Associate Director – Abu Dhabi

Black & White Engineering (B&W) has grown to be one of the world’s leading MEP design consultancies and is looking to grow further.

Launched in the UAE in 2007, we became an independent company in 2014 and now have global reach from over 800 staff in our offices throughout Europe, Middle East and APAC.

Our engineering expertise reaches across all sectors of the construction industry, providing pragmatic design solutions to ensure our projects are robust, efficient and practical to install and maintain.

• Develops and communicates the vision, values, and direction of the business to achieve sustainability, growth, efficiency and profit.
• Is responsible for managing the development, design and coordination of engineering project services for MEP installations, systems, equipment, facilities etc.
• Ensures projects are successfully delivered, adhering to B&W standard / quality and timelines whilst managing resources efficiently.
• Applies a high level of initiative and judgement to prioritise tasks, workload of projects and acts with professionalism, courtesy, and tact with clients and colleagues, and promotes the culture of the company.
• Maintains an ongoing commitment to the philosophy of the business and its implementation and also provides leadership in the following areas:
  • Technical expertise (learning and growing)
  • Team leadership (lead by example, knowledge sharing, mentoring and guidance)
  • Team management (organising project teams, task breakdown and assignments)
  • Team recruitment (build your team)
  • Team culture – participating in the Black & White ‘One (global) Team Culture’

The Associate Director position suits an experienced and qualified engineering design professional. He / she will possess the technical knowledge, design experience, people management and project delivery background necessary to lead design teams in the successful delivery of highly technical building projects.

He / she will have a keen interest in new developments and technical advancements within the MEP engineering design field. Having specific Data Centre design experience will be an advantage as will :

• • BSc / B.Tech / BEng in Electrical or have sufficient equivalent experience
  • Chartered Engineer status
  • Technical expertise in their discipline
  • Working understanding of other MEP disciplines
  • Significant experience of design and specification for Electrical systems for range of applications
  • Experience of having managed the design process of international projects.
  • Extensive knowledge of design stage deliverables and BSRIA BG6/2018.
  • Sound knowledge and working application of key health and safety issues and legislation
  • Time management
  • Excellent English communication skills – both verbal and written
  • High level of technical understanding with the ability to communicate this knowledge clearly – verbally and in writing
  • Efficient working practices – ability to prioritise own workload
  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • Proficiency at using proprietary calculation software
  • Extensive knowledge of international codes and standards
  • Presentation skills
  • Meeting management
  • Self development and learning
  • Resource / program planning and management
  • Task breakdown and allocation
  • Implementing B&W (and/or client) systems and processes
  • Willingness to make the extra effort
  • Willingness to travel

At B&W our VISION is to be a Leading Global MEP Consultancy and we have five STRATEGIC BUSINESS THEMES that guide how we achieve this.

These priorities are fundamental to our business planning process and underpin our ability to achieve our goals and objectives.

The way we work with each other, and our clients is critical to our success, and we have five VALUES to support this:

ACCOUNTABILITY > Everyone is accountable.

INTEGRITY > We are straight talking, respectful and fair.

SIMPLICITY > Both in our approach and solutions.

SUPPORTIVE > We are approachable, inclusive and recognise success.

QUALITY > We strive to get it right first time, every time.

When working together we are:

SUPPORTIVE

ACCOUNTABLE

COLLABORATIVE

RESPECTFUL

The key tools to be effective are:

ATTENTION TO DETAIL

PLANNING

SOLVING PROBLEMS

MAKING DECISIONS

KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH INDUSTRY TRENDS