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They must proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business. The Senior Principal Structural Engineer is considered a specialist in the field of Structural (Eng) and they offer a broad base of knowledge about the Engineering function. The Senior Principal Structural Engineer impacts the direction and resource allocation of programs and projects in their discipline and works within general functional policies and industry guidelines. The Senior Principal Structural Engineer role requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop creative solutions to Structural (Eng) challenges.\nThe SPSE is expected to be experienced in SACS, ANSYS/ABAQUS.\n Key Tasks and Responsibilities:\nBasic Functions\nPlan, organize and direct all aspects of structural engineering work for Subsea Structures and Construction Structural Engineering. \nEnsure compliance with the Contract and Variations in all respects and propose Change Order Requests when potentially deviating from the Contract.\nResponsible for resource allocation of Subsea Structures Detail Design & Construction Structural Design personnel throughout the project.\nDefine role, responsibilities and authorities for reportees.\nDelivering the detail engineering design scopes in accordance with the approved budget and baseline schedule.\nEnsure detail design engineering activities are performed in compliance with MDR Quality Management System Procedures and project specific procedures/plans. \nMonitor and manage the detail engineering design risk profile & mitigation measures with assistance from relevant departments.\nPerforms fabrication support engineering, and offshore installation support engineering.\nEnsures that QA & HSE policies and practices are properly administered and executed\nKeep the Project Engineering Manager apprised of activities and concerns. \nEstablish and maintain technical and professional standards within his/her team and ensuring that the work complies with Company objectives and specs/procedures. \nIdentify and plan contingency measures and procedures. Apply Lessons Learnt.\nAssist in developing engineering and procedures specific to the project. \nMaintain close co-ordination with other engineering disciplines, planning and fabrication as required. \nEnsure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified. Coordinate material control requirements and maintains agreed material order release dates, ensures standards are followed.\nParticipate in internal, client and third party technical audit on engineering deliverables and vendor documents.\nCoordinate with Geotechnical design engineering team for scope of work related to the subsea structures\nPrepares engineering estimates, and engineering proposals.\nParticipate in the preparation of detailed Structural/Piping Engineering scope, schedule and estimates. Plan discipline level 4 detail deliverable schedule / register compliant with the overall execution plan.\nPlan manpower and resources based on the project schedule. \nMaintain responsibility for the engineering integrity of the design group.\nReview scope of work, attend kick-off meeting and highlight any major concerns at the outset of the project by apprising the Project Engineering Manager / Project Engineers. Take appropriate initiatives to address the issues. \nCo-ordination and management of the assigned Discipline Engineers and Designers to ensure adequate staffing, technical quality, timely work performance and schedules and budgets established are maintained in accordance with fabrication standards, Level 2 procedures and to a high professional standard. Review the work of the personnel assigned to him/her for adequacy, technical quality and fit for purpose.\nCo-ordination of design requirements with other Disciplines, Customers and the vendors. \nReview contract requirements for project execution, organize the preparation of the deliverables list, identify requirements and scope of work\nReview and prepare engineering design basis for all projects, Analysis of structures for in-service and pre-service conditions and detailed steel work design. \nProvide guidance on preparing structural and piping general arrangements, basic schemes for fabrication and installation. Establish contract review criteria, identify and resolve discrepancies and divergences from original proposal through the instigation of technical queries to projects/client.\nSupervise engineering design calculations and analysis of structural and marine items in accordance with Australian and International codes and standards, and project requirements.\nLead and perform concept and detailed design of installation aids for offshore operations, grillage and seafastening.\nLead and perform vessel and barge structural integrity checks on basis of project requirements.\nReview and approval of all documents produced by his/her team and ensuring that the single discipline/inter-discipline checking is carried out as per the Company procedures.\nReview and approve all detailed drawings/ project weight control report ensuring technical correctness, professional presentation and that fabrication and installation requirements are satisfied. \nReview multidiscipline deliverables, vendor data. Provide comments to ensure all interfaces are detailed clash free.\nReview comments from clients & other agencies on documents and drawings produced by the discipline engineers, resolve and give guidance on updating and incorporating comments.\nAssisting procurement personnel in procuring structural material/ items through review of material requisitions for structural items and review structural vendor data for correctness and adequacy of input to design. Perform TBE on structural items from vendors as project requirements. \nMonitor changes in scope and raise change notifications. \nProvide technical support to all fabrication queries. Identify defect / rectification requirements.\nMonitor additional construction engineering requirements. Review the same with the Lead Construction Engineer, Production Engineer and Offshore operations engineers.\nAdministratively Reports to: Project Engineering Manager\nFunctionally Reports to: Functional Engineering Manager\nSupervises: Structural Engineer, Discipline Engineers and Designers within the group\nLiaisesWith: PMT, Other engineering disciplines, Fabrication, Client, third parties\n Essential Qualifications and Education:\nBachelor’s Degree in Civil, Mechanical or Structural Engineering\nOver 15+ years of experience in Structural engineering design with at least 5 years applicable experience in subsea structures and piping design and construction.\nPreferred Qualifications and Education:\nAt least 2 years as a Lead Engineer on a subsea structures design project. \nCapable of leading work on medium to large size projects or areas within larger projects.\nDetailed knowledge of all design techniques and analysis methods. Detailed knowledge of fabrication yard procedures and offshore equipment. Familiarity with heavy lift, weighing and load out. Experience in standard structural and FEA software such as SACS, ANSYS/Abaqus \nFamiliarity with structural and/or mechanical engineering and equipment used in the O&G industry offshore, e.g. vessel codes, standards and specifications.\nWhat you can expect from us.\nEligible employees will be entitled to benefits including -\nHalf day Friday’s\nIncome Protection Insurance\nLife insurance\n14 weeks primary / 2 weeks secondary carer paid parental leave\nCompetitive offshore and onshore allowances\nDiscounted gym membership\nFlexible Work Arrangements\nSalary sacrifice\nNovated leasing options\nWellness Program and Employee Assistance program\nEducational and leadership development opportunities\nPrivate Health Insurance Subsidy of up to $2,500 per year","description_format":"text","description_chars":7946,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":2,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Gym membership","Health insurance","Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Hydrogen Energy","Alternative Fuels"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T04:29:07Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.624,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":140,"expected_fill_days":62,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-08T05:49:30Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/mcdermott-senior-principal-structural-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/mcdermott-senior-principal-structural-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-09T04:15:34Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3804,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1196,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1877428},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1877428"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmcdermott-senior-principal-structural-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmcdermott-senior-principal-structural-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmcdermott-senior-principal-structural-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/mcdermott-senior-principal-structural-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmcdermott-senior-principal-structural-engineer"}]}