Engineer - Dry Utilities

WSP

Sharjah, UAE

Ref: HP362-830

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 an Engineer - Dry Utilities to produce engineering design solutions, models, reports and obtain authority approvals for single and multi-disciplinary design projects.

The key objectives of the role will be to;
• Produce engineering solutions which consider cost, constructability and sustainability
• Successfully obtain authority approvals for design documentation

Role duties will include the following;
• Design electrical power networks including HV, MV, & LV for masterplan and highway projects
• Design street lighting for masterplan and highway projects
• Design telecom ducting network for masterplan and highway projects
• Design right of way cross sections for dry utilities
• Produce reports, drawings, calculations and presentations
• Liaise with local authorities regarding dry utility design proposals on behalf of the client
• Advise and present engineering solutions to clients and stakeholders
• Submit designs to local authorities and follow up to obtain approvals
• Use AutoCAD, Dialux, ETAP, and Microsoft office to produce my deliverables
• Be a self-starter and take work ownership.

Requirements

In order to meet the challenge you will have the following skills and experience

• BEng /BSc (Hon) or equivalent discipline with minimum 5 years post graduate experience
• Member of/working towards associated Professional body membership
• Modelling of street lighting networks
• Detailed design of engineering solutions such as electrical power network HV, MV, and LV.
• Good report writing skills
• Compiling authority approval documentation in accordance with local authority standards to obtain NOC approvals

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 UAE

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AED 7,000

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