Senior Design Appraisal Specialist

Job ID:42301
Location:LRQA - Mumbai -Solitaire Corpora 
Position Category:Design Appraisal
Position Type:Employee Regular

Role purpose:

Assess the design, manufacture and in-service aspects of engineering assets, using defined Codes, Standards, specifications, procedures and knowledge and experience appropriate for complex/demanding situations.  This role may also include managing projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform complex assessments, provide specialist advice/solution and training to internal/external clients, research or development work within agreed parameters including budget constraints and contractual requirements.
• Produce the deliverable within the agreed parameters in an appropriate format and take responsibility to review and monitor other employees' work as requested.
• Pursue Continuing Professional Development and maintain a high degree of discipline knowledge and awareness.
• Assess/recommend the time/value of work to be undertaken for an external client within an agreed fee/cost structure within the commercial aspect of the contract, and issue quotations up to an agreed limit and Lloyds Register’s standard terms and conditions (e.g. commercial notice).
• Discuss/present the deliverable with internal/external client at a senior level and be able to suggest alternative solutions where appropriate.
• Assist improvement in service delivery by making recommendations based on internal/external client feedback and to help building the business.
• Coach, mentor and develop technically other employees, as appropriate and share information to achieve effective knowledge transfer and application.
• Conduct activities in line with internal procedures, accreditation schemes, legislation and industry standards.
• Contribute to internal/external client management as appropriate by acting as point of contact to effectively manage client and LR relationships.
• Undertake project management where applicable including monitoring project performance against budget and contract requirements.
• Make recommendations to improve service delivery effectiveness (based on client feedback) through changes to processes or work scope such that it leads to a reduction in appraisal effort (where applicable).
• Maintain demonstrable technical competence by ensuring that competency codes remain valid by taking ownership of the activity monitoring and revalidation.

Technical / Professional Qualifications / Requirements:

• Shall possess a relevant bachelor's degree from a recognised university or equivalent within the relevant field of engineering. An additional higher tertiary degree e.g. masters may be preferred in some regions.

• Preferably a qualified member of a recognised professional body e.g. www.nspe.org, www.cae.cn, www.engc.org.uk, www.ecindia.org.  Likely to be working towards Chartered/Professional Engineer.
• Shall possess sufficient relevant previous working experience to demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the relevant specialist requirements, knowledge and application. Minimum 10 years relevant working experience.
• Technical competencies to be addressed within authorisations framework.  Will be unsupervised for some authorisations.  May be supervised for others.
• In depth knowledge of design and construction of pressure equipment/cranes/containers (as appropriate)
• Proficiency in the use of FEA and calculation software
• Proficiency in English language commensurate with the work (both written and verbal)

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