Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Website:
iihs.co.in
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Industries: Non-profit Organizations and Higher Education
Job details:
About IIHS Campus Development
The IIHS Campus is located on a 54-acre site at Kengeri, Bengaluru, located between a 525
acre reserve forest and an 800-year old 150-acre lake. Its digitally augmented buildings and
facilities will enable interdisciplinary teaching-learning, research and practice, and
demonstrate the best examples of Indian design and crafts. The Campus will provide faculty,
students, and researchers with the opportunity to immerse themselves in and innovate
around India’s core urban challenges.
The Campus features a robust integrated digital infrastructure and services network
supported by various sensors, and IoT devices to enable cost-effective monitoring of high
performance and sustainability. This will be enabled via an intelligent digital twin to integrate
all building and campus-wide services to assist in predictive operations and maintenance.
The IIHS Campus Development team focuses on the planning, design, procurement,
execution, and documentation of the development of the IIHS Kengeri Campus. Joining the
Campus Development team at IIHS offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of
building one of India’s most ambitious, sustainable and climate-resilient campuses. Situated
in the upcoming Kengeri area of Bengaluru, it is deeply rooted in principles of net neutrality
and long-term environmental stewardship, targeting Factor Two to Four infrastructure and
services and ecological conservation. It also includes a range of iconic buildings and facilities,
including the largest urban reference Library in Asia, a Metropolitan Museum and Ecological
Interpretation Centre, a multi-material and advanced Technology Maker Centre, a specialised
kitchen that uses a green supply chain, and a future Convention Centre and Incubation
Centre.
As part of this fast-paced and dynamic team, you will gain hands-on experience and
unparalleled exposure to interdisciplinary planning, design, and implementation spanning
various technology domains, architecture, urban design, planning, ecological, and
environmental design, ICT and IoT. The role is designed to accelerate your professional
development, offering meaningful engagement with cutting-edge practices in sustainable and
climate-resilient development, and biodiversity conservation. We are looking for candidates
passionate about building a better future and eager to shape a living, learning campus from
the ground up. Join this team if you are interested in a purpose-driven career.
Job Description
IIHS is looking for an experienced Structural Engineer to lead the structural design review and
coordination process during the design and pre-construction phases.
The role is not only that of a structural designer but also involves technical design review and
design management. The candidate will work closely with external structural consultants,
architects, MEP engineers, and project management teams to ensure that structural designs
are robust, coordinated, buildable, sustainable, and delivered on schedule.
The candidate will establish design management processes, drive timely design decisions,
ensure quality of structural documentation, and facilitate collaboration across multiple
disciplines.
Activities and Tasks
Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:
Design review and technical assurance:
- Reviewing structural concepts, analysis reports, calculations, and detailed drawings
- submitted by structural consultants;
- Verifying compliance with applicable Indian Standards, NBC, project specifications, and
- international best practices, where applicable;
- Leading the review and coordination of structural designs developed using Building
- Information Modelling (BIM) workflows;
- Ensuring structural BIM models comply with the project's BIM Execution Plan (BEP),
- Level of Development (LOD) requirements, modelling standards, and Common Data
- Environment (CDE) protocols;
- Reviewing structural detailing for constructability, durability, safety, serviceability, and
- long-term performance;
- Ensuring consultants maintain model quality throughout the concept, schematic
- design, design development, IFC/GFC, and as-built stages;
- Identifying design inconsistencies, coordination issues, and optimisation opportunities
- before drawings are released for construction;
- Participating in value engineering exercises while maintaining design intent and
- performance requirements;
- Ensuring structural solutions support the project's broader environmental and
- sustainability objectives;
Design management:
- Developing and implementing structured design review workflows, submission
- protocols, and approval processes with design consultants;
- Establishing drawing submission schedules, review cycles, response timelines, and
- issue resolution mechanisms;
- Establishing BIM governance processes for structural consultants, including modelling standards, naming conventions, file exchange protocols, and quality assurance
- procedures;
- Coordinating interdisciplinary reviews between architecture, structural, MEP, façade, landscape, interiors, and specialist consultants;
- Coordinating with the BIM Manager to ensure timely integration of structural models into the federated project model;
- Participating in regular model coordination meetings and ensuring timely resolution of clashes and design issues;
- Coordinating with project controllers to track design deliverables and proactively identify risks that could impact project timelines;
- Ensuring timely closure of review comments and monitoring consultant responsiveness;
Consultant coordination and process improvement:
- Serving as the primary interface between IIHS and structural design consultants;
- Facilitating technical discussions and design workshops during concept, schematic, detailed design, and good - for - construction (GFC) stages;
- Ensuring that structural designs remain aligned with architectural vision, functional requirements, and construction methodology;
- Supporting the procurement and construction teams by resolving design-related technical queries;
- Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for structural design management;
- Establishing quality checklists, review templates, document control standards, and design governance processes;
- Recommending improvements in consultant collaboration, design workflows, and digital review practices;
Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing:
- Providing support to other IIHS activities including academics, research, training, practice, operations and others;
- Participating in all activities of Institution-Building at IIHS; carrying out tasks as assigned by IIHS; and traveling on IIHS work within or outside the country as and when needed.
Structure and Reporting
The position will report to the Lead - Campus Development and will need to collaborate
effectively with a diverse group of internal teams and external individuals/ organisations.
Person Specification
The ideal candidate should have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, and a Master’s degree in Structural Engineering;
- A minimum of 12 years of experience in structural design, design management, or design review for institutional, commercial, mixed-use, or large infrastructure projects;
- Prior experience with alternative earth-based materials and vernacular construction and design techniques will be a big advantage;
- Experience working with reputed structural consulting firms or client organisations
- managing multidisciplinary consultants;
- Experience across design development, detailed design, and construction documentation stages;
- Working knowledge of BIM-enabled project delivery, Integrated Design Delivery (IDD) and multidisciplinary coordination;
- Experience reviewing BIM models and familiarity with BIM 360/Autodesk Forma, or equivalent Common Data Environment (CDE) platforms;
- Exposure to Digital Twin, asset information models, and lifecycle information management would be an added advantage;
- Effective verbal and written communication skills;
- Flexibility and the ability to work well in a fast-paced environment;
- Competency inmultitasking and managing multiple small project execution;;
- Excellent organisational and team working skills; the ability and willingness to work in close collaboration with other teams to meet common institutional goals;
- Software skills:
o AutoCAD;
o ETABS/STAAD or equivalent;
o Tekla Structural system (desirable);
o MS Office;
o Autodesk REVIT or equivalent platforms;
o ACC/ BIM 360 and other BIM tools (desirable);
o AI application and prompt engineering.
This offer is on an exclusive basis, which implies that other professional assignments (whether
compensated or not) that bear a potential conflict of interest with IIHS cannot be undertaken.
The search will remain open until the position is filled.
Location
This position is based in Kengeri, Bengaluru and may entail travel to other locations in India.
Review and Assessment
The role and performance of the incumbent shall be subject to normal review and
assessment systems at IIHS.
Diversity Policy
IIHS is an equal opportunity employer that encourages women, people with disabilities and
those from economically and socially excluded communities with the requisite skills and
qualifications to apply for positions.
Contact
Please write to us at careers@iihs.co.in.in if you need any clarifications while filling the online
application form.
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