Description

The Principal Engineer, Outfitting oversees designing, reviewing, and carrying out engineering and technical tasks. The role offers guidance and expertise to the engineering team and supports engineers in developing technical and operationally sound solutions. This position is responsible for ensuring the overall technical compliance of the design, ensuring it is safe, functional, and meets customer and class standards.

Note: Due to business needs, this position must be fully on-site at 2 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver. 

What you'll do

• Provides engineering and design expertise in Marine Outfitting Systems, including fire protection, insulation, structural openings, stairs, handrails, paint, gratings, lifesaving gear, cranes, winches, davits, and interior joiner design. Prepare design and calculation packages for contract compliance.
• Analyzes information, identifies methods, processes, steps, and needed plant, machinery, and equipment to design and improve manufacturing or material systems, ensuring the final product meets cost and quality standards.
• Designs engineering solutions and validates the process to achieve a design brief that meets organizational and regulatory standards. Provides technical authority, delegates to engineers, and approves changes to requirements.
• Analyzes information, drafts engineering standards and specifications, and assesses the effectiveness of these standards within one's engineering discipline to ensure work meets quality requirements. Provides guidance on engineering tasks for the organization and its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Performs inspections to assess the quality of complex, large-scale engineering projects or the integrity of existing extensive installations or structures and determines the necessary remedial actions to ensure compliance with specifications and regulations.
• Establishes maturity targets and reviews completion at gate reviews.
• Uncovered emerging issues or needs, identifying potential causes, barriers, and key stakeholders, as well as related topics.  
• Performs additional duties as assigned. 

Requirements

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant engineering subject area, Master’s degree preferred.
• Professional Engineering designation in the Province of British Columbia is optional.
• Minimum 15 years of post-secondary experience in ship operations, in-service support, and/or ship design and construction environments; 20+ years preferred.
• Understanding of CADMATIC, ShipConstructor, AutoCAD, document control systems, and databases.
• Knowledge of MRP, purchasing, and management systems is preferred.
• Experience in complex vessel integration.
• Experience in supervising and developing personnel, with the ability to guide and mentor team members.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with experience in diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
• Analytical skills to gather, analyze, or synthesize data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy as part of the collective analysis or synthesis process.
• Technical writing skills, including the ability to produce and present clear, detailed technical specifications, procedures, and reports.
• Critical thinker capable of analyzing change requests, projects, and designs to identify potential schedule or budget risks.
• Ability to work independently and offer technical guidance on testing, evaluating, and enhancing engineering results.
• Committed to maintaining high safety standards and following all safety laws and policies.
• Proficient in computer skills and familiar with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.