Senior Site Structural Engineer

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Review drawings, reports, specifications.
• Review submittals, revert with comments, ensure comments are addressed.
• Respond to RFIs.
• Attend meetings.
• Coordinate with relevant team members to ensure all documents are properly controlled.
• Review materials and propose alternatives/recommendations.
• Review variations.
• Apply knowledge of Engineering Principles and able to design using all common building materials.
• Report writing and documentation skills.
• Processing construction documentation such as, responding to RFI’s and commenting on engineering submittals.
• Review engineering designs and provide input on their suitability. Advise on changes if required during the engineering phase.
• Contribute to designs produced by GHD to ensure the contractor has a well-coordinated set of drawings.
• Ensure Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures are followed during project execution.
• Proactively collaborate with other members of the team to deliver innovative and balanced best value solutions that meet the Client’s requirements.
• Assist Project Managers in monitoring and driving progress.
• Manage BIM technicians and mentoring graduate engineers.
• Can undertake structural inspections and report on material and construction defects and provide guidance for remedial repairs.
• Any other relevant duties as assigned by Line Manager/RE/PM.
• External Communications: Help others get the most out of external communications systems by offering support and advice.
• Construction Management: Supervise others on a construction project, working within established operational systems.
• Health, Safety, and Environment: Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action, escalating serious issues as appropriate.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Leadership and Direction: Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the function's strategy and action plan and to the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Performance Management: Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance; or monitor the performance of the team, allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality, and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
• Organizational Capability Building: Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
• Quality Assurance: Plan and coordinate testing and inspection of products and processes. Implement corrective actions or continuous improvement initiatives and monitor them to make sure they are effective.
• Operational Compliance: Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Help senior colleagues manage client and customer relationships by using relevant sales or client systems.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

Experience

• General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)
• Managerial Experience: Experience of general supervision of more junior colleagues (7 to 12 months)
• Take on some of the world's toughest challenges- with everyone at GHD backing you every step of the way.
• At GHD, we celebrate the power of a multicultural workforce and champion individual achievement.
• As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing fair and inclusive employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees—regardless of background, identity, or experience.
• We believe that diversity drives innovation, and we welcome the unique perspectives that each team member brings to our organization.