Lead Design Engineer

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**Lead Design Engineer - Potable Water**

**Doha, Qatar**

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Lead Potable Water Engineer to join our team This role involves ensuring the sustainable and efficient use of water resources, addressing water supply, distribution, treatment, and environmental concerns.

**What you will be doing**:

- Lead the planning, design, and implementation of water infrastructure projects, including water supply, treatment, and distribution systems.
- Manage project timelines, budgets, deliverables, and quality standards.
- Conduct feasibility studies, technical assessments, and optimize designs for water systems.
- Ensure compliance with QCS, KAHRAMAA standards, and relevant authorities’ approval procedures.
- Calculate water demand, develop supply strategies, and plan reservoir capacities.
- Design transmission, distribution, storage, and perform transient analysis for large-scale projects.
- Develop valve arrangements, hydraulic chambers, looping techniques, and pump station designs.
- Incorporate sustainable water supply solutions and value engineering principles.
- Plan water demand for strategic and developmental infrastructure projects.
- Supervise and mentor junior engineers, technicians, and support staff.
- Review and approve technical reports, designs, and calculations.
- Coordinate with clients, contractors, government agencies, and stakeholders to align project objectives.
- Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations regarding water quality, safety, and environmental protection.
- Prepare layout plans, profiles, reports, permits, and environmental impact assessments.
- Carry out concept, preliminary, and detailed engineering for potable water networks.
- Write clear and comprehensive technical reports.
- Conduct design reviews for engineering solutions, drawings, specifications, and BOQs.
- Resolve issues during design, construction supervision, and post-contract phases.
- Perform site inspections to monitor construction and maintenance activities.
- Promote sustainable water management practices, including recycling and conservation techniques.
- Explore opportunities to integrate renewable energy into water systems.
- Implement best practices for system reliability, safety, and sustainability.
- Foster collaboration, ensure efficient team utilization, and maintain high-quality deliverables.
- Coordinate with other discipline engineers and BIM/CAD technicians on project requirements and timelines.
- Conduct client and project meetings as needed.

**What Required Skills You'll Bring**
- Bachelor’s degree in civil / mechanical / water / environmental engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) qualified (or equivalent) or well-progressed towards qualification.
- 17+ years of experience in water engineering projects, with a focus on infrastructure design and resource management.
- Proficiency in hydraulic and hydrological modeling software (Infoworks WS, Bentley, WaterCAD/WaterGEMS, water hammering, surge analysis, CFD and Autodesk civil 3D, Esri GIS Software’s)
- Strong knowledge of water treatment processes, distribution systems, and environmental regulations.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

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