Principal Structural Engineer

• Position Details

Principal Structural Engineer

BNI-UAE

BNI Technical Manager

• B&I Manager
• Technical Manager
• Customers (Internal and External) He is expected to establish direct contact with Client and whenever necessary with other Bureau VERITAS organization.

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  Minimum Required Qualifications

• Design Review for concrete, steel, composite, post tension, high rise building, industrial building and marine structures
• Conversation in International Codes
• Good technical reporting skills in English language

Bachelor’s degree in structure engineering

• Project Management Programs, Project Management principles, Organizational strategy, Compliance requirements
• International Standards like BS, AISC, ACI, IBC etc. AutoCAD

Minimum 15 years experience as structure design engineer

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  Responsibilities / Authorities / Accountabilities

• The engineer shall perform various technical audits and control services including design review, specialized studies, expert studies, etc. pertaining to his field of competencies.
• The engineer shall carry out within the frame of conformity assessment services, technical audit, consultancy services, outsourcing, due diligence, design review, etc. The most common mission of the engineer within Bureau Veritas currently being design appraisal.
• Preparing Technical Reports
• Attend meetings and discussions with client and authority

• Respects security guidelines of Bureau Veritas and safeguards personal security in the working environment
• Actively participates in the sharing of knowledge and information (Knowledge Management)
• Bureau Veritas Core and Business Values
• Results oriented
• Service driven
• Personal efficiency
• Impact and Influencing
• Rigorous
• Problem solving

• Knows in depth the clients in its country, their needs, expectation and their level of satisfaction as well as our increasing potential business in each one of them, developing the contacts and the necessary analysis

• Authorized to stop work if condition, situation, environment, etc. is not safe to perform the activity (immediately inform the reporting person in the department for further guidance).
• Comply at all times with all applicable legal requirements, BV Dubai HSE Policies and procedures, client’s HSE procedures and practices.
• Accountable to take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do or not do.
• Accountable for cooperating with others in health and safety, and not interfere with or misuse anything provided for your health, safety or welfare.
• Perform his duties in a safe environment and respond to emergency situations as required by local procedures.
• Maintain personal work areas tidy and hazard free and report any deviation/fault/hazard immediately to the location manager/line manager/QHSE Manager.
• Reporting all incidents / Near miss reporting as well as taking action whenever any unsafe act of condition is observed.
• Responsible for giving feedback on HSE issues for improvement as part of participation and consultation requirement.
• Report immediately any newly identified hazard and participate in devising suitable operational control to eliminate/minimize the pertinent risk.
• Report immediately any HSE incident and cooperate in investigation.
• Use appropriate PPE at work area and be aware of:
  • the risks appropriate PPE will control or minimize
  • Report immediately in case the PPE is worn off or lost.
• Ensure project team receive health and safety induction training.
• Ensure project team is aware of applicable HSE policies and procedures of the client and respective project.
• Perform routine inspection to check team’s adherence to the clients HSE procedures.
• Ensure on an ongoing basis, the project team receive health and safety training which is appropriate to their job.
• Ensure the project team are aware of their health and safety responsibilities and duties.
• Ensure the project team is capable of carrying out their duties in a safe and responsible manner.
• Promote the identification of opportunities to improve the health & safety of employees during their work activities.
• Promote the identification of initiatives to improve employee environmental awareness and reduction of environmental impacts.
• Carry out regular tours of their work areas to monitor general health, safety and welfare arrangements.
• To ensure that any personal protective equipment, (PPE) that employees are required to use in their job:
  • have been appropriately assessed before use
  • is fit for purpose
  • provides adequate protection
• is appropriately maintained and inspected.

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  Performance Monitoring

• Complete requirements for appropriate professional training in specified time frames.
• Regular reading of professional journals and other technical literature.
• Attend appropriate courses/seminars.
• Progress towards developing individual distinctive competence targets.

• Time taken to deliver the report to the client
• Quality of report
• Inspection done within the allocated timeframe
• Additional sales, cross-selling, number of commercial opportunities referred
• Client claims
• Share information, Best practice, Knowledge Management
• Technical capability.

Technical Manager