Principal Maritime & Coastal Engineer

KBR, Inc.; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Rostered time off

Support for professional development

Job summary

A respected engineering firm in Adelaide is looking for a Principal Maritime & Coastal Engineer to join their National Maritime Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the design and planning of large-scale maritime projects across various sectors, including defence and sustainability. Candidates should have significant experience in marine engineering and project management. The role allows for flexible working arrangements and provides meaningful career development opportunities, working alongside highly skilled professionals.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in design, evaluation on ports and marine structures.
• Ability to actively engage with clients and pursue opportunities.
• Familiarity with Australian design codes and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and planning activities for maritime facilities.
• Deliver concept designs to construction phase support.
• Mentor and guide less experienced colleagues.

Skills

Design of ports and marine structures

Coastal modelling software

Project management

Client engagement

Education

Tertiary degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Chartered Professional Engineer or eligibility

Job description

Principal Maritime & Coastal Engineer

Maritime at KBR is growing and we currently have an opportunity for a Principal Maritime & Coastal Engineer to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the most talented and respected engineering teams in Australia. Working within our National Maritime Team, you will be involved with the design and planning activities for large-scale multi-discipline maritime facilities for a variety of industries, including defence, local government, state government, ports, and sustainability (hydrogen terminals). You will apply your existing experience across these different industries and lead the technical delivery of new and interesting projects. You will be supported by and get to work with a range of other disciplines across KBR and other partners.

While you may know some of our more high-profile projects, such as the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine facility upgrades (HMAS Stirling, Perth), we do much more than just defence. Our team works on large-scale clean energy (Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub, Adelaide), boating infrastructure (Clump Point Boat Ramp, North Queensland), wharf and port infrastructure (Port of Brisbane, Wharf 11 & 12), and remediation of valuable public assets (Central Pier, Melbourne).

This role will see you leveraging your existing maritime & coastal engineering experience to deliver everything from concept designs through to construction phase support. While this is primarily a technical role, your experience in project management, design management and business development will also be useful.

Preference is for the successful candidate to be based in our KBR Fortitude Valley Queensland office; however other KBR office locations may be considered.

Who are you?

Our Principal Engineers bring extensive experience operating at a principal or equivalent level in complex engineering environments with the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience in the design, evaluation and reporting on ports, harbours, coastal works, marine structures and dredging
• Significant experience with coastal modelling and/or structural modelling software
• Significant experience working with the local governments, port clients and/or the Defence sector
• Familiarity with Australian design codes and guidelines
• Actively driving innovation within the team and providing supervision, guidance and mentoring to less experienced colleagues
• Ability to project manage and/or design manage large maritime projects; or teams within larger multidisciplinary projects.
• Ability to actively engage with clients, pursue and position for opportunities and leverage existing connections to win work
• Chartered Professional Engineer (or ability to get chartership within an agreed timeframe)
• Tertiary degree qualifications in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Eligibility for Australian Government security clearance

Don't meet every requirement? That's OK. We are growing our team with a range of diverse and varied professionals. If you don't meet the experience above, but still think you can contribute to the team, we encourage you to apply and have a chat to us.

Benefits Of KBR

• Flexible working arrangements, including working from home and choosing hours that suit you (nominally 2 days WFH per week).
• Rostered time off in the form of an extra day of accrued flexible leave every month
• Support to attend conferences, networking events, and technical training
• Large enough to be involved with significant projects, but small enough to make a difference
• An opportunity to work with technically eminent professionals
• Work on projects that make a real difference, and gain experience you wouldn't get anywhere else

About KBR

KBR have been established for over 100 years and we pride ourselves on being an innovative and forward-thinking company. We have been involved with some of the biggest projects in Australia and have a reputation for delivering on challenging and complex engineering challenges. We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world.

You will be a part of Infrastructure Solutions Australia. See here for an overview of what we do: https://kbr.foleon.com/is-australia/who-we-are/

How to Apply

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