Principal Structural Engineer

Position Details

• Position

Principal Structural Engineer

• Department

Building and Infrastructure

• Reporting to

Manager - Building & Infrastructure

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Specialty
• Design Review for concrete, steel, composite, post tension, high rise building, industrial building and marine structures
• Conversant in International Codes
• Good technical reporting skills in English language
• Education

University Degree in Engineering / Post-graduate Degree

• Training

International Standards like DBC, AISC, ACI, IBC etc. AutoCAD

• Technical knowledge

Structural Engineer

• Conversant with relevant structural design software, techniques and codes (DBC,ADIBC,IBC, ACI, UBC, ASTM, AISC, and local circulars
• Able to carry out structural design review for buildings including dynamic seismic design and designs pertaining to wind loads on cladding and building skins and facades according to pre-defined standard/code
• Thorough knowledge of structural design of buildings, in particular those related to concrete, steel and composite materials
• Knowledge of applicable standards of country of project is a plus
• Able to interpret design drawing and documents
• Licensed by Dubai Municipality (DM) for structural design review of unlimited height
• Can professionally handle discussions with clients and authority in relation to the design review services provided
• Computer skills in both MS Offices and Structural Engineering software
• Experience

Structural Engineer: minimum 15 years experience in Structural Engineering

Responsibilities / Authorities / Accountabilities

• Primary Functions
• The engineer shall perform various technical audits and control services including design review, specialised studies, expert studies, etc. pertaining to his field of competencies.
• The engineer shall carry out within the frame of conformity assessment services, technical audit, consultancy services, outsourcing, due diligence, design review, etc. The most common mission of the engineer within Bureau Veritas currently being design appraisal.
• Prepare Technical Reports
• Prepare Value engineering studies
• Attend meetings and discussion with client and authority
• Technical Expertise
• The structural engineer will have enough experience in the design of concrete and steel structures. Within the frame of the common mission of Bureau Veritas. Capable of evaluating the design with Team leader support & utilising 2D/ 3D available software
• All type of Foundations/ Soil Excavations
• All types of shoring system
• Concrete structures, Precast- Pre-stressed
• Post tensioned slabs
• Steel structures, connections
• Façade systems
• Preparation of structural Proposals
• Estimation of structural man days for projects.
• As a guidance to the mission, shall be able to work on the following with support of the Team Leader:
• Specifications: Concept study, Soil investigation Report, Seismic report, General specifications of the Installation, Relevant Owner’s Specifications, Basic of design specification, Material general specifications,
• Analysis: Foundation analysis, seismic analysis, wind analysis, superstructure analysis.
• Calculations : Supporting calculation of member properties (composite sections, dummy , Summary of loads (each loading condition), Calculated resultant loads, Reactions, Loads on supporting members (. piles, slings), Deflections, where relevant, Load combinations, Hand calculations, Stress calculations for parts not checked by computer (. dummy members, connections others than API tubular connections, pile penetrations, , Recalculations of overstressed parts, code checks
• Site inspections: The Engineer must cover basic inspection for the construction civil works in order to familiarize with the working procedures for review of Material submittals, method statements, carry out quality assurance and quality control and issuing reports/ weekly reports/ monthly reports as per site requirements.
• Business Requirements

Long-term activities

• Maintains a high degree of expertise through permanent specialised training and knowledge management.
• Participate in products development and dissemination in his field(s) of expertise
• Contributes to Best Practices dissemination
• Participates in Knowledge Management

Upstream activities

• Assists in commercial actions in order to link client’s needs and Bureau Veritas’ services
• Prepare technical aspects of tenders (related to his field of competencies), including but not limited to :
• Scope of work
• Planning
• Cost structure

Downstream activities

• Participates in execution of the missions, alone or within a project team
• Liaises with client, designer and/or project manager
• Manages (if required) design review phase of the project, as per scope of work and Bureau Veritas/client quality system
• Executes reporting on tasks and cost building-up
• Contributes to project reporting
• Self Management
• Respects security guidelines of Bureau Veritas and safeguards personal security in the working environment
• Actively participates in the sharing of knowledge and information (Knowledge Management)
• Bureau Veritas Core and Business Values
• Results oriented
• Service driven
• Personal efficiency
• Impact and Influencing
• Rigorous
• Problem solving
• Customer Focus
• Knows in depth the clients in its country, their needs, expectation and their level of satisfaction as well as our increasing potential business in each one of them, developing the contacts and the necessary analysis.