Lead Civil Structural Engineer

Job summary

Leading the civil/structural discipline with specialization in structural. Active participation and involvement in proposal and bidding processes. Technical support during construction phases as deemed required. Engineering being the core expertise, active involvement on a daily basis during the engineering phase in an EPC environment on single/multiple projects on shared basis as the case may be.

Duties & responsibilities

Responsible for planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling all engineering activities of the civil/structural discipline

Interdisciplinary coordination and support team building exercise

Proactive rather than reactive. Highlight any issues or problems in front of the management so as to help take remedial action on time

Active participation in progress review meetings, technical meetings, client meetings, and vendor meetings

Support procurement-related activities such as raising material requisitions (MR), technical bid clarification/evaluation (TBC/TBE), draft purchase requisitions

Support bidding team by raising RFQs, technical evaluation of bids, and cost estimate

Support construction by responding to construction site-related technical queries (TQ)

Review and comment on GES plus engineering deliverables on a case-by-case basis

Ensuring safety and quality of deliverables

Participate in value engineering practices such as value engineering, lessons learned sessions, risk assessment/management studies and workshops, constructability studies and workshops

Ensure customer satisfaction and appreciation and thereby enhancing company reputation and image and facilitating repeat order and goodwill

Requirements

Experience:

10+ years of experience as a civil structure lead.

Experience working on EPC projects.

Education:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering, structural engineering, or a closely related discipline.

Required skills & abilities:

1- Core competencies:

Good leadership and effective communication

Fostering and instilling team spirit among colleagues

Ability to learn from mistakes

Good planner and executor. Punctual, disciplined, and giving high importance to timelines and schedules

Resourceful and presentable

Abreast with the present developments in industry and ready to learn, accept and change accordingly for the common good

Logical and analytical

Good mentor and open to sharing knowledge

2- Technical skills:

Comprehensive knowledge of civil and structural discipline requirements in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, power, and water industries

Knowledge and sound command over Saudi Aramco, SABIC, DEP, Royal Commission standards, codes and practices, HCISS standards and regulations

Knowledge and sound command over international codes and standards such as ACI, ASCE, IBC/UBC, ASTM, JIS, CSA

Design and review of reinforced concrete and structural steel systems, including equipment foundations, pipe racks, platforms, buildings, pipe supports, and underground structures

Dynamic foundation calculation and study for large rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors, and structural analysis by STAAD Pro/STAAD foundation, structural analysis and foundation design for tanks, spheres, columns, reactors, incinerators and flares

Calculation for oily water system and further detailed design

Design and review of roads, bridges and pipe culverts

Specifying and scoping for topography survey, geotechnical survey, underground ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey, underground exploratory excavation and trenching survey, logistics and transportation study, traffic study, environmental impact study

Review of structural shop fabrication drawings and connection details

Sound knowledge of piping, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation requirements while establishing interdisciplinary interface and coordination

Actively involved as support to the designer in the development of 3D models using SP3D or an equivalent software