Senior Engineer Infrastructure - Wet Utilities
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About the Role
Buro Happold seeks a Senior Wet Utilities Engineer to join their UAE infrastructure team, delivering sustainable water infrastructure solutions. The role involves designing potable water, wastewater, stormwater, and irrigation networks, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and mentoring junior staff.
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Responsibilities
- Undertake design and delivery of wet utility infrastructure projects including potable water, wastewater, stormwater and irrigation networks
- Prepare engineering calculations, technical reports, specifications, schedules and design drawings
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful integration of wet utility designs
- Support delivery of projects from concept through detailed design and construction stages
- Liaise with clients, utility authorities and other project stakeholders to obtain approvals
- Assist with project planning and programme management
- Review design outputs and support quality assurance processes
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to graduate and engineer level team members
- Contribute to developing innovative and sustainable engineering solutions
- Support proposal preparation and technical input for project bids
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or related discipline
- Proven experience in design and delivery of wet utility infrastructure projects
- Strong technical knowledge of water supply, wastewater, stormwater and irrigation systems
- Experience preparing technical reports, specifications, calculations and construction documentation
- Understanding of utility authority standards, requirements and approval processes
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D and hydraulic modelling software (WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, InfoDrainage)
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Membership of relevant professional institution or working towards accreditation preferred
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Your next role
- Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, strong learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset.
- You will be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter.
Your key duties
- Undertake the design and delivery of wet utility infrastructure projects including potable water, wastewater, stormwater and irrigation networks.
- Prepare engineering calculations, technical reports, specifications, schedules and design drawings.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful integration of wet utility designs within the wider infrastructure scope.
- Support the delivery of projects from concept and preliminary design through detailed design and construction stages.
- Liaise with clients, utility authorities and other project stakeholders to obtain approvals and ensure compliance.
- Assist with project planning and programme management to achieve timely and high quality project delivery.
- Review design outputs and support quality assurance processes in accordance with Buro Happold standards.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to graduate and engineer level team members.
- Contribute to developing innovative and sustainable engineering solutions for utility infrastructure projects.
- Support proposal preparation and technical input for project bids and opportunities.
Your Skills And Experience
- Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Proven experience in the design and delivery of wet utility infrastructure projects.
- Strong technical knowledge of water supply, wastewater, stormwater and irrigation systems.
- Experience preparing technical reports, specifications, calculations and construction documentation.
- Understanding of utility authority standards, requirements and approval processes.
- Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary project teams.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D and relevant hydraulic modelling software such as WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS and/or InfoDrainage.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and technical review skills.
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.
- Membership of a relevant professional institution or working towards professional accreditation preferred.
What We Offer You
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Attractive salary and benefits package
- A strong commitment to your continuous development.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
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