training requirements are met, fostering a culture of continuous improvement in sustainable engineering practices.
• Contribute to dispute resolution efforts with an understanding of sustainable conflict resolution principles.
• Ensure cross-discipline technical work and team activities meet all health, safety, environmental, and security requirements, prioritizing sustainability in all aspects.

1. Technical Competency, Quality Oversight, and Global Standardization:

• Own engineering technical competency and quality programs with a focus on integrating sustainable practices.
• Ensure adherence to company processes, engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications with a keen eye on sustainability.
• Support global standardization of equipment specifications, drawings, and document templates, incorporating sustainability measures.
• Facilitate discipline checking and technical peer reviews with a focus on sustainable engineering practices.

1. Project Requirements, Execution, and Innovation:

• Facilitate meeting project requirements using engineering guidelines, programs, and resource management, prioritizing sustainability in project execution.
• Participate in project execution strategy and planning, driving innovative solutions, technology advances, and methods that align with the client's commitment to sustainable change.
• Work with Project Management Teams to take corrective actions regarding project issues, staffing requirements, scope changes, and project progression with a sustainability lens.
• Review and authorize work done by Discipline Managers, ensuring sustainability criteria are met.