Principal Construction Engineer/Project Manager

Job Summary

• Designs, evaluates, plans, tests, and operates electrical, electronic, mechanical, and/or computer components, equipment and systems.
• Performs advanced engineering work concerned with the design, evaluation, planning, testing and operation of electrical, electronic, mechanical, and/or computer components, equipment and systems for commercial, government, military and/or scientific uses.
• Directs various tests and analyzes and documents results.
• Identifies, documents, and evaluates clients’ functional requirements.
• Conducts independent technical investigations and provides impact assessments and design recommendations to clients.
• Provides engineering subject matter expertise to assigned clients, and may also advise other internal groups.
• Reviews, writes, and provides updates to technical documentation and provides quality assurance and review of technical reports and documentation written by other engineers.
• Provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced engineers and engineering support staff, and may have supervisory responsibilities.
• Serves as technical team or task lead.
• Recommends major changes in procedures or objectives.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.
• Participates in special projects as required.
• Masters Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10-15 years of related engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer or Registered Architect licensing from any US state, or the equivalent, or
  a Project Management Professional certification with a degree in engineering, architecture,
  construction management, or building science from an Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited university
• Minimum of ten years of experience in engineering practice.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a supervisory or team lead capacity.
• Possess good communication and management skills.
• Capable of developing cross discipline cost estimates.
• Previous experience working in US and Military camps in Kuwait.
• Working under management with not less than 5 years previous performance in similar work.
• Previous experience working with MEW, MPW and MEP and other Kuwaiti ministries.
• Fluent in English and have the ability to speak, read and write functional Arabic.
• Must be able to obtain a Kuwait driving license.
• Must be able to obtain J-2 badge for all Kuwaiti Bases.
• Must have a valid Secret Security Clearance.