Mechanical, High Rise and Complex, Singapore and Malaysia
This role is to work as part of an engineering consultancy design team, taking a mid- senior role in project design work, focused on designing, production and liaison with the Singapore team and Project leads, Middle East Team and mentoring and coaching junior members of the team.
Responsibilities
- Prepare feasibility study reports to meet brief requirements in the agreed format and review with the leads
- Work with India & Middle East Team to assemble a design specification compliant with the employers’ requirements, agree its format and content, and monitor and review its preparation ensuring delivery by the due date
- Agree and monitor scope of works with the Head of MEP
- Clearly define building requirements and purpose of use with the MEP Lead and ME Team to allow detailed design
- Carry out detailed design to Building Regulations and relevant Code of Practice and standards ensuring Construction Design and Management (CDM), QA and technical review and sign off by the Discipline Leads, including complex calculations and co-ordination issues
- Review and monitor the production of calculations including QA, technical reviews and sign off
- Ensure that information for project costing preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the senior Team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions
- Provide documentary information via the senior Team to assist in the preparation of tender documents, ensuring that information for tender preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the senior Team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions
- Co-ordinate project contracts documents (drawings and specifications) and reviews input from team members
- Deal with the day to day queries from the ME Team, ensuring that relevant information is available on time for construction activity
- Lead the design process and encourage the rest of the team to deliver appropriate and cost effective solutions to the agreed programme
- Follow in full the document control, archiving CDM and QA processes relevant to project work, ensuring drawings, specifications, reports and correspondence are issued, and filed in an appropriate manner, coach junior staff in their usage
Technical and Project Management
- Raise the level of technical competence within the teams
- Implement delivery and quality measurement processes
- Promote technical excellence in all our projects
- Undertake technical reviews, checks and contribute to the concept design
- Provide continuous feedback to the Head of teams on the effectiveness of the protocols and processes in place with a view to continuous improvement
- Develop positive professional relationship with the ME & Client Team, communicating openly about project progress
- Participate in team meetings, disseminate information within the team, and communicate with other teams in REC
- Identify and act on, or refer, potential risk issues and follow in full the company commercial and contracting processes
- Manage delegated tasks to ensure that deadlines are met and flag resourcing concerns to team leader
- Complete timesheet accurately ahead of weekly deadlines
- Assist in elements of financial management
Key Competencies / Skills
- A sound understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Project is essential
- Must be fluent in English with an excellent understanding of technical terminology.
- Applicants need to be able to demonstrate good management and technical skills and be capable of working both within the team and independently, as dictated by work load
- Cultural awareness, conscientious and an open mind and excellent communication skills are essential requirements for the role.
- High degree of self-motivation and ability to motivate others.
- Ability to work under pressure and with minimum of supervision
- Deputize for team leader