Job Summary

The Senior Stakeholder Engineer coordinates between K&A’s design and supervision teams and local authorities. S/He reviews design deliverables with local authorities and seeks necessary approvals and permits in a timely manner. The jobholder is the key conduit of authorities’ comments and requests for design changes to relevant project teams to ensure the incorporation of requested changes. S/He shall stay abreast of all changes in local engineering / construction-related regulations and codes and ensure that all changes are communicated to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.

Key Responsibilities (Financial)

• Ensure responsibilities are fulfilled in a cost-effective manner

Key Responsibilities (Customer Focus)

• Develop and maintain close relationships with relevant local authorities (e.g. roads, utilities, planning, etc.)
• Manage the collection and maintenance of an updated archive of relevant local regulations and codes related to construction / engineering
• Support supervision teams in obtaining permits from authorities, as required
• Ensure that all necessary approvals and permits are obtained in a timely manner to ensure client satisfaction
• Seek market intelligence of upcoming projects within authorities and share knowledge with the Manager - Stakeholder Management

Key Responsibilities (Internal Business Process)

• Clarify authorities’ requirements to design teams
• Ensure completeness of all documents prior to submission for authorities’ approval
• Conduct design reviews with authorities for designs of high complexity, and ensure adherence of design deliverables with authority requirements at each stage of the design
• Relay authorities’ comments on designs of high complexity to design teams / design support teams and ensure the incorporation of comments in subsequent submittals
• Advise design teams on how to best incorporate authorities’ comments and requirements
• Submit and discuss design deliverables of high complexity with relevant authorities to obtain No Objection Certificates (NOC) and approvals for commencement of the construction phase
• Resolve critical discrepancies and issues with authorities, and escalate issues as needed
• Submit and discuss design changes during the construction phase with relevant authorities to obtain necessary approvals in coordination with respective Supervision Project Managers, Project Managers and design support teams
• Support Stakeholder Engineers on coordinating authorities requirements for non-complex designs, as needed

Qualification, Technical Skills and Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Architecture
• In depth knowledge of engineering standards and codes
• Sound knowledge of local authorities’ regulations, codes and guidelines
• Solid knowledge of engineering design
• Good communication, organization and planning skills
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic

Specific Experience Required to Execute this Role

• 8+ years of experience in the Architecture, Engineering and Planning Industry in a top tier regional / multinational engineering consultancy firm, with demonstrated roles in design or authorities coordination
• Experience with authorities coordination for large projects within the region
• Experience within the [Geography] is preferred