Principal Civil Engineer - Marine

Ayesa Al Seef Bahrain Principal Design Engineer
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Company Description

ByrneLooby is a multi-award winning international firm of designers and project managers. Our teams of highly skilled professionals provide industry leading solutions for complex construction projects across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. We have expertise across the fields of geotechnical, civil, structural, water, energy and marine engineering and we work collaboratively with our clients, applying this expertise, to achieve optimum outcomes. 

Position

  • Working with the Country Manager and Managing Director to strategically grow disciplines of interest and opportunity;
  • Significant input in the direction of the regional growth of the marine team in terms of market sectors and areas;
  • Grow and lead the marine team in Bahrain with full operational responsibility;
  • Where opportunities permit and subject to specific requirements, lead any number of project-based resources in countries outside of the Bahrain;
  • Assist the Country Manager and Directors in growing the regional presence and look to grow marine capability regional in other offices;
  • Lead the marine business development regionally and be key point of contact for marine works in a number of strategic areas.

Requirements

Reporting to the Managing Director the role encompasses the following:

  • Manage the day to day technical requirements and package delivery for the office;
  • Responsible for the mentoring and managing knowledge transfer within the office and between ByrneLooby offices;
  • Represent ByrneLooby and undertake a business development role in the Bahrain, UAE, KSA and wider (as required – Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait) for marine engineering and associated environmental/geotechnical disciplines;
  • Liaise with ByrneLooby strategic marine partner in UAE to seek opportunities for design, site supervision and construction of marine related project in GCC;
  • Plan, organise and lead project delivery;
  • Front ByrneLooby Marine in the GCC region and wider projects in a Senior PM role;
  • Provide technical and project managerial;
  • Provide assistance and where necessary lead the production of marine based tenders and proposals;
  • As required grow the Bahrain marine staffing and lead this team in the delivery of marine projects;
  • Coordinate and liaise with all members of the ByrneLooby marine team including GCC, UK and Ireland based staff;
  • Management of projects from a technical, commercial and programme perspective;
  • Management of marine team project related finances;
  • Assist the Marine Director in wider business opportunities
  • Responsibility for the resourcing and utilisation of office staff;
  • Responsibility for the managed growth of the Bahrain office staffing.

Other information

Attributes

  • Experience of working in the GCC – particularly in UAE, KSA and Bahrain;
  • Broad experience in marine structural design, coastal processes design, numerical modelling studies and an understanding of environmental engineering;
  • Proven delivery of projects both technically and financially;
  • Ability to self-start /manage;
  • Lateral thinker;
  • Proficient in English, both verbal and written;
  • Drives technical excellence and delivery;
  • Astute business development skills;
  • Tendering and pricing ability;
  • Technical expert in specific disciplines;
  • Team Leader;
  • Client facing;
  • Strong and proven project commercial and financial experience.

Qualifications

  • Masters level in Civil / Structural Engineering, Coastal Processes, Marine Structural Engineering or similar;
  • Chartered level in ICE, CIWEM or equivalent;
  • 8-12 years industry experience.

 

ByrneLooby is an Equal Opportunity Employer