Principal Structural Engineer

Fremantle Ports; Fremantle; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Flexible working arrangements

Generous annual leave

Salary packaging benefits

Training & development

Health and wellbeing program

Employee support program

Job summary

Fremantle Ports is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer in Fremantle, WA, to lead the Kwinana Bulk Terminal Redevelopment. The role demands senior technical leadership across major resources, industrial, marine or complex capital projects, ensuring safety, functionality and long-term asset performance.

You will provide strategic structural engineering direction, govern standards, oversee risk management and review critical deliverables across design, construction, commissioning and handover,

Qualifications

• Significant structural engineering design experience within major resources, industrial, marine or capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior technical authority on complex infrastructure projects.
• Extensive experience leading engineering teams and managing external engineering consultants.
• Strong capability in engineering governance, technical assurance and engineering risk management.
• Experience influencing strategic project decisions at senior leadership level.
• Ability to navigate complex technical interfaces across engineering, operations, maintenance and asset management.
• Bulk materials handling project experience would be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural engineering across all phases of the Kwinana Bulk Terminal Redevelopment.
• Act as the project's senior technical authority for structural engineering matters.
• Lead engineering optioneering and the technical evaluation of major engineering solutions.
• Govern engineering standards, technical requirements, assurance, verification and validation.
• Review and approve key engineering deliverables as the project progresses through stage gates.
• Provide technical oversight during detailed design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Lead the management of structural engineering risks and complex multidisciplinary design issues.
• Set technical and performance requirements for procurement activities and evaluate consultant and contractor submissions.
• Provide authoritative technical advice to Project Directors, Steering Committees and Executive stakeholders.
• Direct consultants, contractors and engineering resources working across the project.

Skills

Structural design leadership

Senior technical authority

Governance & risk

Stakeholder leadership

Infrastructure projects

Job description

Job Description

Fremantle Ports is seeking an experienced Principal Structural Engineer to join the Kwinana Bulk Terminal Redevelopment (KBT) team. This is a senior technical leadership opportunity for an accomplished structural engineer with strong experience delivering major resources, industrial, marine or complex capital projects.

The Opportunity

This role will place you at the centre of a complex major project, providing strategic structural engineering leadership and ensuring technical solutions deliver the required standards of safety, functionality, operability, maintainability and whole-of-life asset performance.

Your Day-to-Day Impact

• Lead structural engineering across all phases of the Kwinana Bulk Terminal Redevelopment.
• Act as the project's senior technical authority for structural engineering matters.
• Lead engineering optioneering and the technical evaluation of major engineering solutions.
• Govern engineering standards, technical requirements, assurance, verification and validation.
• Review and approve key engineering deliverables as the project progresses through stage gates.
• Provide technical oversight during detailed design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Lead the management of structural engineering risks and complex multidisciplinary design issues.
• Set technical and performance requirements for procurement activities and evaluate consultant and contractor submissions.
• Provide authoritative technical advice to Project Directors, Steering Committees and Executive stakeholders.
• Direct consultants, contractors and engineering resources working across the project.

The Expertise You Bring

We are looking for a highly experienced structural engineering professional who understands the demands and complexity of delivering major capital projects.

You will bring:

• Significant structural engineering design experience within major resources, industrial, marine or capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior technical authority on complex infrastructure projects.
• Extensive experience leading engineering teams and managing external engineering consultants.
• Strong capability in engineering governance, technical assurance and engineering risk management.
• Experience influencing strategic project decisions at senior leadership level.
• The ability to navigate complex technical interfaces across engineering, operations, maintenance and asset management.
• Bulk materials handling project experience would be highly regarded.

What We Offer

Join Fremantle Ports and be part of a proud organisation with a rich history and culture that makes a significant contribution to the WA economy. Primarily based in Fremantle you’ll enjoy a unique workplace with stunning ocean views, rich heritage and striking architecture in the heart of the Victoria Quay precinct, which is currently undergoing exciting revitalisation.

• Free onsite parking and access to an onsite gym
• Flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance
• Generous annual leave provisions
• Salary packaging benefits
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• A comprehensive health, wellbeing and employee support program
• The opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of one of Western Australia's leading ports.

Get to Know Us

Fremantle Ports is a commercially successful Government Trading Enterprise and one of Western Australia’s most important trade gateways, facilitating more than $45 billion in trade each year. We are driven by our CARE values: Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence; guiding how we work, deliver results, and support our people and community. The KBT Redevelopment Project is a major project expanding our marine and landside facilities in Kwinana.

Closing Date: 30/10/2026 at 5:00pm AWST.

Fremantle Ports is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture, underpinned by our Values of Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. We strive to attract, develop, and retain a high-performing workforce by providing supportive pathways and development opportunities. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged.