Lead Structural Engineer

Job Description

• Structural Engineering Discipline Leadership
• Lead the structural engineering team across assigned projects.
• Allocate structural engineering activities to engineers, senior engineers, and structural designers based on project priorities, workload, and competence.
• Provide technical direction, mentoring, and support to structural engineering team members.
• Review workload and resource requirements and report requirements to management.
• Monitor structural design productivity, deliverable progress, and project milestones.
• Ensure consistent structural design standards, engineering principles, and technical practices are implemented across projects.
• Support recruitment, technical interviews, and assessment of structural engineering candidates when required.
• Support professional development and competency improvement within the structural engineering team.
• Establish and maintain high standards of structural engineering quality, safety, and documentation.
• Lead technical discussions and resolve complex structural engineering issues.
• Provide engineering guidance on structural systems, materials, analysis methodologies, and constructability.
• Structural Design Management

Lead and oversee the development of structural engineering designs for buildings, infrastructure, and associated developments, including as applicable:

• Concept and feasibility studies.
• Structural system selection and optimization.
• Structural design criteria and basis of design.
• Preliminary structural design.
• Schematic structural design.
• Design development.
• Detailed structural design.
• Structural analysis and modelling.
• Foundation design.
• Superstructure design.
• Concrete and reinforced concrete structures.
• Structural steel structures.
• Composite structures where applicable.
• Post-tensioned structures where applicable.
• Masonry and other structural systems where applicable.
• Retaining walls and earth-retaining structures.
• Basement structures.
• Underground structures.
• Roof structures.
• Canopies and external structures.
• Temporary and permanent works interfaces where applicable.
• Structural strengthening and modification works where applicable.
• Seismic and wind design.
• Durability and robustness considerations.
• Structural fire-resistance requirements.
• Construction-stage structural considerations.
• Design for constructability, maintainability, and durability.
• Value engineering and structural optimization.
• Structural Analysis and Design Development

Ensure appropriate development, analysis, checking, and technical review of:

• Structural analysis models.
• Structural calculations.
• Design calculations and design reports.
• Load assessments.
• Load combinations.
• Gravity load analysis.
• Lateral load analysis.
• Wind analysis and design.
• Seismic analysis and design.
• Stability analysis.
• Foundation analysis and design.
• Soil-structure interaction where applicable.
• Reinforced concrete design.
• Structural steel design.
• Connection design.
• Composite structural design where applicable.
• Retaining wall design.
• Basement and underground structure design.
• Structural framing plans.
• Foundation plans.
• Column layouts.
• Beam layouts.
• Slab layouts.
• Roof structural plans.
• Elevations and sections.
• Structural details.
• Reinforcement drawings.
• Reinforcement schedules.
• Steel fabrication and erection drawings where applicable.
• Structural specifications.
• Bills of Quantities.
• Tender documentation.
• Authority submission packages.
• Temporary works interfaces where applicable.

Ensure all structural documentation is coordinated, technically accurate, adequately checked, and suitable for the relevant project stage.

• Design Deliverables

Lead preparation and review of:

• Structural Design Basis Reports.
• Structural Design Criteria.
• Structural calculations.
• Structural analysis reports.
• Concept structural design packages.
• Preliminary and schematic structural design packages.
• Detailed structural design packages.
• Structural design development packages.
• Structural drawings.
• Foundation plans and details.
• Framing plans.
• Column, beam, slab, and roof plans.
• Structural sections and elevations.
• Reinforcement drawings and schedules.
• Structural steel drawings and details.
• Connection details where applicable.
• Structural specifications.
• Material specifications.
• Tender documentation.
• Bills of Quantities.
• Technical reports.
• Structural assessment reports.
• Authority submission packages.
• Technical responses to design review comments.
• Construction support documentation.
• Client presentation and technical approval documents.
• Saudi Regulatory and Engineering Code Compliance

Ensure structural designs comply with applicable requirements including:

• Saudi Building Code and applicable structural requirements.
• Saudi Civil Defense requirements where applicable.
• Municipality and local authority requirements.
• Royal Commission requirements where applicable.
• Project-specific authority requirements.
• Applicable Saudi standards and regulations governing structural safety and construction.
• Applicable geotechnical and foundation requirements.
• Requirements relating to seismic design, wind loading, fire resistance, structural robustness, durability, and structural integrity.

International standards and guidelines shall be applied where applicable and where consistent with project and Saudi requirements, including relevant:

• International Building Code (IBC).
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) standards.
• American Concrete Institute (ACI) standards.
• American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) standards.
• ASTM standards.
• British Standards / BS EN standards.
• Eurocodes where applicable.
• NFPA requirements relating to structural fire resistance and life safety where applicable.
• ISO standards where applicable.
• Other internationally recognized structural engineering standards relevant to the project.

The Lead Structural Engineer shall identify any conflicts between standards and ensure that the governing project requirement is clearly established and documented.

• Authority and Municipality Coordination
• Lead technical coordination with relevant Saudi authorities and municipalities.
• Coordinate structural submissions and approval requirements.
• Prepare and review structural authority submission packages.
• Respond to authority technical comments related to structural design.
• Attend technical meetings with authorities and stakeholders.
• Monitor structural approval status.
• Coordinate revisions required to achieve timely approvals.
• Ensure authority requirements are incorporated into the structural design and project documentation.
• Provide technical clarification and supporting calculations when required by authorities.
• Multidisciplinary Coordination

Coordinate structural engineering requirements with:

• Architecture.
• Civil Engineering.
• Geotechnical Engineering.
• Electrical Engineering.
• Mechanical Engineering.
• HVAC.
• Public Health / Plumbing.
• Fire & Life Safety.
• Telecom and ICT.
• Security.
• Infrastructure.
• Utilities.
• Landscape.
• Interior Design.
• Sustainability.
• BIM.
• Specialist consultants.
• Process engineering where applicable.

The Lead Structural Engineer shall ensure:

• Structural systems are properly integrated with architectural layouts.
• Structural grids and column locations are coordinated with architectural planning.
• Structural framing is coordinated with MEP requirements.
• Plant rooms and technical spaces are structurally coordinated.
• Equipment loads and access requirements are appropriately considered.
• Openings, penetrations, sleeves, and embedded items are properly coordinated.
• Structural floor-to-floor requirements are coordinated with architectural and MEP requirements.
• Slab depths and structural zones are compatible with building services.

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