Principal Consultant & Team Lead

Job Description

BMT is a leading global consultancy in design, engineering, science, and risk management in the maritime sector, known for excellence and innovation.

With 1,300+ experts across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, we help clients make informed decisions by delivering practical solutions, with the environment and sustainability at their core. As an employee-owned company, we reinvest profits into technology, strategic growth, and profit sharing, driving a safer, more efficient future.

Join BMT Singapore as a Principal Consultant Engineer and Team Leader, supporting our Maritime team and wider Singapore and Australia business. This role is ideal for an experienced maritime engineering leader with a passion for growth, a background in consulting and seeking to make an impact on a global scale.

Our Singapore team works on a diverse portfolio of projects, providing technical expertise in the engineering design of maritime civil structures such as jetties, wharves, breakwaters, quay walls, and coastal protection works—from concept through detailed design. We proudly champion innovative and sustainable solutions, including nature-based designs and climate resilience measures, aligned with industry best practices.

You will be based in our Singapore office on Alexandra Road, working in a hybrid model. Please note that travel to customer sites or in-person meetings will be required.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Apply a business development mindset: understand markets and customers, identify opportunities, and shape proposals to improve win rates.
• Be accountable for work-winning actions: support negotiations, secure opportunities, and manage a pipeline in line with budgets.
• Lead with a focus on building a positive, high-performing, and inclusive team culture.
• Line manage team members, including performance reviews, career development, and wellbeing.
• Assist with the management and delivery of projects covering the whole life cycle of civil and structural design of marine infrastructure development. Including site selection, feasibility and concept studies, basic or front-end engineering design with bid documents, detailed design, construction supports and managements, with
• Be exposed to the project delivery of dredging, site investigations and surveys, geotechnical engineering, and hydrographic surveys.
• Perform professional technical work independently, with a focus on structural design for marine and maritime structures.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams—including geotechnical, meteorological, oceanographic, environmental engineers and M&E works —to deliver integrated solutions for clients.

About you

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Demonstrated experience and passion for growth and business development.
• Proven technical expertise in maritime or coastal engineering with 10-15 years prior experience in the industry.
• Strong understanding of consultancy operations, including work-winning and project delivery.
• Previous experience in an engineering consultancy environment.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or a related discipline. A Master's degree is preferred.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle: site selection, environmental investigations, design development, permitting, construction, and operations.
• Resident Engineer (RE) registration (advantageous).
• Unrestricted working rights in Singapore.

Why Work with Us?

At BMT, we value flexibility, career growth, and an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives thrive.

• We offer remote, hybrid, and part-time work options, with offices across APAC. We’re proudly ‘flexified’ with Flexa!
• Our industry competitive benefits include a competitive salary offering, performance bonuses, and companywide bonuses as part of being an employee benefits trust
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We invest in learning and development to help you grow.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at our core. We foster a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported, promoting innovation, collaboration, and respect.

Our values—Trust, Innovation, Passion, Respect, and Collaboration—define who we are and how we work.
Please note that we will be shut down from 24 December 2025 and will return to the office on Monday the 5th of January 2026. Please expect a slowdown in responses during this time.

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