Application Design Engineer-Structural

Primarily to carry out structural calculations, design verifications and suggest advance structural schemes to ensure fast track and efficient construction.  Understanding of complex structural engineering loads (Blast, Sea) and analysis methods. Review building structural drawings from suppliers to be in-line with project specification, relevant standards, and classifications and to ensure deliverables are achieved by due dates. Assist other project engineers where necessary. Support multiple projects and tendering tasks as required. Effective communication with client and suppliers is required.

- Provides technical designs to customer projects & services teams, by having good technical knowledge and knowhow in an application domain or subdomain;

- Identifies and understands customer technical requirements related to his/her application domain/subdomain;

- Applies internal procedures, standards & best practices in autonomy, related to his/her application domain/subdomain. 

- Communicates results internally and to customers; Presents and arguments them during project technical reviews;

- May provide some commercial argumentation to project teams or management and report potential technical risks.

- May provide instructions/assistance to DAT3.

Scope and Environment

Works both in autonomy and in teamwork, with contribution to project or service teams' technical solution designs.

Works mainly for internal project and service technical teams (i.e. for DPT, DQT, DCT job family codes) along all the customer installation lifecycle, with some direct interaction with external customers related to his/her application domain/subdomain.

Key activities and Responsibility

Customer and/or Partner relationships:

Has direct interaction with customers, in design phase but also especially during testing and commissioning activities. Understands customer specifications and needs related to application domain/subdomain..

Internal & External Exposure:

Influences and challenges internal project teams on the technical choices related to application domain/subdomain; delivers and presents results (technical reports, presentations, etc) to the project team. May participate in internal technical working groups related to application domain/subdomain.

Project and Risk Management:

Knows the fundamentals of Project Management so that he/she is aware of the Cost/Quality targets (mainly related to his/her work); identifies and alerts in case of any deviations from the standard scope of work related to application domain/subdomain; issues regular progress reports to the project team; detects technical variation order opportunities related to application domain/subdomain.

Technical knowledge and Engineering:

Related to application domain/subdomain, applies engineering best practices & standards; has solid knowledge of the product & system offers (internal & external) related to application domain; has specific technical & application skills related to application domain/subdomain; carries out detailed engineering work and provide associated reporting to project team members; knows and uses the methods & tools related to application domain/subdomain, and may participate in improvement workshops on those methods & tools.

Training and coaching:

Exchanges and shares your knowledge to peers; gather feedback from other application design engineers; participates in the development of training modules or presentations about application domain/subdomain.

Job Related

Structural steel design, transportable building and offshore structures design and blast design experience will be an advantage. Hands on experience of structural analysis software namely, SpaceGass/StaadPro and SACS. Experience in FEM software namely, Strand 7 or any FEM software. Experience in preparing detailed structural calculation report to submission to customer and Coordination with Suppliers and clients as required.

Business Understanding:

Experience of relevant local Standards relating to Buildings/ Structures and building codes (mandatory), international standards, offshore standards, and blast design standards, Skills in adopting to any overseas standards.

Other Skills:

Communication with all levels of management in verbal and written form.

Ability to read, interpret technical specifications and able to review drawings

Good problem-solving skills.

Customer service orientated.

Proficient computer skills including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Access,

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Project Engineer Management

                    I.         Identification of project scope and key requirements in order to ensure project deliverables are achieved on time and in accordance with the relevant specifications.

                   II.         Manage the different stake holders, suppliers, internal and client.

                 III.         Take responsibility for contract management from time of ‘contract acceptance’ and establish a contract file in accordance with Schneider guidelines such that the contract runs to a smooth timetable

                 IV.         Review Contract Specification for understanding of Project deliverables

                  V.         Manage the information flow from supplier to client.

                 VI.         Develop project program dashboard and milestones

               VII.         Regularly conduct internal reviews with other departments to ensure communication and timely action to plan

              VIII.         Prepare variations, NOI’s, RFI’s, CR’s & vetting correspondences submitted by the customers

                 IX.         Review supplier issued drawings and comments received from client to ensure they are in compliance with the current scope & specifications and identify scope change and integrate with internal design teams

                  X.         Attend all relevant Technical Tele-conferences with suppliers and clients.

                 XI.         Submit relevant progress reports to management

Relationship Management

Maintains and encourages appropriate communications and cooperation:

           I.     within the GCP OPS & SO business.

          II.     within the leadership team.

        III.     with customers / partners.

        IV.     within Schneider Electric divisions and entities.

Customer management

           I.     Effective coordination with internal and external stake holders (Senior Structural Engineers, Senior Project Engineers HVAC, F&G, Electrical, Tendering, Project Management, Quality and Testing team)

          II.     Responding to internal and external customers within a timely manner.

        III.     Maintain professional relationships.

        IV.     Determine client requirements.

         V.     Provide feedback to management.

        VI.     Being customer focused when completing work.

Health, Safety and the Environment

           I.     Understands implements and complies with company HSE policies.

          II.     Manages individual priories and deliverables with SID Environment

        III.     Actively encourages a safety and environmentally conscience workplace.

        IV.     Complies with the company standards.

         V.     HSE company statistics meet targets.

Responsibilities in terms of quality and safety/security :

Ø Implementation of international ISO 9001 Quality, ISO 18000 HSE and ISO14000 environmental standards

Ø  Fully respect to Safety standards during all project execution

Qualifications

Education qualification and Experience:

Degree qualification in the Civil or Structural Engineering field.

Minimum 5years experience in relevant field

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