Site Structural Engineer

GHD; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

GHD is a global professional services firm with more than 14,000 people, operating across water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. We serve clients across five continents and the Pacific region, with a passion for exceeding expectations and contributing to client success.

We are looking for a Senior Structural Engineer to provide support and assistance to the Resident Engineer and oversee construction-stage processes on the project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required for engineering role.
• General experience of 3–6 years in structural/engineering environments.
• Ability to review designs, participate in QA/QC, and coordinate with teams.

Responsibilities

• Review drawings, reports and specifications to ensure accuracy.
• Review submittals and RFIs; provide actionable comments.
• Coordinate with team members to ensure documentation control.
• Lead QA/QC procedures and ensure compliance on site.
• Review designs and provide input for changes during engineering phase.
• Mentor BIM technicians and graduate engineers.

Skills

Abinitio

Mainframe

HVAC Engineering

Android

Air Conditioning

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

Job description

Description

With more than 14000 people around the globe GHD is one of the worlds leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water energy and resources environment property and buildings and transportation. Serving clients across five continents and the Pacific region GHD people share a passion for exceeding the expectations of our clients and contributing to their success.

We are looking for a Senior Structural Engineer to provide support and assistance to the Resident Engineer and oversee processes associated with the contruction stages of the project.

Responsibilities

• Review drawings reports specifications.
• Review submittals revert with comments ensure comments are addressed.
• Respond to RFIs.
• Attend meetings.
• Coordinate with relevant team members to ensure all documents are properly controlled.
• Review materials and propose alternatives/recommendations.
• Review variations.
• Apply knowledge of Engineering Principles and able to design using all common building materials.
• Report writing and documentation skills.
• Processing construction documentation such as responding to RFIs and commenting on engineering submittals.
• Review engineering designs and provide input on their suitability. Advise on changes if required during the engineering phase.
• Contribute to designs produced by GHD to ensure the contractor has a well-coordinated set of drawings.
• Ensure Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures are followed during project execution.
• Proactively collaborate with other members of the team to deliver innovative and balanced best value solutions that meet the Clients requirements.
• Assist Project Managers in monitoring and driving progress.
• Manage BIM technicians and mentoring graduate engineers.
• Can undertake structural inspections and report on material and construction defects and provide guidance for remedial repairs.
• Any other relevant duties as assigned by Line Manager/RE/PM.
• External Communications: Help others get the most out of external communications systems by offering support and advice.
• Construction Management: Supervise others on a construction project working within established operational systems.
• Health Safety and Environment: Follow the organizations health safety and environment (HSE) policies procedures and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action escalating serious issues as appropriate.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Leadership and Direction: Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the functions strategy and action plan and to the broader organizations mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Performance Management: Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance; or monitor the performance of the team allocate work and review completion take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
• Organizational Capability Building: Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
• Quality Assurance: Plan and coordinate testing and inspection of products and processes. Implement corrective actions or continuous improvement initiatives and monitor them to make sure they are effective.
• Operational Compliance: Identify within the team instances of noncompliance with the organizations policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Help senior colleagues manage client and customer relationships by using relevant sales or client systems.

Education

• Bachelors Degree or Equivalent Level

Experience

• General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)

Take on some of the worlds toughest challenges- with everyone at GHD backing you every step of the way.

At GHD we celebrate the power of a multicultural workforce and champion individual achievement. As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to providing fair and inclusive employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employeesregardless of background identity or experience. We believe that diversity drives innovation and we welcome the unique perspectives that each team member brings to our organization.

Key Skills

• Abinitio
• Mainframe
• HVAC Engineering
• Android
• Air Conditioning

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1