Senior Electrical Engineer

Job description / Role

Senior Electrical Engineer - Kuwait

We currently have a requirement for the position of Senior Electrical Engineer in Kuwait on our National Bank of Kuwait Project.

The correct individual must be able to demonstrate a strong consultancy background in Electrical Engineering and must have achieved Chartered status.

Job Purpose:
- Site based Senior Electrical Engineer on a large Kuwait construction project focussing on ensuring that the interpretation of the electrical engineering design information is in accordance with both the contract and the design intent.
- Part of team responsible for acting as Guardian of the Design Intent on a project designed by Buro Happold engineers in the UK.

Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all day to day electrical engineering aspects of the project.
- Responsible for the electrical engineering resourcing and day to day task allocation for the structural engineers and inspectors working on the project.
- Manage the workload of electrical 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 electrical engineering project administrative systems – submittals and RFI listings - including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure (adjusting these as necessary).
- oLiaise and coordinate with the other engineering teams on site – Structural, 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 site and client matters.
- Continually ensuring that practices, policies, strategy and services represent the client’s best interests and that BH policy is in keeping with current legislation, British Standards and Codes of Practice etc.
- Respond to Requests for Information raised by the contractor in relation to the information issued for construction and ensure that information from the design engineers is incorporated.
- Review Contractor’s Electrical shop drawings, method statements and material submittals against the contract drawings for compliance where issues associated with the design intent are being questioned.
- Undertake general project site observation / inspection of the Electrical works for Contractor’s adherence to the design intent in drawings and specification, good working practices, the construction schedule and health & safety.

Requirements

- Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer.
- Minimum requirement of degree level education.
- Minimum of 10 years experience
- Ideally Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (BEng) or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering (MEng).
- Significant relevant experience on site ideally in the Middle East and on high rise buildings projects Commercial experience is desirable.

We offer an excellent package which includes:
- Basic Salary
- One return flight per year to home location
- Accommodation provided
- Transportation provided
- 25 days holiday per annum
- Medical coverage
- Accidental death in service insurance
- 2 x paid annual subscriptions

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.