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Senior Structural Engineer

India-Mumbai

Req#: 19496BR

Date published: 1-Aug-2014

Opportunity: Experienced Hire

Business Line: Water

Business Plan: ENG

Level: 132

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Engineering Standards: Proactively provides guidance and direction. Interpreting, applying and providing direction to larger assigned tasks. May own the maintaining, updating, and developing engineering standards. Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines. Quality / Continuous Improvement: Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality. Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts. Engineering Production: Accountable for managing engineering design-related aspects of complex project(s) or small multiple projects, including engineering schedule and budget performance, quality of engineering solutions and deliverables, and coordination of design, procurement, and construction. Orchestrates all technical aspects of complex projects and makes project engineering execution decisions within the bounds set by applicable policies, standards, guides and contract commitments. Responsible for the following: leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for projects. Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project. Project Coordination: Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on complex projects. Responsible for coordinating project schedules for multiple disciplines. Client Focus: Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on complex projects. Works to identify future client needs and how to better position B&V for the future. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities. Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: Serves as the senior level technical specialist in a broad area of specialization, or in a narrow but specialized field. Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems. Typical roles include being recognized as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects. Often supports a division chief engineer or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes. People Management: Provides direction to a small size group. Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development. May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning. Resource Management (budgets, tools, processes, project support): Influences and implements resource management strategy. Manages engineering resources for small size and/or less complex group, typically involving one line of business or discipline. Common responsibilities include staffing, recruiting, budgets, tools and/or processes. Resolves resource conflicts and identifies training needs. Administrative responsibilities typically include supervising group operations and budgets. May support IT, office administration, and facilities. Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively developed, implemented, and communicated for workgroup. Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs. May approve timesheets and expense reports. Management Scope Factors: Pending nature of role, scope of influence may include a significant-size group. May Influence costs, productivity, or competitiveness. Geographic responsibility may be for 1+ offices or a small region. Typical scope involves less complex business line or technology responsibility and/or less complex discipline responsibility. Supports mitigation of risk related to projects/technologies.

Minimum Qualifications:
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 15 years related work experience

Preferred Job Qualifications:
• Should have hard core design experience with exposure to water and waste water segment.
• Highly experienced in wide range of areas including design of Reinforced Concrete (RC), steel, pre-stressed concrete (not mandatory), masonry etc for industrial, commercial and/or other infrastructure projects.
• Reasonably good hands-on experience working with various analytical and design software like STAAD Pro/ RISA etc.
• In depth knowledge of various analyses including FE Analysis, dynamic analysis, non-linear analysis, response spectrum analysis, time-history analysis, etc.
• Should have worked in lead roles as a Structural Design Engineer and wants to continue in a technical role
• Understanding and appreciation of various and latest technological trends in construction.
• The candidate should be a technocrat and comfortable working in a design environment, be able mentor design teams, resolve technical queries, competent to check and approve designs.
• Ability to understand, appreciate and adapt to various engineering practices across the globe, exposure to US, Australian and European codes will be an added advantage, though not essential.
• Candidate should have an excellent understanding of the projects requirements and can work towards timely and successful delivery of work by being an important and active contributor.
• Should be able to manage deadlines without compromising on the quality of work.
• Contribute in continually developing structural analysis and design capabilities of the entire team.