Education programmes of job
Nature of work
The profession of Structural Engineer – Composite structures is one of the construction industry professions which deals with structures that their members are made from steel and concrete layers united as one system.Profession field
- Designs the composite structure to resist gravity, wind and earthquake loading so that these loads are transferred safely to soil according to approved design standards
- Coordinates with other design members to prepare design drawings/shop drawings free from errors and contradictions
- Answers the contractors requests about the design elements.
- Supervises construction of composite structures to ensures required safety and quality
- Conforms the compatibility of specification of submitted material/systems with the project specifications
- Prepares progress reports
Managerial field
- Prepares the contract conditions of composite construction and other technical and financial documents
- Prepares technical reports related to composite structures and adopts recent technology work methods
- Evaluates the employee performance, estimates their training and continuous knowledge needs
- endorses health and safety procedures on site.
Environment of work
- The Structural Engineer – composite structures works 7-8 hours in the working days, he/she may work during weekends according to work conditions. He/she may work overtime when needed (e.g., a construction activity needs long continuous duration to be completed such as erection of a large composite roof)
- Usually, the engineer may wear casual or formal dress in office activities. While on site, he/she should wear safety shoes, comfortable dress e.g. jeans and protective glasses.
- Work equipment’s: For office activities, the engineer should have a desktop or laptop computer with the availability of engineering software and key reference books.
- He/she may work as a self-employed by establishing his/her own firm for composite structure fabrication and erection. He/she may also work as an employee within an engineering office, construction/fabrication company.
- He/she should satisfy the local and international standards related to composite structures to obtain safe, durable and quality construction.
- The Structural Engineer – composite structures may practice his/her profession within a team in private or public sectors. He/she is generally the leader of the labor group in the field of fabrication and erection. In the field of design, he/she is generally a member of a team lead by a senior civil, mechanical or architectural engineer who has extensive experience in projects similar to the project under design.
Professional life
- In case of contracting companies, the composite structure engineer can promote from a site engineer to a construction manager to finally a project managerprovided that, he sustained the required managerial and engineering experience. In case of his /her work in a design office, he/she can promote from a draftsman/investigator to a designer/supervisor engineer to finally a project manager of the design teamprovided that he/she sustained the required managerial and engineering experience
- He/she may travel abroad to undertake training courses, visit manufacturing companies, procures materials
- His/her monthly salary in public sectors starts from 20000 Syrian Pounds.
Sectors of careers
- Design
- Engineering Supervision
- Construction
- Sales and Marketing
- Researcher
- Research Assistant
- Demonstrator
Getting the job
- Gains Bachelor Degree BSc of Civil Engineering or MSc. in Structural Engineering
- Excellent knowledge in Structural Analysis, CompositeStructure Design, Design of Structures to Resist Earthquake, Computer-Aided Design, Engineering Foundation, Construction Management
- Be familiar with national and international design standards
- Be a member of the Order of Engineers or similar establishments
- Expert use of AutoCAD (2D), Structural engineering programs (e.g. STAAD Pro, PROKON, SAP 2000)
- Attends professional courses, e.g. (Engineering Supervision, Project Management, Value Engineering, Composite structure design according to a specific code)
- Attains professional certificates e.g. CVS (Value Engineering Specialist), PMP (Project Management Practitioner)
- Has experience in the field of design, manufacturing and supervision of composite structures through previous work in companies related to public and private sectors
- Should have essential knowledge in the subjects of (Steel Structures, Mechanics of Structures, Computer-Aided Design, Engineering Foundation, Construction Management and Engineering Design and Drafting)
Skills
- Works actively within a multi-discipline team.
- Shows personal professional skills, e.g. the ability of problem solving and initiating innovation ideas.
- Time management skills.
- Manages resources economically
- Applies the professional standards .
- Ability to evaluates workers performance and urges them to develop their skills.
- Be up to date.
- A skilled planner who critically assesses own performance.
- Ability to work independently under broad organizational guidelines.
- Ability to propose solutions to technical and engineering problems.
- Ability to get on well with others and be a team-player.
- Ability to communicate ideas and see things from the other person's point of view.
- Excellent face-to-face and telephone communication skills.
- Good leadership skills: honesty, delegation skills, motivating others, expressing commitment, ability to inspire others, positive attitude and creativity.
Sources and references
- Website of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, upgrades in 2010
- Arab standard profession classification, Arab Work Organization, 2008
- National Academic Reference Standards (NARS), Ministry of Higher Education, 2012