Design Support Service

Afcons Infrastructure Limited is an Indian multinational construction and engineering company based in Mumbai. The company provides infrastructure services and is involved in the construction of infrastructure projects such as viaducts, flyovers, metros, bridges, pipelines, roads, ports, barrages, oil and gas projects etc

Roles and Responsibilities 01

• Understanding the material requirements, design procedures, assumptions, and constraints. Preparing and finalizing design basis report.
• Ensuring the preparation of preliminary designs.
• Reviewing Tender Documents, understanding client’s requirements, discussing additions and omissions (from scope of service) for successfully delivering various structural projects within time and cost.
• Reviewing information affecting design, discussing with Team Leader and following instructions accordingly.
• Ensuring the preparation of Design Delivery Schedule.
• Organizing, drafting, reviewing technical submittals, and ensuring coordination for it.
• Ensuring that designs are constructable, safe, economical, satisfying contract requirements, law of land and other statutory provisions. Advising modifications and additional calculations if required.

Roles and Responsibilities 02

Detailed Design

• Ensuring detailed design / review of design provided by external consultant.
• Discussing various options and setting design parameters such as materials to be used, design assumptions, design methodology, analysis techniques to be adopted, standards / codes to be followed, making a list of referral codes / journal to be referred. Discussing with call stakeholders and obtaining their approval before proceeding with design activities.
• Developing and carrying out construction stage design checks.
• Ensuring the preparation of construction sequence to be adopted during construction in discussion with all stakeholders.
• Reviewing submittals such as method statements and taking responsibility of all design issues and ensuring successful delivery of design documents.

Roles and Responsibilities 03

Design Submission and Review of Design for Approval / Monitoring Work Progress

• Ensuring design preparation and issuing of good for construction (GFC) documents for construction.
• Ensuring design review is completed prior to the commencement of construction.
• Reviewing design changes proposed by site to improve the constructability.
• Clarifying design queries during approvals with client and construction at site.
• Discussing design interface with Design Head and team members involving activities between civil and the various external parties (such as Engineering and Manufacturing Contracts, Utilities, and related government offices).
• Emphasis on Afcons Culture of achieving enhancement in terms of Project Management, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Leadership Development with increased level of engagement that would lead to vibrant AFCONS enabling to be a Learning Organization, with Collaboration, Creativity, Innovation, Employee Wellness, Motivation and Commitment as its Pillars.
• Emphasis on Grooming, Mentoring, and providing timely assistance to subordinates for enhancing their performance through Role Clarity and addressing employee grievances
• Providing inputs and support for succession planning for critical roles and employee engagement initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities 04

Developing Personal Skills and Competencies / Engaging self with Superiors and Subordinates for Career Development Plan

• Undertaking proactive measures for Self-development and Subordinate Development.
• Ensuring Role Clarity, Targets, Key Result Areas (KRAs) are set and discussed with Superiors and Subordinates.
• Striving for excelling Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities on the given job roles for completions of assigned tasks.
• Ensuring open communication with superiors and subordinates and all the stakeholders for work related and personal grievances.
• Expansion of technical skills through continuing education courses and outside seminars, webinars, and self-study.
• Identifying Leaning Need Areas and nominating self and subordinates for appropriate Training Programs.

Key Objective of the Job Position

• Developing cost-effective design layouts based on construction requirements and specifications adhering to established design guidelines and procedures.
• Performing civil design analysis and calculations as per project requirements, determining construction cost and material estimates based on civil designs.
• Performing field surveys and investigations to prepare engineering drawings.
• Reviewing Project Plan and determining the design feasibility and constraints, using latest software and technologies to develop effective designs; and managing design projects within allotted timelines and budgets

Education Qualifications

Educational Essential: MTech-Structures
Educational Desirable: BTech Civil Engineering

Computer Software Proficiency

AutoCAD, Staad, Midas Knowledge of Design Codes

Experience Range

2-20 years’ experience in Construction Design - Permanent Structures & Temporary Structures