Principal Design Engineer

WSP

Sharjah, UAE

Ref: HP362-855

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?

In the Middle East, we are working on some of the world's most iconic and complex projects. We take pride in helping our clients to realize their ambitions by offering our unique, local knowledge whilst leveraging our worldwide expertise. Our people, their expertise and the accountability we hold, for the future of our communities, make us unique. We are looking for a Principal Design Engineer

The key objectives of the role will be to:

- Prepare structural designs at all stages for many types of building.
- Provide design leadership to design engineers and BIM technicians sitting in the Middle East and in India.
- Contribute to the technical solutions for my projects.
- Hands-on designer.
- Can prepare my own designs and calculations and can lead others to do the same.
- Fluently use Etabs, SAFE and other design software, building models myself and reviewing models build by others.
- Review Revit models built by others in Revit and Navisworks.
- Ensure Health and Safety is embedded in my designs.
- Ensure my designs are fully coordinated with Building Services, Architects and other disciplines.
- Assist to ensure my designs are completed within the design budgets.
- Assist to look after the welfare of my team.
- How will you know when you are successful in this role
- My designs will be innovative, providing solutions to the clients’ design requirements that are safe, buildable, coordinated, cost effective and delivered to WSP’s expected quality, and within WSP’s design budgets and timescales

Requirements

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

- Fluent in US and/or EN design codes, preferably both.
- Fluent in design using concrete and/or steel, preferably both.
- Experience of designing buildings to be constructed in the Middle East and knowledge of local requirements.
- Civil / Structural Engineering Degree with minimum 15 years of relevant experience.
- Dubai Municipality Unlimited License or other UAE License, is preferred. If I do not already have one I will work to obtain one within 6 months of joining.
- Member of a professional institution or working towards professional membership.
- Have excellent communication skills.

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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Design Engineer salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 7,500

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