Principal Wet Utilities Engineer

About The Role

The Principal Wet Utilities Engineer will be responsible for the technical delivery for water, wastewater, irrigation and storm water on infrastructure and land development for projects within Saudi Arabia. They will lead coordination, quality and client engagement for wet utilities across a portfolio of projects. This role is based in our Riyadh office and will support projects being undertake in Saudi Arabia.

Key Responsibilities And Duties Are Listed Below

• Prepare reports and design documentation for water, wastewater, irrigation and storm water infrastructure projects
• Supervise hydraulic modelling for water, wastewater, irrigation and storm water and hydraulic calculations
• Ensure quality and timely delivery of Wet utility associated deliverables in accordance with the project time schedule
• Ensure that the Wet Utility designs are in accordance with the appropriate design standards and Contract requirements
• Liaise with other disciplines to coordinate the wet utility design and ensure a complete a holistic design is delivered to the client
• Ensure best practice is incorporated into design submissions
• Look for continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity, including being up to date with technology for innovative delivery methods
• Conduct a technical review on progress and provide design updates to the project design managers, project managers and where required clients
• Check deliverables produced by others for Wet Utilities to ensure quality requirements are met
• Liaise and meet with developers, clients or stakeholders to gain the required approvals and present proposals for acceptance
• Coordinate aspects of projects submittal and deliverables, reviews and approvals against contract requirements. Report and advise on deviations from the same
• Where required assist in providing design inputs into other discipline reports.
• Outline cost and quantity estimation for wet services.
  
  

Candidate Specification

• Minimum Bachelors’ Degree in Civil Engineering;
• Professional qualified (CEng or similar) with membership in a professional institution, such as ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers),
• Experience working across the design life cycle, from master planning to detailed design
• Strong experience in design of pressurised and gravity systems using Civil3D
• Strong experience Hydraulic modelling of pressurised and gravity systems
• Ability to manage a design and approval process interfacing with the project team, clients and stakeholders
• Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds in geographically and culturally diverse teams
• Experience of design and approval of infrastructure projects in KSA
• Sound knowledge of local authority requirements, guidelines and standards within Saudi Arabia
• Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects
• Adopting an adaptive mindset and using strategic and critical thinking to approach problems in a new way
• Ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately
• Experience in ProjectWise, Infraworks, Navisworks, Openutilities etc is preferable
• A dedicated team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels including external stakeholders
• Adopting a proactive approach towards complex tasks and overall delivery
• Willingness to travel for short term assignments would be preferred.
  
  

Our Purpose

At Mott MacDonald, our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do; relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of our organisation. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate, rather take positive steps towards creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Flexible Working

At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

We Can Offer

• 90 calendar days’ paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance
  
  

Location(s):

Riyadh, SA

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Transport

Discipline: Civil

Job Ref: 8400

Recruiter Contact: Salem Alnahdi