Technical Professional Leader

KBR; Chennai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions seeks a Technical Professional Leader to guide a team of engineers and designers through complex projects, ensuring technical excellence and regulatory compliance.

You will provide strategic direction, manage budgets and schedules, review calculations and drawings, mentor staff, and work with clients and stakeholders to deliver on scope, quality, and safety.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering with 10+ years related experience (15+ years avg).
• Strong team management and mentoring capabilities.
• Budget and resource management experience.
• Client relationship management.
• Strategic planning and risk management.
• Decision making and stakeholder communication.
• Quality assurance in project delivery.
• Proven record of project execution and delivery.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and mentor a team of engineers and designers to achieve project objectives.
• Provide technical guidance, engineering direction, and decision-making support to the engineering team.
• Conduct employee performance reviews, coaching, career development, and succession planning.
• Manage engineering resources, budgets, schedules, and project deliverables.
• Ensure engineering deliverables comply with client specifications, codes, standards, and procedures.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, project managers, clients, stakeholders.
• Review and approve engineering calculations, drawings, specifications, and technical reports.
• Monitor project progress and implement corrective actions to meet cost, quality, and schedule targets.
• Support proposal development, manpower planning, and engineering estimation activities.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, productivity enhancements, and best engineering practices.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, quality management, and company policies.

Skills

Team Management & Mentoring

Budget & Resource Management

Client Relationship Management

Strategic Planning

Risk Management

Decision Making

Stakeholder Communication

Quality Assurance

Project Execution & Delivery

Education

Undergraduate degree in Engineering

Job description

Title: Technical Professional Leader

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Under broad direction, supervises and leads a group of engineers. Provides technical direction over a group and is responsible for employee performance appraisals and for coaching and developing lower-level professionals. Plans, budgets, organizations, and controls an important segment of a very extensive and highly diversified engineering program or an entire engineering program of moderate scope. Job role is responsible for a measurable asset such as an assigned staff and budget.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, supervise, and mentor a team of engineers and designers to achieve project objectives.


• Provide technical guidance, engineering direction, and decision-making support to the engineering team.


• Conduct employee performance reviews, coaching, career development, and succession planning activities.


• Manage engineering resources, budgets, schedules, and project deliverables. Plan, organize, and control an important segment of a large and diversified engineering program.


• Ensure engineering deliverables comply with client specifications, industry codes, standards, and company procedures.


• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, project managers, clients, and stakeholders.


• Review and approve engineering calculations, drawings, specifications, and technical reports.


• Monitor project progress and implement corrective actions to meet cost, quality, and schedule targets.


• Support proposal development, manpower planning, and engineering estimation activities.


• Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the project lifecycle.


• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, productivity enhancements, and best engineering practices.


• Ensure compliance with HSE, quality management, and company policies.

Qualifications including Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Skills are typically acquired through an undergraduate degree in Engineering and a minimum of 10 years related experience, with average experience of 15+ years.


• Team Management & Mentoring


• Budget & Resource Management


• Client Relationship Management


• Strategic Planning


• Risk Management


• Decision Making


• Stakeholder Communication


• Quality Assurance


• Project Execution & Delivery

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