Bridge Engineer

Project Description: NEOM Project Summary: Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company will provide executive project management consultancy services (including technical, commercial, and construction management) for the development of certain defined aspects of the NEOM Infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. NEOM will be the home and workplace to more than a million residents from around the world. It will include towns and cities, ports and enterprise zones, research centers, sports and entertainment venues, and tourist destinations. As a hub for innovation, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and companies will come to research, incubate, and commercialize new technologies and enterprises in groundbreaking ways.

Position Summary: Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the Engineering Department, a Bridge Engineer is required to combine their technical experience and knowledge for the management of Bridge design by the client’s design consultants for Regional Infrastructure Road Projects. Support the Design Project Manager in managing and delivering the Bridge design in accordance with the Programme and the requirements of the client. Support Coordination and monitoring of the development of the design consultant’s planned activities and provide progress reports to Design Project Management, highlighting performance to plan. Plan and organize the review of the design consultant’s deliverables, interfacing with subject matter experts and design review teams. Assist the Contracts Department and Construction teams in pre-construction and post contract award activities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Support management of design activities and coordination of workloads for Bridge design Coordinate the response to comments raised on deliverables by the likes of subject matter experts, the design review team, the Independent Checking Engineer, and Independent Safety Assessors.
• Ensure the buildability of the proposed Bridge design and suitability of materials.
• Coordinate and visit the jobsite as required, to resolve problems, interpret drawings and documents and provide technical support during the construction phase.
• Coordinate with other disciplines, consultants, and attend project meetings from time to time.
• Coordinate with Contracts Department and Construction teams for supporting the pre-construction procurement process and the checking and assembly of the design documentation for issue as design-build or design-bid-build tender packages as required.
• Review contractor’s construction drawings, respond to technical queries and technical submittals to ensure compliance with design intent.
• Review Bridge design and engineering studies prepared by local and international engineering firms.
• Take an active role in Bridge design reviews, interdisciplinary design reviews and provide comments.