Principal Drainage Engineer (Team Leader)

WSP

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ref: HP362-814

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Can you help societies thrive in a world we cannot control?

Can you anticipate the unforeseeable, perceive the unexplainable, and plan something unbelievable?

Can you design the unthinkable?

Can you think international and still act local?

WSP are looking for a Principal Drainage Engineer based in Saudi Arab. The successful candidate will be leading the design review team and process and will act as the key point with the design consultant team.

The key objectives of the role will be to:-
- Review the drainage, hydrology and hydraulic designs to be submitted by the design consultant.
- Review the drainage concept, preliminary and detailed design submissions at 30%, 60%, 90% and 100% completion.
- Approve the drainage designs and reports.
- Coordinate the drainage design aspects including methodology reports, design parameters, drawings and calculations with the design consultant team.
- Ensure that the submitted final drainage designs are healthy enough to be tendered.
- Support during the tender stages.

How will you know when you are successful in this role?
- Client satisfaction – No adverse comments from the client side.
- Deliver the scope of services identified under the RFP and Project director is satisfied with the work.
- Good relationship with the design consultant team.
- No conflicts with the project team.

Requirements

In order to meet the challenge you will have the following skills and experience
- A degree educated with BSc Degree in Civil Engineering (Water and Hydraulic Division) preferred.
- Minimum 15 years design experience in well-known international firms.
- Strong 7 years’ experience in designing storm water drainage networks and flood protection measures, will be an added advantage .
- Experience of managing people and the pressure of working in a fast-paced environment.

We would like to speak with creative, positive, people focused individuals who are proactive and results-driven. If have a passion for new technology, and thrive upon ‘thinking out of the box’ to develop and deliver solutions to complex problems, then WSP is the place for you

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 1400 talented people in 8 offices across the Middle East, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

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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Engineer salaries in Saudi Arabia

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SAR 9,000

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