Associate Director

3 weeks ago


Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates AECOM Full time

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Team Management

Manages the water team within utilities department, coordinating activities of the engineering and technicians.

The water team covers potable water, wastewater, irrigation and recycled water, storm water, firefighting, hydrology, water and wastewater treatment and district cooling.

Responsibility for working with the teams leads and principals in managing the water

team.

Ensure effective communication of technical and business issues to all staff reporting to you, and the wider team.

Accountable for the results of the water department and adherence to approved project budgets.

Fully accountable for the team's utilisation targets.

Performs various management, leadership, and people accountability responsibilities for the water team.

Supports business change management initiatives (i.e., quality management, BIM, project excellence) mandated by senior leadership.

Recruits, trains, mentors, and evaluates the staff within the department.

Technical Delivery Management

Responsible for independently resolving all technical and managerial matters about the engineering issues within the water department.

Must have solid understanding of all water infrastructure and non infrastructure elements within the projects.

Extensive experience of working on land development projects covering master planning stages to detailed design.

Conducts peer reviews, lead verifications and shares knowledge through internal technical presentations and standards development.

Provide technical expertise in terms of quantity, quality and cost to assess whether targets have been achieved and determine where improvements and efficiencies can be achieved.

Can perform technical quality reviews including documentation in project record in accordance with policies and procedures and approves and signs off on work.

Serves as Lead Verifier (where required), confirming that the technical approach satisfies the client scope of services and expectations. Approves and signs off work.

Technical Coordination with Authorities for approvals of schemes.

Leading digital transformation strategy and implementation and embracing the change within the Discipline.

Plans and develops engineering tasks concerned with unique or controversial problems. This involves exploration of a subject area, the definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.

Excellent presentation and report writing skills. Must have experience of delivering presentations to senior personnel.

Project Management

Act as project manager on large and/or complex projects.

Drives a culture of financial responsibility ensuring maximum profitability.

Has solid understanding of project delivery requirements and is well versed with project management techniques.

Understand and apply the principles of risk and value management and use risk and value-based thinking to make project level decisions.

Business Development

Actively involved with clients and leads business development initiatives, participating in the preparation of major bids and proposals on the commercial and technical side.

Actively involved with clients and supports business development initiatives.

Externally recognised as a leader in one or more elements of technical discipline.

Applies acquired expertise and knowledge to solve business challenges and develops the technical strategy for proposals within the area of expertise.

Advises local management on growth, staff recruitment and retention, and technical excellence strategies.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum 18 years experience, with at least 10 years in large international engineering consultancy

Bachelors or Masters degree in civil engineering or relevant discipline.

Chartered or PE status.

Qualifications


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