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Vrinda Global
Linear Conveyance design lead
Vrinda Global · posted 5 months ago
Gurugram
About the role
Linear Conveyance Design Lead – Hatch Response Team
Reports To
Global Water Conveyance Director
Department
Water Infrastructure / Conveyance
Role Overview
The Linear Conveyance Design Lead will establish and lead a regional design team in the Middle East to support global water and wastewater conveyance projects. This role is pivotal in connecting design capabilities between regions — coordinating work from India-based engineers while collaborating daily with project teams in Canada, Australia, United States and other Hatch locations.
The successful candidate will act as both a technical leader and delivery coordinator, ensuring high-quality design outputs, effective communication across time zones, and alignment with company standards, safety, and client expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership and Development
- Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary linear conveyance design team.
- Implement efficient workflows, and quality assurance practices to ensure consistent deliverables.
- Foster a collaborative and accountable team culture focused on technical excellence and professional growth.
- Oversee performance, workload balancing, and talent development in alignment with business needs and global response objectives.
Project Delivery and Technical Oversight
- Lead design and construction of water and wastewater conveyance systems, including watermains, sewers, and water and wastewater conveyance within tunnels.
- Manage project delivery from concept through detailed design and construction.
- Prepare preliminary specifications, design drawings, and contract documents.
- Coordinate with teams across regions to deliver design packages on time and within budget, leveraging follow-the-sun delivery models.
- Review and approve drawings, reports, calculations, and technical documentation prepared by global response teams.
- Support innovation and continuous improvement in design tools, digital delivery, and modeling workflows.
Cross-Regional Coordination
- Act as the primary bridge between global project offices (Canada, Australia, USA, and others) and the design global response team.
- Facilitate smooth communication between regional project managers, discipline leads, and the design production team.
- Schedule and manage handover meetings across time zones to ensure seamless project transitions and progress continuity.
- Anticipate and resolve cross-regional challenges related to schedule alignment, technical standards, and communication gaps.
Qualifications
- 10-12 years of experience in linear conveyance design and construction, with a focus on municipal linear water and wastewater conveyance systems.
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Proven experience with:
- Small and medium diameter watermains and sanitary/trunk sewers
- Water valve chambers, wastewater diversion chambers, and maintenance holes
- Hydraulic modelling, design for pressurized and gravity flow systems
- Route alignment studies and corridor planning
- Familiarity with municipal standards, regulatory permitting, and environmental assessment processes.
- Chartered or Licensed Professional Engineer (or equivalent registration) preferred.
- Proven ability to lead remote and multicultural teams and coordinate across global offices.
- Proficiency in BIM, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and MicroStation.
- Demonstrate qualifications in project management, including design delivery across linear water and wastewater conveyance projects.
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Availability for international travels to participate in project reviews, design workshops and other activities across regions.
Technical Expertise Requirements
- Excellent knowledge of pipeline hydraulics, encompassing both pressurized and open channel flow systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency in designing and analyzing systems for surge protection and transient pressure control, including the integration of flow control structures such as valves, weirs, and energy dissipation devices.
- Specialized expertise in the design of pipelines using a range of materials including concrete pressure pipe, steel, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), high density polyethylene (HDPE) and ductile iron accounting for material-specific performance, installation practices, and long-term durability under diverse hydraulic and geotechnical conditions.
- In-depth understanding of geotechnical, and hydrogeological factors affecting linear infrastructure, including soil-structure interaction, groundwater management, dewatering strategies, and subsurface risk mitigation to ensure safe and constructible designs.
- Proficiency in the design of chambers, and maintenance holes, incorporating geotechnical considerations, structural detailing, and integration with both temporary and permanent conveyance infrastructure.