Associate Director Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead an agreed electrical project portfolio or major programme, overseeing quality, delivery, client outcomes and commercial results.
• Set portfolio delivery and assurance arrangements, assigning responsibilities and aligning reviews with complexity and risk.
• Provide senior technical direction on complex electrical strategies and significant decisions within delegated authority.
• Oversee major technical, regulatory and delivery risks, ensuring mitigation, escalation and specialist support.
• Lead workforce and resource planning, balancing capability, capacity, demand and development needs.
• Manage portfolio forecasts, fee performance, resourcing costs and commercial exposure, agreeing corrective action with project leaders.
• Develop strategic client relationships and resolve escalated delivery, technical and commercial issues.
• Lead significant bids and fee proposals, establishing scope, assumptions, exclusions, resources and delivery commitments.
• Embed sustainability, resilience, maintainability, adaptability and whole-life value in project strategies and reviews.
• Develop Associates and Senior Engineers through coaching, succession planning and performance management.
• Coordinate across disciplines and regional teams to secure specialist capability and improve multidisciplinary delivery.
• Sponsor improvements in technical standards, digital engineering, assurance and lessons learned across the practice
• Your skills and experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline appropriate to professional registration.
• Demonstrated leadership of a substantial engineering team, complex project portfolio or major multidisciplinary programme.
• Strong technical judgement across electrical building services systems and the ability to direct specialist input.
• Experience establishing technical assurance and overseeing delivery through project leaders.
• Proven capability in portfolio forecasting, fee development, resource planning and commercial recovery.
• Experience developing strategic client relationships and leading technically credible bids and negotiations within delegated authority.
• Strong understanding of Saudi Arabian delivery conditions, regulatory interfaces and authority requirements.
• Ability to evaluate digital workflows, technical capability and design review effectiveness.
• Evidence of developing leaders, strengthening team capability and planning succession.
• Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent recognised professional registration.
• Membership of the IET, CIBSE or an equivalent recognised professional institution.
• Relevant leadership, commercial management and technical governance development, with specialist accreditation desirable where relevant.
• Saudi Council of Engineers registration or accreditation appropriate to the activities undertaken, where required.
• What we offer you
• Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world's most respected consultancies.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two professional memberships or subscriptions.
• An international culture where, wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won't be far from the exceptional.
• At Buro Happold, everyone else's extraordinary is just our everyday.

A place for everyone

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline appropriate to professional registration.
• Demonstrated leadership of a substantial engineering team, complex project portfolio or major multidisciplinary programme.
• Strong technical judgement across electrical building services systems and the ability to direct specialist input.
• Experience establishing technical assurance and overseeing delivery through project leaders.
• Proven capability in portfolio forecasting, fee development, resource planning and commercial recovery.
• Experience developing strategic client relationships and leading technically credible bids and negotiations within delegated authority.
• Strong understanding of Saudi Arabian delivery conditions, regulatory interfaces and authority requirements.
• Ability to evaluate digital workflows, technical capability and design review effectiveness.
• Evidence of developing leaders, strengthening team capability and planning succession.
• Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent recognised professional registration.
• Membership of the IET, CIBSE or an equivalent recognised professional institution.
• Relevant leadership, commercial management and technical governance development, with specialist accreditation desirable where relevant.
• Saudi Council of Engineers registration or accreditation appropriate to the activities undertaken, where required.