Byrne Looby Partnership (BLP) is expanding its consulting engineering operations in the Middle East. As part of that expansion of the business, BLP are looking to employ an ambitious and talented engineer who will be based in our office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The proposed role will be titled Technical Manager. The Technical Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a project team, technical supervision of engineering designs, as well as budgetary accountability for project delivery. It is envisaged that the Technical Manager will be a qualified Mechanical, Electrical or Instrumentation and Control engineer, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in Water and/or Wastewater Treatment in the Saudi market. Canidates fom the Petrochem, Oil, Gas and power (COGP) sector Saudi experience are also sought.
Key Accountability
- Management of relationships with key clients, sub-contractors and contacts relevant to development of the business
- Providing pro active professional advice and support across the business
- Day-to-day supervision / line management of team / department
- Management of projects within time, cost and quality constraints and standards. Responsible for the delivery of design packages.
- Estimating, pricing and delivering against work targets
- Client liaison and development
- Management of engineering outsource partners.
- Preparation of tender submissions.
Behavioral Competencies
- Commercial Understanding
- Promotes cost conscious approach and contributes to budgetary management of projects. Demonstrates awareness of contracting and winning work principles and contributes to Bids and Tenders; demonstrates evidence of obtaining repeat services from clients, consistently delivering cross-selling and evidence of client targeted products / services.
- Leadership and People Management
– Undertakes work both as an individual and in a cross functional or project team across disciplines in order to optimize business success. Creates a climate for constructive feedback with a focus on high quality performance, taking timely and appropriate action to address performance of individuals and sub-contractors.
- Technical Excellence
– Provides the required technical knowledge to complete tasks and actively coaches others, shares best practice, attaining required qualifications and credentials. Demonstrates strong project management skills, managing successful completion of agreed deliverables on time and in scope, coaching high standards of performance across the team.
- Personal Effectiveness
– Is non-adversarial in approach to communication with people at all levels, ensures complex information is conveyed to others in an understandable manner. Leads effective meetings. Is respected by peers and colleagues, understands the BLP values and is tenacious in pursuit of results.
- Team Working
– Builds and leads a collaborative team by coaching and supporting team members collaborating on multidisciplinary team working, accepting responsibility for and providing back up to decisions made by their team.
- Customer Focus
– Demonstrates commercial knowledge and ownership to improve business performance and manage risk, builds effective and financially rewarding, long term relationships with clients.
Skills
- Proven experience in Water Engineering and COGP sectors.
- Supervisory / some line management experience
- Knowledge of management tools and techniques
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its application
- Understanding and operation of management systems for quality, financial and project controls
- Relevant industry experience
- Relevant professional qualification
- Educated to Engineering Degree standard
- Chartered status or equivalent local qualifications desirable
Send CV and cover letter to admin@blpge.com
