Associate Director - Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Associate Director - Mechanical EngineerIf you are a talented and experienced Building Services Professional looking for a new role in Dubai, United Arab Emirates or Riyadh, Saudi Arabia we want to hear form you.Buro Happold is currently looking for an Associate Director - Mechanical Engineer for our United Arab Emirates - Dubai or our Riyadh, Saudi Arabia office. This full-time role important position that comes with an excellent salary and benefits packageThis purpose of this role is to assist with the management of the team and division, enhance the Group?s market knowledge and new business development activities and provide proactive project and team leadership.You will be a Mechanical Building Services Design leader with demonstrable experience and knowledge of the wider mechanical building services discipline to include but not limited to HVAC, public health and fire protection engineering services.Your skills will enhance our teams ability to work with and understand client needs and build solutions for their project requirements. In addition to this act as one of the technical leaders to be consulted and deliver Mechanical and passive design solutions.Team project coordination and mentorship is a key area of responsibility for this role.To be successful in being considered for this role you must have a strong track record of working in a Design Team for an Engineering Design Consultancy Company.Type of contractPermanentGradeAssociate DirectorArea of ExpertiseBuilding EnvironmentRegionMiddle East, India and AsiaOffice / Project LocationDubai,RiyadhRef No5929What will you be doing?Your day to day responsibilities will be extremely varied and diverse, however your primary focus areas will include the following:PROJECT DELIVERY

• Lead the design, analysis and consultancy on a wide variety of projects.
• Take the role of Job Leader on single discipline projects, Project Leader and/or Project Director on multi-disciplinary projects. It is expected that the majority of project roles will be in the PL or PD capacity.
• Through an established network of internal and external clients, wins or effectively contribute to bidding for projects, in line with agreed work winning targets.
• Ensure the work produced on an assigned project team is to a high standard.
• Drafting fee proposals and assisting colleagues with proposals, negotiating additional fees with the client, where appropriate.
• Work within an agreed budget, raising and/or resolving any concerns with budget spend and profit targets.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the commercial operation, structure and governance of the firm and ensure that this is applied rigorously across your project portfolio.
• Autonomously represent Buro Happold to clients, architects and collaborators, providing consultancy advice.

LEADERSHIP

• Utilise experience of sector/region/specialism to help inform projects and educate more junior members of the team.
• Lead and deliver multiple solutions to challenges, being able to articulate the benefits and shortfalls of each to the client, taking into consideration other disciplines requirements within these solutions. Identify opportunities to promote other Buro Happold service offerings, where appropriate.
• Work closely with other leaders to arrive at integrated solutions in a rapidly changing environment.
• Take responsibility for the line management, leadership and mentoring of others within your team and act as an inspiring leader in the spirit of Buro Happold culture and expected behaviours.

COLLABORATION

• Interface with other areas of the firm through project work.
• Contribute to the operation of your local business unit, as a delegate for Directors, where required.
• Work regularly across other business units and groups.
• Seek opportunities to contribute to the wider firm outside of your immediate group, whether through bids, relationships or through your global discipline.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCE

• Be a technical leader in your field with strong knowledge of the wider mechanical building services discipline to include but not limited to HVAC, public health and fire protection engineering services.
• Be fully aware and knowledgeable of the various aspects of building services design; to include but not limited to code cmpliance, system design and specification, automatics controls, smart buildings, passive design, materials, fabric performance, relationship of energy efficiency and resource efficiency and emerging technologies and practises.
• Show awareness and understanding of the information and KPI requirements of other engineering disciplines outside of building services engineering.
• Advise how technology impacts on a project and articulate to the client and others as appropriate. Highlight how Buro Happold utilises technology in a progressive manner.
• Ensure reports, presentations, models and drawings are produced to an excellent standard as requested by the client. Review reports at junior levels, highlighting areas for potential development, where necessary.
• Comply with and educate others on all Buro Happold?s internal quality assurance procedures ensure all work delivered (by team) meets quality required.
• Constantly increase own tech savviness to take advantage of digital, data and AI opportunities.
• Ensure maintenance of ongoing learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

What will you bring?To succeed you should have gained a degree in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering and gained experience and exposure to the Middle East Building Services Engineering environment.

• Minimum of 10 years? experience in a design and consultancy company
• Professional Accreditation of a recognised and relevant organisation i.e CIBSE
• Proven experience in a comparable role
• Facilitation and team leadership capability
• Understanding of relevant policy and regulation
• An external network to support you in the role
• Proven work winning capability

Interested? Intrigued?Inspired?Join us to find out what you?re really capable of.Described by our clients as passionate, innovative, collaborative:Buro Happold is an independent, international engineering practice that for over 40 years has become synonymous?with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the worlds leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering and consulting professionals we deliver elegant solutionsfor buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today. Follow us@burohappoldand find out more atwww.burohappold.com.?Buro Happold value flexible working as an important part of the way we work. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.#LI-ID1 #HybridBuro Happold is proud to be a practice of a diverse range of professionals. We actively promote inclusivity to enable every individual to reach their full potential, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups in the built environment, and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative and elegant solutions through collaboration.

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