Principal Project Engineer (Eng)
Company: McDermott
Role summary
Principal Project Engineer (Eng) is a full-time role at McDermott in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (on-site). Posted 2026-08-11. Experience level: 10+.
- Job title
- Principal Project Engineer (Eng)
- Company
- McDermott
- Location
- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Experience level
- 10+
- Date posted
- 2026-08-11
Job description
Job Overview:
The Principal Project Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex project engineering-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Project Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of project engineering. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in project engineering as well as broad knowledge of the project engineering discipline within the engineering function.
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