Senior Structural Engineer

Job description / Role

We are currently searching for a Senior Structural Engineer to lead the structural engineering team on the National Bank of Kuwait project, Kuwait city. The project is 55 storeys high and comprises of a concrete core with steel frame.

To provide high level technical/design engineering service to the Group acting as the lead Structural Engineer on the NBK project.

Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all day to day structural engineering aspects of the project.
- Responsible for the structural engineering resourcing and day to day task allocation for the structural engineers and inspectors working on the project.
- Manage the workload of structural engineers and inspectors (including verification of quality) Responsible for reporting of progress to Project Director, to include the any escalations and key engineering issues.
- Communicate directly with the NBK Client as required
- Set up and manage structural engineering project administrative systems submittals and RFI listings - including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure (adjusting these as necessary).
- Liaise and coordinate with the other engineering teams on site Mechanical, electrical etc
- Ensure senior staff are kept informed of important and relevant service and site decisions and the objectives of the client are achieved.
- Ensuring all relevant BH staff are informed of client matters.
- Continually ensuring that practices, policies, strategy and services represent the clients best interests and that BH policy is in keeping with current legislation, British Standards and Codes of Practice etc.

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree (BEng) / BSc or Masters degree (MEng) / MSc
- Chartered Engineer CEng IStructE (UK) or equivalent
- A Senior Engineer must be able to deliver to the agreed technical standards
- Must be able to lead a small team of structural engineers and also liaise with Client and Contractor.
- The individuals must be a degree holder with a minimum of 10 years experience and must be a chartered engineer with registered engineer status.
- In addition to these skills they must be able to demonstrate a developing capability across all Buro Happold Core Competencies.
- Needs to have both concrete and steel experience and ideally high rise experience
- Demonstrate a commitment to CPD and self-learning / development

Benefits:
- Basic Salary
- Accommodation Allowance
- Transportation Allowance
- 3 x annual flight allowance provide
- 30 days annual leave + public holidays
- Medical cover
- Accidental death in service insurance
- 2 x Professional Memberships payment

About the Company

Described by our clients as passionate, innovative, collaborative: BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the worlds leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today.

As an organisation we strive for progress and are committed to finding new and better ways to deliver elegant solutions. We recognise that this can only happen if our people can keep up with, create and implement the latest developments in technology and ideas. We offer learning and development opportunities at every level, to help shape exciting and personally satisfying careers and ensure our engineers stay at the cutting edge of industry thought.