Lead Engineer - Civil SS

Larsen & Toubro


Date: 23 hours ago
City: Sharjah
Contract type: Full time
Job role : Design Lead – Civil & Structural for S/S projects

Reports to (Job – Role): Lead Engineering Manager – Civil & Structural

Reportee (Job – Role): Design Engineers, Draftsmen

Education: B.E. / B. Tech. (Civil) / M. Tech. in Structural Engineering

Experience: Minimum of 6 to10 years of Professional experience, out of which atleast 3 to 5 years to be in LEAD Position. Should have done Civil and Structural design of Substations and Buildings and precast design.

Objective: As the Design Lead – Civil & Structural, the person to do the Design of RCC Buildings as per applicable international codes including ASCE,ACI, and BSEN standard. And should have knowledge of precast design.

Is required to strictly adhere to the schedule of the ongoing projects. He shall also be responsible for adherence to the resource allocated, for self & subordinates, for the project (man-hours) for smooth & timely completion by checking of the designs, drawings and other deliverables for the projects. In addition, he shall be directly responsible for ensuring the submission of deliverables, on time, to the clients. The Design Lead shall be required to provide support for the engineering activities covering the full cycle of works from pre-bid engineering to support during commissioning and warranty periods and to extend support to site team.

Shall lead a team of Engineers and draftspersons to manage the Engineering activities within budget, deliver on time and maintaining a high quality of engineering.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collecting inputs for project details (plot details, feeder arrangements etc.) from client & Project Engineering Manager
  • Collecting inputs for project details (General Arrangement Drawings) from Vendors
  • Preparing civil & structural deliverables for the project scope.
  • Submission of requirement of man-hours for undertaking & reviewing of design & drawings of the project
  • Reviewing of BOQ and submission to contracts team and providing technical clarifications
  • Reviewing of design & drawings, made by Design Engineers & Draftsman & checking of design & calculations and obtaining approvals from the client
  • Coordination with multiple disciplines for ensuring inter-departmental checks
  • Providing support & clarifications to the Site Execution team
  • Checking of pre-award evaluation of vendors (w.r.t. technical specifications requirement of the client) and forwarding the validation document to Supply Chain Management
  • Clarification of conflict w.r.t. the design & requirements of the client to the Site Execution Team

Technical Expertise

The Design Lead is required to have done experience in the following areas :

  • Design of RCC Buildings in Substations and Transformers foundations
  • Design of fire wall, Equipment foundations, Cable Trenches, etc..
  • Site Grading work and retaining wall design.
  • Design of Steel Structures pertaining to Substations
  • Use of International codes & standards (American, Euro, etc.)
  • Required to have hands on experience of design Software viz. STAAD Pro., ETABS.

The Design Lead should also have the basic and detailed understanding of civil & structural drawings of Buildings, Outdoor Structures.

Operating Network

Internally: Head of Engineering, Project Engineering Managers, Design Engineers, Draftsman, Site Execution team & Supply Chain Management team

Externally: Clients (Site Execution & Engineering team), Consultants & Vendors

Key Performance Indicators

  • Productivity Enhancement
  • Cost Control
  • Quality Control
  • Customer Satisfaction (Customer Service Report)
  • Optimization of Layouts
  • Incorporation of Standardization (Eliminating inefficiencies)

Software Skills Required

Proficient in ETABS, SAFE, STAAD Pro.

Awareness in AUTOCAD, REVIT & TEKLA

Behavioural Attributes

  • Market Insight

oMarket Foresight

oLeveraging Opportunities

  • Customer at Core

oSustainable Partnership

oAnticipating Needs

oCustomer Centricity

  • Disruptive Innovation

oChallenge Traditional Approaches

oGenerate Innovative Solutions

oTake Calculated Risks

  • Collaborate and Influence

oInternal Stakeholders

oExternal Stakeholders

  • Language Skill: Fluency in Read, Write and Speak of English Language is must.
  • Preferred Skills : Candidates with experience in Engineering of Projects in Middle East Countries (UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait) , Africa and Asean Countries

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