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Ref: HP881-1223
Job description / Role
- Assist the Department Head / Director MEP to distribute workload and monitor and control progress against man-hour budgets.
- Review effectiveness, efficiency and competence of the team with the Department Head and have the ability to recommend prositive changes.
- Assist the Department Head in identifying training requirements, and competencies which need to be improved. (This can apply to the whole team, individuals, or a group of individuals).
- Assist the Department Head in identifying the need for new staff, preparing job descriptions/ MRF’s, reviewing CV’s, interviewing and selecting candidates.
- Manage the technical delivery of projects and designs. Manage the Clients’ brief and Client interface, evaluate and set the design guidelines for projects, lead and manage the MEP concept designs and affect execution strategies for projects.
- Manage the technical performance of the team; promote innovative, sustainable, code compliant, value engineered designs.
- At Concept Design (CD) and/or Schematic Design (SD) stage, ensure that appropriate alternative concepts are proposed and that these have been tested and Value Engineered, and that they comply with project and code requirements.
- Monitor departmental project progress, and report to Department Head on actual or anticipated time and/or man-hour over-runs
- Carry out high level design reviews at appropriate intervals during the design process. At a minimum, this will be at the end of each design stage. However, interim reviews may be required.
- Anticipate and solve technical difficulties for projects which present new challenges to the core experience of the department.
- Assist the Department Head in maintaining up to date software, codes, standards, design methods, etc and disseminating new information through the department
- Assist the Department Head in ensuring a positive professional attitude in the Department’s dealings with other design disciplines, clients and other members of the project team
- Provide technical leadership and management of complex engineering projects.
- Assert technical leadership within the team and serve as lead for specific clients/projects when assigned by the Department Head.
- Assist subordinate staff with technical accuracy and quality assurance for projects.
- Provide guidance, training and supervision to professional, technical and support staff on a project basis.
- Provide high-quality service to clients in a flexible, innovative, responsive and cost effective manner.
Requirements
- 15-20 years’ experience working for a design consultant, contractor client organization. At least 10 years design experience at senior level.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- Registered as a professional engineer with recognized program. LEED, ESTIDAMA or PMP Certification would be advantageous
- Track record in operations management of teams to successfully deliver projects.
- Sound technical knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems.
- Statistical data analysis experience.
- Thorough knowledge of building codes and standards as well as industry practices.
- Basic knowledge of local and international building codes, and structural / architectural industry practices.
- Ability to understand floor plans, sections and elevations to visualize three dimensional spaces in building construction
- Fluency in English, verbal and written. Proficiency in other languages, especially Arabic, will be highly regarded.
KEO offers long term career opportunities, generous expatriate salary packages and dynamic career development opportunities. In addition, KEO provides full assistance in relocation from A-Z with a team of experienced HR professionals trained to support you and your family through the relocation process.
All applications will be treated confidentially.
About the Company
KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.
We invite you to join us.