Principal Engineer - Dry Utilities

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WSP is seeking a Principal Engineer Dry Utilities to join our Dubai/Sharjah team and lead electrical and power infrastructure design across the Middle East. The role involves delivering engineering design solutions, models, reports and authority approvals for complex multi disciplinary projects, managing risk, schedules and budgets, and guiding a team through HV, MV and LV networks, street lighting, telecoms, grounding and protection schemes, load flow and short circuit analyses, and QA/QC; you will attend authority meetings and ensure compliance with Gulf regulations while leveraging Dialux, Amtech, ETAP, AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Navisworks. To apply, tailor your CV to show 12+ years’ experience, Gulf regulatory familiarity, strong bid and project delivery credentials, and evidence of leadership, stakeholder engagement and on time delivery; highlight relevant certifications (CEng, PMP) and provide samples of reports or drawings if possible, and confirm willingness to work onsite in the UAE.

WSP are currently seeking a Principal Engineer - Dry Utilities to join our team in Dubai/Sharjah, UAE. The successful candidates will lead and contribute to the design and implementation of electrical and power infrastructure projects in the Middle East.

You will be responsible for producing engineering design solutions, models, reports and obtaining authority approvals for single and multi-disciplinary design infrastructure projects.

• Provide overall engineering solutions, analysis, specifications, and procurement support for the infra projects.
• Manage opportunity & risk on the project.
• Have a good knowledge of the contract and key clauses.
• Manage deliverables and provide the technical support to the team.
• Prepare time schedules, resource plan and assist in preparation of budgets.
• Lead bids/prospects, developing techno-commercial offers in liaison with internal and external parties.
• Manage projects execution till final delivery with NOC’s,
• Monitor and control budget, invoices.
• Manage Engineers and CAD team and provide tech support.
• Design High Voltage, Medium voltage, Low Voltage, Street Lighting and Telecom networks for infrastructure, urban plan, roads, tunnels projects.
• Carry out Grounding, lightning protection, cable containments and shielding,
• Undertake the load flow analysis, short circuit, protection schemes, grounding system calculations.
• Produce reports, drawings, calculations and presentations.
• Attend meetings with authorities regarding utility design proposals.
• Aware of local authorities regulations in gulf region.
• Advise and present engineering solutions to clients and stakeholders.
• Familiar with Dialux, Amtech, ETAP, AutoCAD, Civil3D, Navisworks and Microsoft office to produce my deliverables.
• Follow the QA/QC in compliance with the requirement of the projects.
• Organize &Attend progress meetings/communications with contractors, consultants and authorities.
• Minimize end users comments and hence ensure clients satisfaction and quality of deliverables.
• Ensure that the Design meets all relevant Codes and Standards.
• Review of Contractor shop drawings and materials submittals.

• BEng /BSc (Hon) or equivalent discipline with minimum 12 years post graduate experience, C.Eng & PMP are an advantage.
• Member of/working towards associated Professional body membership.
• Modelling of power and lighting networks.
• Detailed design of engineering solutions.
• Good report writing skills.
• Compiling authority approval documentation in accordance with local authority standards to obtain approvals.
• Excellent speaking and writing communication skills in English.

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