Principal Subsea Engineer

Job Overview: The Principal Subsea Engineering is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex pipeline-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Subsea Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of pipeline advanced analysis related engineering. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in pipeline FEA and advanced analysis engineering as well as broad knowledge of the Subsea engineering discipline within the engineering function. Job Responsibility: Technical Leadership & Engineering Act as a subject matter expert in pipeline advanced engineering. Solve complex engineering challenges independently and recommend best practices. Develop, review, and approve engineering philosophies, specifications, design reports, procedures, and calculations. Ensure engineering integrity, quality, and compliance with project and contractual requirements. Lead technical reviews, interdisciplinary checks, and design verification activities. Project Execution & Coordination Understand project scope, schedules, specifications, and deliverables. Identify risks, technical issues, and scope changes early, raising change notices and variation orders where required. Coordinate closely with engineering disciplines, project management, fabrication, marine, planning, and procurement teams. Participate in project kick-off meetings, design reviews, vendor meetings, and offshore surveys. Procurement & Vendor Management Support procurement activities by preparing requisitions and evaluating technical bids. Review and approve vendor and subcontractor documentation. Ensure purchased equipment and services meet project specifications and customer requirements. Monitor vendor deliverables and closeout documentation. Construction & Fabrication Support Provide technical support during fabrication and installation. Respond to fabrication queries and support defect assessment and rectification activities. Review construction sequences and project schedules to ensure engineering alignment. Quality, Compliance & Customer Interface Ensure compliance with company procedures, industry standards, and customer specifications. Participate in technical quality audits and certification reviews. Interface with customers, certifying authorities, auditors, and third parties to resolve technical issues. Maintain documentation of significant technical decisions and communications. Planning, Reporting & Cost Control Prepare engineering estimates, work-hour forecasts, and bid proposal inputs. Monitor engineering progress, productivity, and costs. Keep management informed of technical, budget, schedule, and resource concerns. People Development & Knowledge Management Mentor and supervise junior engineers. Provide technical training and guidance on procedures, software, calculations, and industry standards. Capture lessons learned and contribute to organizational knowledge databases. Support development of company standards, procedures, software tools, and industry initiatives (e.g., API committees). Contribute to employee performance feedback and professional development activities. Assist the Discipline manager in interviewing job applicants. Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve the following for pipelines and their components: Material specifications and datasheets. Fabrication specifications. Installation specifications. Pipeline advanced FEA, design and installation analyses. Material takeoffs. Pipeline reports and installation manuals. Perform, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve the following designs, analyses, and evaluations for pipelines and their components: Wall thickness designs. On-bottom stability analyses. Pipeline cathodic protection designs. Free-span analyses. Pipeline expansion and rigid riser stress analyses using finite element analysis (FEA) tools. Route selection designs. Bottom roughness evaluations. Crossing support designs. Dropped object protection structure designs. Clamp designs. Subsea structure designs. Shore approach designs. Onshore pipeline designs. Pipeline local and global buckling mitigation designs. Pipeline seismic analyses. Installation analyses. Pipeline Lateral Buckling and Walking Analysis When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition: Act as project-based Discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with Customer counterparts. Ensure substantive communications are documented. Prepare bids and project Discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required. Identify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineers' skill sets and provide requests to the Discipline manager. Plan, organize, and assign tasks, responsibilities, and workhour budgets to the discipline team, and verify tasks are completed within budgets. Plan Discipline Level 4 detail deliverable schedule