Country Manager/Director - Civil

Job description / Role

This is a senior managerial position for a motivated, enthusiastic and entrepreneurial person to lead the company’s Marine and Coastal Engineering service in the Gulf. The position requires a truly exceptional individual with the vision, insight and managerial capability to lead and develop our existing Geo/Marine team in the delivery of excellent services to existing and future clients. Partner management, interfacing with the international offices and revenue generation will form a critical aspect of this role.

The position entails providing technical direction & coordination, revenue generation and strategy development, financial management & people management for the Gulf Marine Services team. The role will include recruiting, resource management, staff development, mentoring and day-to-day management of the team as well as P&L responsibility. You will also have responsibility for the oversight of the delivery of projects containing marinas, marine service harbors, breakwaters, quay walls, marine structures, artificial reefs, dredging and reclamation in UAE. Our client base will include Government organisations, D&B contractors and private developers.

The role facilitates the development, implementation & lead of the Middle East Marine strategy in the UAE and other Middle East Markets.

• Management of relationships with key clients and contacts across the business including client liaison and development
• Champion client care initiatives
• Responsible to the ByrneLooby Managing director – Middle East for the delivery of financial targets
• P&L Responsibility for the UAE
• Management of projects within time, cost and quality constraints and standards to include the Management of all third Party and interface with Irish/UK offices where relevant.
• Project Leader for large Marine and Coastal Projects
• Overall responsibility for the Delivery of all Marine and Costal projects in the
• Responsible for team motivation and leadership, Performance Management aligned with Group, Functional and individual goal plans
• Management of the day-to-day work of the team including team motivation and leadership
• Champions and promotes professional advice, guidance and support across the business through effective business relationships and adheres and promotes in house company processes, e.g. WIP Management, Annual Appraisals, Goal Plans, Quality systems etc.
• Monitors and manages compliance and KPI’s including QA Compliance
• Preparation / Review of tender submissions
• Estimating, pricing and delivering against project work targets
• Management of engineering outsource partners
• Stakeholder management i.e. Finance department, HR, Quality etc.
• Recruiting, resource management, staff development including CPD implementation
• Strategic staffing and recruitment for the Gulf Marine team including the restructuring of the team where appropriate
• Contribution to ongoing Marine Group strategy
• Partner Management
• Overall responsibility for delivering technically excellent client solutions

Requirements

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Considerable proven experience in the design and PM of Marine and Coastal Projects. Comfortable in developing, carrying out and overseeing innovative and buildable marine and coastal solutions.
• Considerable proven experience in the field of Maritime Engineering including Maritime Structures, Numerical Modelling, State of the Art simulation, for Costal and Ports and Harbour areas.
• Strong D&B and Client-Side Experience.
• Proven understanding of Middle East Capital Expenditure plans needs associated with the latter and relationships within.
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in marine Services design with extensive experience leading design-build projects as Contractor designer primarily in the Marine and Coastal Sector.
• Has proven experience in Project Management of large Maritime and Infrastructure Projects
• Has track record for team financial management and project financial controls
• Proven track record in Business Development / Work Winning in the Marine and infrastructure Services sector
• Proven track record in developing and growing a team of highly skilled individuals
• Strong business acumen and a proven ability to manage client relationships
• Superior communication skills including international collaboration, team motivation and leadership and client relationship development
• The ability to deliver technically excellent client solutions
• Proven experience of working within a certified QA system for quality.
• Chartered status or equivalent qualification for a minimum of 5 years.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its application is beneficial.
• Demonstrate an ability to understand complex problems and to conceive innovative solutions
• Adheres to all Codes of Practice, Design Standards and Health and Safety Regulations
• Represent and promote ByrneLooby in a professional manner and develop effective working relationships with clients and potential clients
• Is committed to Continued Professional Development and remains up-to-date with current developments in the industry
• Strong financial acumen

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.