LEAD PRINCIPAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Atkins; Riyadh; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Atkins is seeking a Lead Principal Structural Engineer to manage, lead, and develop the Structural Engineering team in Riyadh. The successful candidate will possess over 15 years of experience, demonstrating strong leadership, consulting acumen, and technical expertise. This role involves business development, mentoring, and ensuring high-quality project delivery.

Qualifications

• Over 15 years of consulting experience, including project management.
• Professional Chartered with an internationally recognized institution.
• Strong consulting and business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Structural Engineering team.
• Manage project delivery and maintain quality assurance.
• Mentor team members for career and technical advancement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Management

Project Management

Problem Solving

Education

Masters/Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering

Job description

Support Atkins in managing, leading, and developing the Structural Engineering team to ensure a continued high level of technical creativity, quality and commercial performance.

Become an industry leader within Structural Engineering for Atkins in the Middle East and drive our expertise out into the market both for clients in developing new business opportunities and additionally to peers across the industry.

Experience in design leadership, presentations, collaboration, structural calculations, reports, specifications and overseeing the delivery of our REVIT/BIM teams.

Encourages the development of innovative ideas and approaches in creating competitive advantages, value creating client solutions and in generating new sources of revenue.

Mentor and assist the team members for career development with a particular focus on technical and managerial advancement, employee engagement and instilling a sense of ownership of projects. Identify requirements for skill enhancement.

Speaks and/or presents at internal and/or external conferences/events/client seminars and, depending on the consulting discipline and market sector, may also have works published in professional journals and publications.

Undertake an active role in supporting the Department Directors in the design and operational management of the Middle Eastern team.

Assists on consulting, business development, client development initiatives and portfolios to assist with the development of sustainable and profitable client relationships, new sources of revenue and operational efficiency.

Maintain accurate project records for monthly recording of revenue, forward planning in relation to orderbook and revenue/resource forecasting. Assist with and control the commercial management of the team to ensure costs in line with revenue.

Monitor project progress against expected programmes and manage resource levels accordingly.

Manage project delivery, maintain collaboration of multi-disciplinary design work to ensure efficient, innovative, and coordinated solutions are produced in accordance with the appropriate Quality Management procedures.

Manage coordination of work undertaken by other Atkins business units, external sub-consultants, and third-party design reviewers.

Adapt to different cultures and working environments with the ability to work under pressure, in addition, being flexible to travel across the GCC to support project requirements.

Requirements

We are looking for enthusiastic and creative individuals with good written and verbal communication skills who have the desire to learn, grow and work as part of a team. Typically, our Lead Principals will have the minimum.

Masters/Bachelor s degree in Structural Engineering with >15 years experience.

Professional Chartered with an Internationally recognised institution.

Has significant professional consulting experience of operating within challenging consulting environments and where a significant component of that experience should be from the management and/or solution designs as well as from the management of projects and tenders.

Has widespread experience of taking the lead on consulting projects, motivating teams and in acting as an engineering/technical/functional resource.

Demonstrates strong consulting and business acumen as well as strong engineering, technical and functional acumen, in relevant domains of knowledge.

Good organisational and interpersonal skills and the ability to work well under pressure.

Has excellent English language skills (written and oral), coupled with strong communication (written and oral) and negotiating skills.

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

• LEAD PRINCIPAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

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