Senior Mechanical Engineer - supervision

1 Mission

The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for all the design technicalconcerns during the project conception stages and the construction in the trade related to his/her qualification. The role ensures the quality at every stage of the project (design, construction, testing and commissioning).

The Senior Mechanical Engineer leads the design technical studies, in coordination with other trades working on the projects he/she is involved. He/she coordinates with the clients and Stakeholders, the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), and other Consulting Engineers at any phase of the project as well as the Contractors during the construction stage.

On site, the Senior Mechanical Engineer leads the submissions review, supervises the procurement, installation, testing and commissioning within is discipline perimeter.

2 Line and Staff Relations

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will report to the Head of Practice and/or Director, Production and Operations for line management support and projects instructions.

In supervision stage, the Senior Mechanical Engineer will take directions from the appointed Resident Engineer, and will give direction to assigned other Engineers/inspectors/surveyors when assigned to projects.

As part of his/her mission, the Senior Mechanical Engineer may be in functional contact with:

· The Project Director and/or Project Manager and the Design Manager

· The Client or the delegated contracting authority,

· The Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)

· The various Practices and Departments,

· Other Consultants and/or Sub-Consultants

· The Tendering Department,

· The Business Development Department,

· Approving Authorities and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)

· Other Stakeholders

3 Key Responsibilities

• Respect ARTELIA AIRPORTS policy and guide-lines for Ethics and Compliance.
• As specialist advisor, attends diagnostics, expertise recommendations and solutions on airport installations and other existing buildings types.
• Provides input to the Tendering Department during the pre-bid and bidding processes to help secure new projects proposals vs technical scope of work, planning and needed resources deployment
• New technologies/innovations sharing
• Lessons learnt from previous projects sharing

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION

· Coordinates with other technical Consultant’s Engineers,

· Coordinates technical issues with the Contractors,

· Coordinates the design and site works with all other trades working on the project

· Works on the required site modifications, prepares and submits Variation Orders to the Client’s approval, issues Engineer’s Instructions and answers the contractors’ technical requests.

· Ensure that contractors have obtained NOC and necessary work permits from AHJs and other related airport authorities and stakeholders

· Is in charge of all types of submissions review:

o Reviews all documents related to construction work, such as but not limited to: shop drawings, method of statements, materials submissions, mock-ups, calculation notes, factories visits, maintenance manuals, as-built documentation etc… vs contractual requirements, design and specifications

o Prepares technical comments on non-conformity reports, instruction request and material approvals that will be transmitted to the Construction Manager via the Resident Engineer for validation,

o Alerts in case of claims and advises the Contract Advisor for answering claims,

o Checks the production and construction quality on site,

o Checks manufacturing of devices (including validation of prototype).

· Prepares materials and components proposals with necessary technical data and recommendations, and submits for approval to Client and related Stakeholders.

· Provides support for the preparation and submission of the progress reports (weekly, monthly, …)

· Supervises all construction work stages:

o Installation, commissioning, testing, punch listing and training, etc…

o Controls the on-site progress of works through regular site inspections and when deemed necessary

o Supervise the quality of work at every stage of the construction

o Attend testing and commissioning

o Attends site meetings with the client, contractors, subcontractors and/or…