Structure Design Manager

Parsons Corporation

What You'll Be Doing

• Review work produced to ensure that applicable codes, standards, and procedures are followed and quality is acceptable.
• Monitor productivity and technical proficiency of assigned personnel.
• Make staffing assignments and reassignments as project needs arise.
• Conduct performance evaluations, take corrective action as necessary, recommend promotions and salary actions, and recommend training and development for assigned personnel.
• Help define discipline design organization and participation on a project, including scope of work, design criteria, schedules, standards, and procedures.
• Determine budget estimates and staffing requirements for the defined scope and schedule.
• Supervise the production of project drawings and design calculations.
• Promote technical excellence on the project, including furthering the Quality Improvement Process.
• Ensure that discipline design work is coordinated with project staff and engineers from other disciplines by maintaining clear and frequent communications.
• Advise engineering and project management regarding any problem areas, staffing requirements, delays in production, scope changes, or other events which could affect project completion and/or profitability.
• Initiate and/or review change order requests for additions, deletions, or changes to the original scope of work.
• Ensure that adequate checking is performed in accordance with discipline checking policy and procedures.
• Recommend design methods, software tools, and equipment use, etc., for discipline standards, including the application of advanced structural analysis platforms.
• Maintain affiliation with professional societies to keep abreast of current technologies.
• Recommend and prepare technical papers.
• Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor s degree in Civil Engineering with emphasis on Structural Engineering.
• 20 years of related work experience in structural design.
• Related work experience in prominent consultancy firms with specific experience in structural design.
• Substantial experience in design of transportation structures such as bridges and underpasses.
• Substantial experience in design of infrastructure-related buildings such as large-scale tank/pump stations and substations.
• Candidate must have UPDA Registration or be eligible and able to obtain the registration within months of onboarding.
• International professional registration such as PE, CEng, or PEng is required.
• Intimate knowledge of structural design principles.
• Strong experience with structural analysis and design software such as MIDAS, CSI Bridge, ETABS, SAP 2000, SOFiSTiK
• Ability to perform hands-on detailed technical review of engineering deliverables including structural analysis models, design calculations, engineering drawings, and specifications.
• Ability to perform constructability reviews to:
  
  • Identify advantages and disadvantages of proposed construction methodologies.
  • Confirm feasibility considering spatial, operational, technical, schedule, and budgetary constraints.
  • Confirm the incorporation of construction effects into the design of structures.
• Ability to guide a large technical team to produce deliverables for multiple large projects on time and in good quality.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent report writing skills to independently produce logical, well-organized, and grammatically correct technical reports and letters directed to clients and authorities.
• Excellent presentation skills to convey the message clearly and succinctly.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Master s degree in Structural Engineering.
• Experience in the Qatar or GCC region with major infrastructure or transportation programs.
• Experience leading structural design on design build, PPP, or other alternative delivery projects.
• Proven experience implementing or overseeing digital design and BIM workflows for structural engineering.
• Experience in seismic design, complex foundations, or long-span / complex bridge structures.
• Ability to take a leadership role in proposal preparations, including defining technical approaches, resource plans, and schedules.
• Ability to review various multidisciplinary documents and objectively assess the technical validity and coordination of the contents.
• Active participation in professional societies, technical committees, or standards development.
• Record of published technical papers, conference presentations, or internal best-practice guidelines.