Principle - Facade Access Design Engineer

WSP

Sharjah, UAE

Ref: HP362-542

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The Principal - Facade Access Design role is accountable for the technical design performance leadership of their team for Facade Access projects across WSP and Parsons Brinckerhoff Middle East (ME). The role holder will primarily be responsible for the Design Manager (DM) role for selected multi or single discipline projects. The role holder must take a hands on approach to all aspects of the role.

Technical Responsibilities:
- Provide the principal technical design input to facade access projects
- Liaise with the Facade Engineering team in particular but also other technical and commercial disciplines during the delivery of a project and ongoing management of the team
- Provide support and guidance to Technical Working Group (TWG) where appropriate
- Keep up to date with industry developments with respect to own discipline and understand and appreciate the basic technical principles and drivers of other disciplines
- Develop the technical capabilities of direct reports
- Lead technical solutions on projects
- Contribute to and lead design peer reviews in alignment with the QMS system
- Very good experience of Facade Access front-end design (5 years minimum)
- Good understanding of the impact of Facade Access systems on the structure and environmental performance of the building.
- Good knowledge of different Facade Access systems and procurement methods.
- Interested in environmental aspects of Facade Access design.
- Appreciation of architecture.
- Interested in 3D software applications
- Interested in learning environmental software packages.
- Able to compile cladding performance specifications (possibly under supervision subject to grade)

Requirements

- BEng /BSc (Hon) degree or equivalent discipline with minimum 10 years post graduate experience
- Member of associated Professional body
- C.Eng preferred although not essential
- Experience and proven ability to lead and manage a design engineering team and multi-disciplinary projects
- Experienced user of Microsoft Office

Comprehensive experience of technical design and associated discipline software.

About the Company

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic consulting services. With 36,000 talented people in more than 500 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

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