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Senior Protective Structures Engineer- Ballistic
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Senior Protective Structures Engineer - Ballistic
Based in UAE
Excellent salary and benefits offered
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Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering and design of protective structural systems for critical infrastructure and high-risk facilities.
- Perform advanced structural analyses under extreme loading conditions, including blast, impact, and projectile effects.
- Develop engineering solutions to enhance the resilience and security of buildings, structures, and essential assets.
- Design and assess protective systems, including:
- Hardened structural solutions
- Protective barriers and enclosures
- Reinforced concrete and steel protective structures
- Impact and penetration-resistant systems
- Carry out structural vulnerability and risk assessments.
- Prepare detailed engineering calculations, technical reports, specifications, and construction documentation.
- Conduct design reviews, independent engineering verification, and technical evaluations.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Review technical submissions from contractors, consultants, and suppliers.
- Provide technical support during fabrication, installation, testing, and project execution.
- Participate in technical meetings, design reviews, and stakeholder discussions.
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Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum of 20 years' experience in structural engineering, with significant exposure to protective or hardened structural design.
- Demonstrated experience delivering engineering solutions for security-sensitive, industrial, defence, or other mission-critical facilities.
- Strong understanding of structural dynamics, nonlinear behaviour, and structural response under extreme loading scenarios.
- Proven ability to produce detailed engineering calculations and technical documentation suitable for independent review.
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Technical Expertise
- Protective structural engineering
- Blast and impact-resistant design
- Structural hardening techniques
- Dynamic structural analysis
- Progressive collapse assessment
- Reinforced concrete and structural steel design
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Structural vulnerability and risk assessment
- Protective barrier and containment systems
Preferred Knowledge
Experience applying internationally recognised engineering codes and design standards relevant to structural design, protective engineering, and resilient infrastructure is highly desirable.
Software
Experience with one or more leading structural analysis, finite element modelling, or engineering design platforms such as:
- LS-DYNA/ ABAQUS/ ANSYS/ SAP2000/ ETABS/ STAAD.Pro/ RFEM/AutoCAD
- Autodesk Revit
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