Design Review Engineer

Key Responsibilities (Customer Focus)

• Coordinate and communicate effectively with clients, end users, consultants, contractors, statutory bodies, government agencies and other stakeholders.
• Understand and incorporate end-user requirements relating to material approvals, handover, maintenance and operation.
• Coordinate with relevant agencies and stakeholders to expedite feedback and obtain the necessary approvals.
• Ensure design solutions are practical, constructible and aligned with project and end-user requirements.
• Provide timely technical recommendations and solutions to support stakeholder requirements and project delivery.

Key Responsibilities (Internal Business Process)

• Review design documents, plans and specifications for accuracy, completeness and compliance with project requirements.
• Review designs against applicable Qatar standards and codes, including QHDM, QTM, WZTMG and QCS, and applicable international codes where local standards are not applicable.
• Review and comment on contractors’ and consultants’ technical submissions and recommend acceptance or otherwise.
• Review structural works and design and coordinate recommendations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Review and approve design documents and monitor their implementation during construction.
• Coordinate multi-engineering-disciplinary design activities and resolve technical interfaces and clashes.
• Review shop drawings and as-built drawings against the approved design.
• Coordinate design deliverables with the construction sequence and project programme.
• Work with technical and construction teams to identify and resolve unforeseen technical constraints.
• Support the planning team in sequencing activities and project deliverables through to project completion.
• Ensure required documents are uploaded through the QDRS system to facilitate approvals.

Key Responsibilities (Learning & Growth)

• Maintain professional development appropriate to the technical and engineering requirements of the role.
• Apply experience gained from previous large-scale projects to support project planning, sequencing and completion.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable Qatar and international design codes and standards.
• Develop and maintain strong technical design review and multi-disciplinary coordination capabilities.
• Share technical knowledge and practical construction experience with technical, construction and planning teams.
• Continuously develop capability in design software and computer-based engineering systems.
• Maintain strong written and verbal technical communication skills in English.

Qualification, Technical Skills and Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university.
• Professional qualifications from a recognized international institution, with a professional career development record approved by the Engineer.
• Chartered Engineer status with a recognized professional institution is highly desirable.
• Minimum 15 years of demonstrable experience, including a minimum of 7 years on large construction projects, particularly projects involving pump stations and multi-disciplinary engineering coordination.
• Demonstrable experience in sewage projects of similar size, including construction, refurbishment, upgrading, treatment works and pump stations, or equivalent construction projects.
• Design review and technical design management.
• Review of plans, specifications and design documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Structural design review and coordination.
• Review and approval of shop drawings and as-built drawings.
• Construction supervision experience on large, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Knowledge of sewage treatment works, pump stations, construction, refurbishment and upgrading projects.
• Knowledge and application of Qatar codes and standards, including QHDM, QTM, WZTMG and QCS.
• Knowledge of applicable international codes where local standards are not applicable.
• QDRS system awareness and document-uploading requirements for approvals.
• Design software proficiency – compulsory.
• Strong computer skills.
• Ability to assess construction-stage design changes and technical constraints.
• Ability to coordinate design deliverables with construction sequencing and project planning.

Overall Experience Required to Execute this Role

Specific Experience Required to Execute this Role