Team Lead Maritime/Principal Maritime Engineer

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Team Lead Maritime / Principal Maritime Engineer

Perth, WA

Help shape the future of maritime infrastructure in Western Australia.

We're looking for a Team Lead Maritime / Principal Maritime Engineer to play a key role in expanding our maritime presence in WA while contributing to a diverse portfolio of nationally significant maritime, coastal and defence infrastructure projects.

Working closely with maritime specialists and leaders across our national business, you'll help strengthen our presence in the WA market while supporting project delivery across Australia. This is an opportunity to combine technical excellence, industry engagement and leadership within a collaborative and growing maritime capability.

Importantly, this role offers flexibility in how you create value. We recognise that senior maritime professionals bring different strengths, experiences and interests—whether that's technical leadership, project delivery, client engagement, mentoring, work winning or strategy. Rather than expecting one person to do everything, we're committed to shaping the role around the expertise and passions you bring, supported by a connected network of maritime professionals across the business.

The Opportunity:

• Play a key role in establishing and growing KBR's maritime presence in Western Australia.

• Contribute to major ports, harbours, coastal and defence infrastructure projects across Australia.

• Work alongside experienced maritime professionals from across the broader business.

• Build trusted client relationships and support the development of new opportunities.

• Provide technical leadership and share your expertise with developing engineers.

• Influence the future direction of our maritime capability while continuing to develop your own career.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Depending on your experience and interests, your role may include:

• Providing technical leadership across maritime and coastal engineering projects.

• Supporting the delivery of major projects across our national maritime portfolio.

• Leading or supporting project management and multidisciplinary project delivery.

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and industry stakeholders.

• Contributing to business development activities, bids and strategic pursuits.

• Mentoring and developing engineers across the broader maritime community.

• Collaborating closely with the National Maritime leadership team to support business growth and project opportunities.

• Delivering studies, designs, technical reports, specifications and documentation for maritime and coastal infrastructure projects.

• Promoting quality, safety and engineering excellence across project delivery.

About You:

We're interested in speaking with experienced maritime engineers who combine strong technical capability with a collaborative approach to leadership and relationship building.

You'll likely bring:

• A Bachelor Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.

• Significant experience in maritime and coastal engineering.

• Experience in the design, assessment and delivery of ports, harbours and marine infrastructure.

• Strong consulting, engineering or project delivery experience.

• The ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Experience leading projects, mentoring engineers or providing technical leadership.

• A collaborative mindset and passion for developing capability and sharing knowledge.

• Eligibility to work on Australian Defence-related projects. Australian Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain relevant security clearances will be highly regarded.

Highly Regarded

• Chartered Engineer (CPEng) status or eligibility.

• Experience using structural and maritime engineering software such as Strand7, STAAD.Pro, SESAM and/or OPTIMOOR.

• Experience working within Defence, transport, infrastructure or related industries.

Why Join KBR?

At KBR, our Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) business delivers engineering, advisory and project solutions across some of Australia's most important infrastructure and defence programs. Our maritime specialists work alongside clients to plan, design and deliver ports, harbours, coastal and marine infrastructure that support communities, industry and national capability.

Joining KBR means becoming part of a collaborative and purpose-driven organisation where technical excellence, integrity and teamwork are at the heart of everything we do.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Shape a role that leverages your unique strengths, experience and professional interests.

• Be part of a collaborative national maritime team that values knowledge sharing, innovation and technical excellence.

• Work flexibly across a diverse range of projects, clients and industries within Australia's growing maritime sector.

• Influence strategic decisions and contribute to the continued growth and direction of KBR's maritime capability.

• Expand your professional network through engagement with industry leaders, clients and multidisciplinary project teams.

• Access ongoing learning, leadership development and support for professional accreditation and career progression.

• Enjoy a culture that empowers you to take ownership of your career while being supported by experienced leaders and colleagues.

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 maritime infrastructure in Western Australia while working on nationally significant projects and collaborating with talented professionals across Australia, we'd love to hear from you.

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

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