Wet Utilities Lead

Job Description

With more than 14000 people around the globe, GHD is one of the world’s 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.

Wet Utilities Lead

The wet utilities lead is ultimately responsible for technical delivery of projects under their specific discipline (Wet infrastructure). The Wet utilities lead possesses excellent communication skills and champions technical competencies.

Responsibilities

• Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems, and procedures, then deliver a plan for a small element of a change management program with guidance from a project/program manager.
• Knowledge Management System: Work within established knowledge management systems to deliver preset outcomes for an area of responsibility.
• Business Requirements Identification: Elicit complex business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure.
• Contract Management: Deliver required outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with contract service providers while working within an established contract management plan.
• Product and Solution Development: Define and deliver products and services that meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
• Understands the wet utilities design and can independently carry out engineering calculations (when needed) for basic wet utilities design. However, will be responsible mainly for QA and providing guidance/mentorship to graduate junior engineers
• Capable of leading complex wet utilities design, inclusive of modelling (such as Bentley WaterCAD etc,), calculations, markups and specifications. Responsible for providing guidance/mentorship to senior engineers
• Develop engineered solutions for linear infrastructures, dynamic models for the following services Stormwater, Stormwater pumping stations, gravity networks, rising mains, sewage pumping stations, irrigation networks, potable networks, potable pump stations, basic effluent treatment, stormwater retention systems
• Have sound understanding of authorities approval process and ability to gain approvals on your own design outputs
• Must have the ability to estimate accurate hours required to complete specific tasks
• Confident in allocating workload to junior engineers whilst maintaining a self-utilization of minimum 85%
• Manage the achievement of utilization targets, maximizing financial performance through effective performance conversations and active leave management.
• Responsible for ensuring we have the ‘right’ technical capability at set-up and these resources are committed for the duration of the project.
• Collaborate with Technical Service Leaders, and contribute to Delivery; Transformation initiatives, to drive continuous efficiency and quality improvements through the Service Group.
• Support Business Group Leader and Technical Service Leader with recruitment of new capabilities aligned with strategy.
• Understanding of BIM modelling environment and Civil 3D and the challenges faced by modelling
  
  

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Proven experience in delivering infrastructure projects.
• Provide experience in independently delivering infrastructure projects within UAE
• Proven experience in achieving project performance and utilization targets.
• Excellent understanding of authorities approvals process
• Strong record of delivering technical excellence.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong relationship building and influencing skills.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills (if you are able to demonstrate succession planning this will be highly valued)
• Relevant technical background and experience
  
  

Note: This role is a technical leadership role and is most suited for engineers who would like to pursue a technical career path where technical delivery of projects remains at the forefront of their growth. This role offers significant career growth, with the possibility of being promoted to a technical director. If your aspirations are for other forms of leadership, please do not apply for this position.

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