Title:

Principal Coastal Engineer

Lead Complex Coastal & Maritime Projects Across Australia

Are you an experienced Maritime & Coastal Engineer looking to step into a nationally influential technical leadership role?

We are seeking a Principal Maritime & Coastal Engineer to join a highly regarded engineering team in Sydney, leading the delivery of complex maritime infrastructure projects while helping shape the future direction of the maritime business across Australia and the broader APAC region.

This is an opportunity to combine technical excellence, project leadership, mentoring, innovation, and client engagement within a collaborative environment that delivers high-profile port, coastal, marine and waterfront infrastructure projects.

The Opportunity:

As a Principal Maritime & Coastal Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and project oversight across a diverse portfolio of maritime and coastal engineering projects. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, clients and industry stakeholders while contributing to the growth and advancement of maritime engineering capability nationally and internationally.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Leading the design and delivery of maritime and coastal engineering projects
• Managing project scope, schedules, budgets and technical quality outcomes
• Providing technical oversight and review of engineering designs and documentation
• Developing and mentoring engineers across the broader maritime team
• Building strong relationships with clients, authorities and project stakeholders
• Supporting proposal development, bids and business growth initiatives
• Contributing to innovation, digital engineering and AI-enabled solutions within the maritime sector
• Driving technical excellence, best practice and capability development across the business
• Collaborating with national and international technical specialists on major projects and strategic initiatives.

About You:

You will be a recognised maritime engineering professional with strong technical capability, leadership experience and a passion for mentoring and developing others.

You'll likely bring:

• Degree qualifications in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Extensive experience within maritime and coastal engineering
• Experience across one or more of the following areas:
• Maritime structures
• Coastal modelling
• Dredging
• Strong project leadership and project management experience
• Experience delivering engineering projects within a consulting environment
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Eligibility for Chartered Professional Engineer status (Engineers Australia)
• RPEQ accreditation, or the ability to obtain accreditation within an agreed timeframe.

Highly regarded experience includes:

• Strand7, SPACE GASS, OPTIMOOR, Delft3D or MIKE software
• Proposal preparation and bid management
• Digital engineering, data analytics, automation or AI applications within infrastructure and engineering environments.

Why Join KBR?

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Work on nationally significant maritime and coastal infrastructure projects
• Influence technical standards and engineering best practice across a growing business
• Lead and mentor talented engineering teams
• Contribute to innovation and emerging technologies within the maritime sector
• Collaborate with industry-leading specialists across Australia and internationally
• Play a key role in shaping future maritime engineering capability and strategy.

If you're looking for a senior leadership opportunity where you can combine technical expertise, client engagement and strategic influence, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Values:

We Value Our People – We respect, trust, and empower our people to reach their full potential.

We Deliver – We are committed to excellence and accountability in everything we do.

We Are People of Integrity – We act ethically and responsibly, always.

We Empower – We encourage innovation and give our people the autonomy to succeed.

We Work Together – Collaboration is at the heart of our success as OneKBR.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're looking for an opportunity to influence the future of coastal & maritime infrastructure in Australia while working on nationally significant projects and collaborating with talented professionals across our business, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the future of maritime infrastructure at KBR.

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