Principal Engineer

Overview
Aibel is a leading service company within the oil, gas and offshore wind industries. We provide our customers with optimal and innovative solutions within engineering, construction, modifications and maintenance throughout a project’s entire life cycle. Aibel's 4000 skilled employees are located close to our customers at the company’s offices in Norway and South East Asia. In addition, we operate two modern yards in Haugesund and in Thailand, with complete prefabrication and construction capabilities.
Job details
Principal Engineer (Material)
Responsibilities
Report to the Section Manager - System Engineering at basis level and to the Project Engineering Manager at project level.
Act as the single point of contact for the Material Technology Discipline and support the project team during Tenders or Conceptual, FEED or Detailed Engineering phases.
Be responsible for the cost-effective selection of materials and corrosion management framework to ensure integrity of materials applied in company projects through project lifecycle phases in compliance with relevant client requirements.
Review and provide inputs on metallurgy related technical matters during the development of equipment and bulk material specifications and review of bidder offers for packages.
Implement Company work processes, procedures and quality policies as required by project.
Adhere to Company contractual requirements, Scope Boundaries and support the Project Engineering Manager with the Management of change on assigned areas.
Be responsible for the technical integrity of all Material Technology design activities and deliverables under his/ her supervision through the project lifecycle and for the compliance with relevant project performance, integrity, quality and HSE requirements.
Review and provide technical inputs on Material Technology related technical matters to interfacing disciplines, during the development of design on projects.
Manage Material Technology interfaces with equipment and package suppliers to comply with technical requirements, specifications and Client’s Basis of Design, Standards & Project Specifications.
Be responsible for the Engineering for Procurement of packages such as insulation, Passive Fire Protection, painting, etc. and address material supply bidder’s technical clarifications for application aspects of such material.
Support QAQC and review material related deviation requests for the project.
Review project Piping Material specifications and provide technical support to discipline clarifications.
Be responsible for the management of resources and progress of the Material technology scopes and for internal and external deliverables in line with the project budget and schedule.
Ensure that all risks related to his/her area or responsibility are identified, assessed and preventive measures are implemented in a timely manner when required.
Be responsible for the progress of assigned Material Technology scopes, the internal and external deliverables in line with project budget and schedule.
Provide support to the project on verification activities as required by the verification body /classification society or other applicable approving authorities.
Represent the Material Technology discipline during meetings, audits, verifications, workshops and technical reviews and be responsible for an effective and timely resolution of identified issues.
Provide technical support related to Material Technology at the fabrication site, whenever required.
Continuously seek to improve working methods, tools and procedures and contribute actively to the Material Technology Discipline development and experience