Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

Tailor your resume to this Principal Structural Engineer role.

Rezi rewrites your resume against Lutech Resources's job description. Free.

Resume score gauge reading 58 out of 100

Don't guess if your resume is good enough.

See how it scores against the Principal Structural Engineer posting at Lutech Resources — free, in seconds.

About the Role

The Principal Structural Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex structural-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. This role may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of structural engineering, requiring in-depth expertise and broad knowledge of the structural discipline.

Responsibilities

Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards.
Apply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations.
Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures.
Manage own time to meet objectives and forecast and plan resource requirements.
Clearly communicate and explain difficult concepts and persuade others to adopt a point of view.
Direct medium or large Engineering team as a Lead Engineer.
Lead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and complete it within the planned schedule and budget.
Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all manpower resources.
Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified.
Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action.
Act as project representative for the Discipline during meetings with Project Team, Customer discipline lead and relevant agencies.
Train/mentor other employees in the department.
Assist and monitor MOPEX offices on projects.
Has a good understanding of the other engineering departments.
Initiate interface with other disciplines to obtain input for discipline designs.
Has a good understanding of construction/fabrication yard and client requirements.
Has commercial insight.
Helps to maintain unifi.
Prepare bid from sketching data, using experience.
Supervise engineers and designers.
Define scopes of work for engineering/construction fabrication yard.
Provide engineering support as required.
Perform engineering checks of drafting.
Perform engineering checks prepared by others within the discipline.
Perform design verification through single discipline check and assist with inter-discipline checks (IDC).
Prepare MTOs of structures.
Prepare specifications.
Prepare subcontract.
Review of vendor data.
Prepare technical bid evaluations.
Assist in furthering the department.
Coordinate and check the work of senior and junior engineers.
Conduct peer reviews on request.
Provide technical assistance where required.
Prepare structural analyses and reports on calculations or perform specialist tasks.
Check designs for operational requirements, constructability, and maintainability.
Prepare project engineering guides.
Work as Lead Engineer on medium to large-size EPC projects.
Responsible for all engineering and design work on any project.
Has full control and manages work hours, materials, progress.
Work in close liaison with the Design Coordinator.
Set up all engineering computer systems.
Assist Project Manager in preparing deliverable control, schedule, progress reports, and man-hour and capital expenditure estimates.
Coordinate with project management.
Train personnel under their supervision.
Is responsible for discipline within the engineering group.
Manage (design) subcontracts.
Identify and manage changes in the scope of work.
Is responsible for filing of engineering work.
Give relevant feedback to the department.

Requirements

15-20 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultants predominantly performing detail design.
Seasoned structural knowledge.
Very good organizer, motivator, and supervisor.
Able to solve problems without assistance.
Keen on improving the effectiveness of the work.
HSE, TQM and cost-conscious.
Fluent in English, both oral and written.
Understanding and supporting company goals and work processes.
Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to reassignment to other departments/construction sites/fabrication yards, other McDermott offices, replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays, assistance to other colleagues with heavy workloads, and managing/learning of future current working methods and software applications.
Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content, and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable.
Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills.

Skills

Structural engineering expertise
Structural discipline knowledge
Conceptual, FEED, and detailed analyses and design
Design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards application
Complex problem-solving
Detailed design calculations and analyses
Design reports and procedures preparation
Time management
Resource planning
Communication of difficult concepts
Persuasion
Team leadership
Project management
Budget management
Schedule management
Interface management
Progress and productivity monitoring
Corrective action identification
Project representation
Mentoring
Construction/fabrication yard understanding
Client requirements understanding
Commercial insight
Bid preparation
Engineering checks
Design verification
Inter-discipline checks (IDC)
MTO preparation
Specification preparation
Subcontract preparation
Vendor data review
Technical bid evaluation
Department advancement
Peer review
Technical assistance
Structural analyses and reports
Specialist task performance (architectural designs, underground piping designs, complex structures, topsides, jackets, weight control reports, center of gravity reports)
Geotechnical knowledge
Steel structure knowledge
Concrete structure knowledge
Dynamic calculations knowledge
FEM knowledge
Fatigue calculations knowledge
Earthquake analysis knowledge
Jacket design knowledge
FPSO design knowledge
Blast analysis knowledge
Hydrodynamics knowledge
Architectural design knowledge
EC code knowledge
ACI/AISC/API code knowledge
GOST code knowledge
Operational requirements checking
Constructability checking
Maintainability checking
Project engineering guides preparation
EPC project execution
Engineering computer systems setup
Change management
Work filing
Feedback provision

Location

Remote
Hybrid

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Principal
Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Registered Professional Engineer
Member of professional engineering society

About the Company

Lutech Resources has over 25 years’ experience providing tailor made recruitment and integrated resource management to leading Engineering, Energy and Manufacturing sector companies worldwide.
We set ourselves apart from others in the industry by building long term relationships with both our clients and candidates based on a mutual understanding of their targeted industry and a passion for excellence.
With every engagement, our goal is to quickly place qualified talent with the best suited employer.
We have a genuine understanding of candidates and clients’ needs.
Along with a dynamic and effective service, we strive for positive outcomes for everyone, every time.