Principal Civil Engineer

About the Role
This position entails ensuring compliance with company and statutory requirements in Civil and Structural design across various Purchase Orders and Programmes. You will be responsible for maintaining adherence to the latest industry standards, guaranteeing the technical integrity of deliverables, and managing safety hazards linked to the asset lifecycle. Your role will include fostering innovation in technical approaches, driving efficiency, and communicating design decisions that affect safety.

Primary Objectives / Responsibilities

• Ensure company and statutory requirements, including applicable engineering standards, are identified and addressed in the Civil and Structural design across all Purchase Orders and Programmes.
• Maintain awareness of the latest industry standards and ensure project designs comply with current requirements.
• Ensure the technical integrity of Civil and Structural deliverables through design reviews and checking activities.
• Proactively understand the safety hazards and risks associated with the asset lifecycle of the designed product, plant, or structure.
• Ensure actions arising from Project Reviews and Value Improvement Practices (VIPs) are addressed in a timely manner.
• Design and develop innovative technical approaches to Civil and Structural engineering challenges and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate key design decisions with significant safety impacts to project teams and document them appropriately.
• Drive increased effectiveness and efficiency in delivering project designs through elimination, simplification, standardization, and automation while maintaining high-quality engineering outcomes.

Specific Accountabilities

• Plan the execution of Civil and Structural discipline activities to maintain project schedules.
• Manage quality and consistency within the discipline.
• Provide technical direction, control, and supervision for engineering and design activities.
• Resolve discipline-related technical issues.
• Prepare discipline man-hour estimates for proposals and develop deliverables lists.
• Deliver discipline design deliverables within the allocated man-hour budget.
• Manage discipline resources in collaboration with the Project Engineering Manager.
• Identify software requirements and select appropriate design tools.
• Identify training and development needs of discipline personnel.
• Perform or delegate checks of discipline deliverables.
• Report progress on deliverables and tasks and provide updates for project progress reporting.
• Identify and report potential project variances.
• Maintain and update lessons learned registers.
• Undertake or delegate site visits as required.
• Manage interfaces within the discipline, between disciplines, and with third-party contractors.
• Interface with procurement and construction teams.
• Coordinate change control and technical query processes within the discipline.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience in Brownfield Oil & Gas Civil and Structural Design and Engineering.
• Experience delivering projects and plant modifications from Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) through execution, commissioning, and start-up.
• Expertise across a broad range of civil engineering disciplines, including concrete structures, steel structures, geotechnical engineering, site preparation, drainage systems, and buildings.
• Minimum 5-10 years of experience leading Civil and Structural engineering activities within multidisciplinary project delivery teams.
• Experience in the Middle East is advantageous.
• Knowledge of oil & gas projects, front-end development, commissioning, and execution.
• Experience with project management.
• Experience managing EPCM projects.

Required Competencies

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil / Structural Engineering or equivalent.
• Professional Engineering status or equivalent professional registration.
• Proven leadership skills and a strong personal drive to meet deadlines and targets.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to work and manage in a multicultural environment.
• Strong commitment to HSSE leadership and experience managing HSSE throughout all project phases.
• Experience in the design, selection, and specification of onshore and offshore structures.

Benefits
Join a values-inspired culture that emphasizes belonging, connection, and innovation. We aim to create a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where every individual feels valued and heard. We support the reskilling of our workforce and emphasize a path towards expertise in low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Our commitment to diversity ensures that there are no barriers to your potential career success, broadening your horizons and engaging you in diverse opportunities to deliver sustainable change.