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.

Skills

• Qualifications / Skill Set:Leadership and Project Execution:
• Trained in management and project execution with a proven track record of successfully directing and delivering complex engineering projects.
• Active licensure with a local engineering governing body where required by law, demonstrating a commitment to professional standards.
• Experience and Expertise:
• Over 20 years of hands-on experience in a geotechnical (marine) engineering and multi-discipline environment, with a minimum of 5-10 years in project leadership.
• Experience in foundation engineering for ports and shipyards structures, planning and writing scope of work for geotechnical and geophysical field investigations, interpretation of geotechnical reports and analyses, 
• Master degree in Geotechnical Engineering is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in project supervision, risk management, quality control, procurement, and construction execution.
• Communication and Influence:
• Effective communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying complex proposals and reports to senior-level management.
• Ability to persuade and influence others, fostering a participative management style with a cooperative team approach.
• Cross-discipline Knowledge:
• Strong understanding of cross-discipline work, interfaces, and sequencing, derived from a background in energy, chemicals, and resources.
• Well-versed in engineering governance, project execution, and fiscal management, ensuring alignment with the client's commitment to sustainability.
• Technical Competency and Quality Oversight:
• Deep knowledge of engineering technical competency and quality programs, coupled with oversight experience.
• Proven ability to ensure adherence to company processes, engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.
• Global Perspective:
• Global mindset with experience supporting global standardization of equipment specifications, drawings, and document templates.
• Familiarity with international engineering practices and standards to promote technical excellence.
• Innovative Problem Solving:
• Track record of driving innovative solutions, technology advances, and methods to effectively deal with working out of sequence.
• Experience working with Project Management Teams to proactively address issues, staffing requirements, scope changes, and project progression.
• Financial Acumen:
• Skilled in estimating project costs, writing compelling proposal content, and adept at budgeting and cost control.
• Operates with broad management authority, ensuring alignment with the client's plans to derive sustainability-related projects.
• Safety and Sustainability Commitment:
• Hands-on management of all relevant company Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) requirements.
• Demonstrated commitment to driving Safe and Sustainable engineering outcomes throughout the asset lifecycle (SEAL), embodying the client's tagline, "Delivering Sustainable Change."
• Results-oriented and Continuous Improvement:
• Proven ability to achieve results set by self and others, meeting timelines, and pushing to achieve stretch goals.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm, persistence, and tenacity, breaking down work into executable tasks and ensuring work is "right the first time."
• Adaptability and Complex Problem Solving:
• Comfortable dealing with new concepts and complexity, examining problems carefully and thoroughly, understanding interdependencies, and pulling information and ideas from various sources.
• Can organize information from many sources and retain it per the prescribed format and policies.
• Data-centric Engineering:
• Functional awareness of cross-discipline tools, experienced in coordinating the establishment and use of integrated tools, and delivering the benefits of data-centric engineering.