Associate Director Electrical Engineer

About Buro Happold

Buro Happold Engineer India Private Limited operates with a clear strategic plan, a strong learning culture, and an entrepreneurial mindset. The company is committed to sustainability, equity, social, and performance outcomes, focusing on ethical practices even when challenging. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a lasting impact.

Role Overview

As an Associate Director in Electrical Engineering, you will lead a project portfolio, a major program, or a substantial electrical engineering team within the Riyadh Buildings practice. This full-time position in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, involves translating business objectives into coordinated technical delivery, effective resource deployment, strong client relationships, and sustainable commercial performance. You will provide senior technical oversight, develop project leaders, and contribute to shaping the discipline's capability and market positioning. The role requires 5-10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead an agreed electrical project portfolio or major program, 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.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a commercially focused and technically accomplished leader with 5-10 years of experience in electrical engineering. This individual will drive the successful delivery of complex multidisciplinary projects and contribute to the continued growth and development of the Buildings business across Saudi Arabia and the wider region.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a practice that values a strong learning culture and an entrepreneurial mindset. The role involves working within a team committed to sustainability and impactful project delivery.