Water Engineer (Design)

Job description / Role

JOB DESCRIPTION
SENIOR WATER ENGINEER (DESIGN)

ROLE OUTLINE:

We are expanding our MENA water design team to accommodate increasing demand from our existing client base and the overall sector. We are seeking a Senior water design Engineer to work in our Doha (Qatar) office. They will be part of the BLP Water Design Services group and they will be responsible for the day-to-day management of projects and design teams. This role requires a high calibre water design engineer.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Management of relationships with key clients and contacts across the business including client liaison and development
• Management of projects within time, cost and quality constraints and standards
• Management of the day-to-day work of the team.
• Champions and promotes professional advice, guidance and support across the business
• Monitors and manages compliance and KPI’s
• Business development including the preparation of tender submissions.
• Estimating, pricing and delivering against work targets. Preparation of tender submissions.
• Management of engineering outsource partners.

Requirements

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Considerable proven experience in the field of drinking water, waste water, drainage and flood risk management and assessment.
• Management experience including experience of management systems for quality, financial and project controls
• Degree qualified in relevant field
• Relevant professional qualification
• Chartered status or equivalent qualification for a minimum of 5 years.
• Knowledge of local legislation and its application a benefit.

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
• Commercial Understanding
• Leadership and People Management
• Technical Excellence
• Personal Effectiveness
• Team Working
• Customer Focus

We are looking for a candidate with a "can-do" attitude, somebody who leads by example and has experience leading design teams.

About the Company

Established in 1998, ByrneLooby is an international engineering consultancy that provides a spectrum of services to government, semi-state, and private companies across ten sectors: buildings, conservation, geoscience, environment, transportation, waste management, marine and coastal, water, flooding and energy. ByrneLooby employs approximately 250 engineering consultants and professionals in 16 offices across Ireland, the UK, Ireland and the Middle East.

Award-winning, and highly acclaimed, ByrneLooby's engineering design portfolio speaks for itself. In the Middle East, we have worked on the Amaala Service Marinas, Aqaba New Port in Jordan, the Al Naseem development in Bahrain and the Mardumah Seawall in Saudi Arabia. Our teams helped deliver The Shard, 22 Bishopsgate, and the 50 million Lowestoft Port redevelopment in the UK. We are proud to consult on critical infrastructural projects for national utilities such as Abu Dhabi Ports, Irish Water and Translink Northern Ireland. Our experience is varied, from the straight-forward to the complex and across all project lifecycle phases, from initial feasibility, planning and funding stages to delivering the detailed design. We are a seven-time and running winner of Deloitte's 'Best Managed Companies, a global mark of excellence run in 21 countries. This achievement is awarded selectively to businesses demonstrating superior business performance over seven years for management, strategy, expertise, culture, sustainability and innovation. We prioritise quality, health, safety, and sustainability in our work, which ensures we respect the environment and the wider community and care for our employees' wellbeing while delivering a certified design service for our clients. We advance health and safety, applying rigorous processes that manage technical, environmental and social risks and hold ISO 45001:2018 – the internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems.

Culture ByrneLooby places three pillars at the centre of our business - Investing in Our People, Technical excellence and Commitment to clients; this is what sets ByrneLooby apart from other engineering consultancies. These pillars ensure that ByrneLooby is a place where employees can grow and make lasting impacts on projects, people and teams. Our goal is to achieve world-class solutions for our clients, and we hire quality talent to deliver this goal. We encourage our people to be curious, imaginative and brave, and always strive to provide value for projects.