About the Role
The Lead Structural Engineer is responsible for leading the structural engineering scope of Digital EPC projects from concept and detailed design through to procurement support, construction, and final handover. This role ensures that buildings, equipment foundations, structural steel, reinforced concrete, raised-floor supports, equipment platforms, rooftop structures, and associated systems are safe, compliant, constructible, and aligned with the loading, resilience, and operational requirements of mission-critical digital infrastructure.
The position provides discipline leadership for data centres, ICT facilities, telecommunications hubs, command-and-control environments, smart infrastructure, and other technology-intensive developments. The Lead Structural Engineer coordinates engineers, designers, specialist consultants, vendors, construction teams, and client representatives while managing interfaces with architecture, geotechnical, civil, mechanical cooling, electrical power, ICT, and commissioning functions.
This role safeguards engineering quality through disciplined design governance, structural analysis, vibration and loading assessment, model coordination, constructability review, and change control. It resolves complex engineering issues and ensures structural deliverables support equipment procurement, fabrication, installation sequencing, maintainability, expansion, and operational handover.
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Job Responsibilities
1. Structural Engineering Leadership
Lead planning, execution, and technical assurance of the structural scope, establishing design priorities, deliverable schedules, resource requirements, and quality expectations.
2. Structural Design & Technical Governance
Direct structural design criteria, calculations, specifications, drawings, models, and reviews in compliance with project requirements, equipment loading data, and applicable codes.
3. Mission-Critical Buildings & Equipment Support
Provide technical leadership for data halls, technical buildings, equipment foundations, structural frames, slabs, platforms, supports, and rooftop equipment structures.
4. Loading, Vibration & Resilience Assessment
Coordinate static, dynamic, seismic, wind, vibration, impact, and equipment loads and verify structural performance against serviceability, redundancy, and operational requirements.
5. Geotechnical, Architectural & MEP Interfaces
Manage foundation criteria, penetrations, openings, builder-work, equipment access, raised-floor systems, and interfaces with civil, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and ICT disciplines.
6. Vendor, Fabrication & Procurement Engineering
Review vendor loads, anchor arrangements, support details, shop drawings, material submissions, fabrication documents, and technical deviations.
7. Constructability & Site Engineering Support
Lead constructability reviews and resolve technical queries, field changes, nonconformities, repair proposals, and installation issues while protecting design intent.
8. Engineering Quality, Safety & Compliance
Ensure calculations, drawings, and specifications are checked, verified, and approved under quality procedures, authority requirements, structural codes, and contractual obligations.
9. Value Engineering, Modularity & Future Expansion
Drive standardization, modularization, material efficiency, and design optimization while protecting safety, durability, maintainability, and future capacity requirements.
10. Team Development & Technical Coordination
Guide structural engineers and designers, allocate work, review performance, share technical knowledge, and maintain effective stakeholder communication.
Job Knowledge & Skills
1. Mission-Critical Structural Systems
Advanced knowledge of reinforced concrete, structural steel, equipment foundations, technical buildings, platforms, supports, and structures used in digital infrastructure.
2. Structural Analysis & Design Assurance
Strong command of load development, analysis, stability, strength, serviceability, vibration, durability, and verification principles under relevant international standards.
3. Equipment Loading & Dynamic Performance
Ability to assess heavy equipment, rooftop plants, generators, cooling systems, batteries, racks, and structures subject to vibration, seismic, and dynamic effects.
4. BIM, Constructability & Systems Integration
Ability to coordinate structural models, penetrations, openings, access, tolerances, fabrication, erection, and interfaces with MEP and ICT systems.
5. Technical Leadership & Problem Solving
Strong analytical, communication, and decision-making capability to resolve complex structural issues and align multidisciplinary stakeholders.
Job Experience
Structural Engineering Experience: Minimum 12+ years in design and project delivery.
Progressive experience in structural engineering for data centres, ICT facilities, telecommunications, mission-critical infrastructure, industrial buildings, or technology-intensive EPC projects.
Discipline Leadership Experience: Minimum 5+ years leading structural engineering teams.
Responsibility for calculations, drawings, models, design reviews, vendor coordination, multidisciplinary interfaces, and engineering quality.
Digital EPC & Construction Support Experience: Minimum 5+ years across design, procurement, and site delivery.
Experience translating specialist equipment, resilience, and operational requirements into fabrication, construction, and installation-ready structural solutions.
Competencies
Agility
AI Fluency
Build High-Performing Teams
Cost Management L4
Drawings/Specifications L4
Geotechnical Engineering L4
HSE L4
Leadership
Provide Direction
QA/QC L4
Quality
Resilience
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or any related field.
Master's Degree in Engineering or any related field.
