Sr Engineer - PDM - Structures

Buro Happold; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel within India

Exposure to large-scale projects

Job summary

Buro Happold in India is seeking a Senior Engineer - PDM to work on large, multi-disciplinary projects across airports, commercial, residential, cultural and sport sectors. The role is based in India with travel within the country for site visits and meetings.

You will lead design and consultancy within a project team, coach junior staff, manage technical and commercial outcomes, drive risk management, QA, and client engagement in a global matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced Sr Engineer with 6+ years delivery track record.
• Excellent command of business communication.
• Preferably worked on international projects.
• Proficient in a global matrix organisation.
• Degree in Civil/Structures and professional accreditation required.
• Proven experience as lead designer and/or project manager on large, multi-discipline projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, analysis and consultancy on projects as guided by PL/PD.
• Coach, mentor and support junior employees to maximise effectiveness.
• Establish internal and external networks to contribute to work winning and repeat business.
• Collaborate with multi-discipline teams including architects, specialists and clients.
• Produce reports, presentations, models and drawings; adhere to QA processes.
• Maintain CPD and seek productivity improvements across procedures and systems.

Skills

innovative solutions

risk identification

communication

digital tools and computational eng

project reviews

sector trends

client needs

team engagement

knowledge sharing

Education

Degree in Civil/Structures

Professional accreditation

Job description

Job Summary

The purpose of this role is to work within the practice on some of our large multi-disciplinary projects in India. These projects will be projects of significant scale and value and will vary in nature including airports, commercial, residential, cultural, and sport. The position will be based in India but will involve travel within the country for site visits and meetings.

Your next role

The role of an Sr Engineer - PDM can be very varied, duties will include but are not limited to:

• Working within an agreed budget, raising and/or resolving any budgetary concerns and ensuring profit targets are maintained.
• Drafting fee proposals, negotiating additional fees with the client, where appropriate.
• Autonomously representing Buro Happold and providing consultancy advice to clients, architects and collaborators.
• Attending and chairing meetings with architects, planners, contractors, government agencies etc. in a consultative capacity as part of a single and/or multi-disciplinary team.
• Be alert to commercial risks and opportunities and take immediate and necessary action to manage.
• Driving project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes and undertaking reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation.
• Ensure risks are proactively identified, assessed and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project.

Leadership

• Lead the design, analysis and consultancy on projects as guided by the PL/PD.
• Coach, mentor and support junior employees to ensure they can be as effective and successful, as possible.

Collaboration

• Establish a strong internal and external network to contribute to work winning through bidding for projects and repeat work. Where appropriate, set personal work winning targets and promote other Buro Happold service offerings.
• Work in a multi-discipline environment interfacing with and delivering projects through the wider team (core disciplines, specialists, architects and client).

Technical Competence

• Propose multiple creative solutions to challenges, articulating and documenting the benefits/shortfalls of each to the client while taking into consideration other disciplines requirements.
• Produce reports, presentations, models and drawings as required.
• Understand and follow all of Buro Happold's internal quality assurance procedures, ensuring that they are rigorously applied across all projects; actively seek to improve processes and engage with the QA team to implement these.
• Ensure maintenance of ongoing learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Continually look to enhance productivity through improved processes, procedures and systems.

Your Skills and Experience

As an experienced Sr Engineer - PDM, we would expect that you will be able to demonstrate:

Required Skills

• innovative solutions
• risk identification
• communication
• digital tools and computational engineering methods
• project reviews
• sector trends
• client needs
• team engagement
• knowledge sharing

Required Experience

• Experienced technical and project design delivery; track-record of exceptional delivery over a sustained period within the industry (typically 6+ years).
• Must have excellent command on business communication.
• Preferably have worked on international projects.
• Must be proficient in a global matrix organisation.

Required Qualifications and Accreditations

• Degree in Engineering in Civil/Structures discipline
• Professional Accreditation of a recognised and relevant organisation
• Proven experience in a comparable role as a lead designer and/or project manager on large, complex, multi-discipline projects
• Strong facilitation and team leadership capability
• Effective communication capability
• Understanding of relevant policy and regulation
• Strong external network to support you in the role