Design Manager - Roads

Atkins are looking for a Design Manager - Roads in Dubai, UAE.

 Responsibilities

• Involvement with the preparation of reports, designs, specifications and contract documents

• Review designs produced and verify completeness to technical and Atkins standards

• Liaising with other engineers/technicians to ensure updates to technical standards are maintained and disseminated to the team

• Ensure that design briefs are completed satisfactorily

• Promote and incorporate sustainable design wherever possible

• Promote and improve inter-discipline working with other disciplines.

• Monitor emerging legislation and engineering standards relating to highways design and ensure their implementation

• Supervise the preparation of contract documents

• Prepares cost and man-hour estimates, job budgets and schedules.

• Liaise with clients, professional organisations, contractors, suppliers, sub contractors and other design engineers

• Provide technical input and supervise technical input of others within the highways discipline

• Operate to the Quality Assurance system, quality control and document management in line with current policy

• Identify and meet effectively the requirements and expectations of clients

Requirements

• Degree in Civil Engineering

• Similar experience of 10-15 years working in a design consultancy, with experience of concept, scheme and detail design across a range of sectors

• Experience with design of junctions, roundabouts and grade separated interchanges

• Experience of working to QA procedures

• Membership of a Professional Engineering Institution

• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English, able to inspire, influence and negotiate

• In depth and up to date knowledge of Highways Design

• Technical input into Optioneering, scoping, feasibility studies, outline and detailed design projects

• Experienced in design risk assessments and familiar with relevant HSE legislation

• Integrate well and see beyond the standard approach to design delivery

• Knowledge of BIM, Civil 3d, MX and autocad

• Good understanding of the local and international standards related to the highways design

• A good understanding of quality assurance, safety and environmental sustainability

• Able to make decisions, act on own initiative and operate in a pro-active way

• A degree of financial awareness and an ability to develop this skill further as required

• Ability to manage projects, good ability to build up and maintain client and team relationships

• Effective team worker, contributing to the team and wider objectives

• Excellent report writing skills, experience of making presentations and attending meetings with clients

• Be able to logically analyse problems from first principles to determine solutions

• Able to manage own workload and assist more junior members of the team

• Technically capable and willing to assist less experienced members of the team

SNC Lavalin's Atkins business is one of the largest multidisciplinary, multi sector engineering design consultancies in the world and is part of the SNC Lavalin Group.\As one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies with a leading track record in the defence sector, Atkins are ideally placed to respond to this market. We have a broad establishment and proud, 50 year history throughout the Middle East region.

We provide a full range of design, engineering and project management services for buildings, transportation and other infrastructure programmes.

Atkins in the Middle East now employs around 2,000 staff serving Gulf clients across all market sectors from offices in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sharjah.

Rewards & Benefits

We offer an excellent package which includes:

• A competitive salary

• Transportation allowance

• Medical and life insurance cover

• 22 calendar days annual leave

• Medical and life insurance cover

• Company gratuity scheme

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• Annual flight allowance to point of origin