Description
Lead the GCC UK Building Structures team, delivering high-quality analysis, design, and documentation for building structures projects across the UK region.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership
- Lead and manage a team of structural engineers, technicians, and BIM professionals.
- Allocate resources, monitor workloads, and ensure timely project delivery.
- Mentor team members and develop technical and leadership capabilities.
- Conduct performance reviews and support career development plans.
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture.
Project Delivery
- Deliver structural engineering projects in accordance with client requirements, quality standards, and project schedules.
- Coordinate with regional project managers, discipline leads, and design teams.
- Monitor project progress, risks, budgets, and resource utilization.
- Ensure compliance with relevant design codes and company procedures.
Technical Excellence
- Provide technical guidance on reinforced concrete, steel, composite, and foundation design.
- Review structural calculations, reports, drawings, and BIM models.
- Support innovation, standardization, and digital engineering initiatives.
- Promote best practices in structural analysis and design.
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary GCC contact for the UK Structure team.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Participate in project reviews, technical discussions, and client meetings.
- Support business development and capability presentations when required.
Capability Development
- Develop GCC capability in building structures, including steel and high-rise building design.
- Identify training needs and implement structured learning programs.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning.
- Drive continuous improvement and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Drive to increase the Professional Development of the team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil/Structural Engineering.
- 15+ years of experience in structural engineering and project delivery.
- Experience leading engineering teams in a GCC, consultancy, or design environment.
- Strong knowledge of international design codes (Eurocodes, British Standards, ACI, IBC, etc.).
- Chartered Engineer status or progress toward professional accreditation preferred.
Technical Skills
- Structural analysis and design of concrete and steel buildings.
- Experience with software such as ETABS, SAFE, Tekla Structural Designer, Robot Structural Analysis, and Revit.
- Understanding of BIM workflows and multidisciplinary coordination.
Key Competencies
- Leadership and people management.
- Strategic thinking and decision-making.
- Stakeholder management and communication.
- Problem-solving and risk management.
- Commercial awareness and project planning.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
Success Measures
- On-time and quality project delivery.
- Team utilization and productivity.
- Growth in GCC technical capabilities.
- Employee engagement and retention.
- Positive project experience.
- Increased project ownership within the GCC.