Head of Engineering – Design Team
Experience: 10+ years
Work location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
About role:
Develop our prefab technology stack (PEB, LGSF, Modular, and Foldable systems) into a scalable, highly profitable product reality that wins on cost, speed, and quality.
Key Responsibilities
1. Productisation & Platform Development
- Lead the transition from a project mindset to a product platform mindset — developing standardised, reusable, scalable modular building systems across PEB, LGSF, modular, and foldable/rapid-deploy structures.
- Apply First-Principles Thinking to ruthlessly optimise structural costs — engineering out waste, reducing bespoke elements, and enabling the business to win more projects at stronger margins
without compromising structural safety.
- Drive the Factory-First (IC) strategy — increasing the percentage of construction work completed in the factory to 99%, minimising on-site skill requirements and rework.
- Own the transition of proven prototypes to mass-produced structural systems — taking concepts from single units to scalable, geography-agnostic deployment platforms.
2. Engineering Excellence & Quality Systems
- Develop engineering processes that measure building quality in millimetres, not centimetres — implementing PFMEA (Process Failure Mode & Effect Analysis) into the structural design phase to eliminate failure modes before factory release.
- Oversee the implementation of DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) principles — ensuring every component is designed to snap together intuitively on-site with zero rework and minimum-skill assembly.
- Establish a robust digital thread using BIM and ISO 19650 standards — automating the flow from
design intent through to the fabrication shop floor.
- Ensure all structural designs comply with IS 800, IS 456, IS 875, IS 1893, and applicable codes, while being optimised for factory fabrication tolerances and modular assembly precision.
3. Service Profitability & Commercial Engineering
- Own the financial health of current service projects — ensuring Design-to-Cost is a core engineering discipline, identifying high-cost structural bottlenecks in bespoke projects, and engineering them out to protect and expand project margins.
- Create the technical framework for parallel project execution — enabling multiple service projects to run simultaneously without a linear increase in engineering overhead, growing profit per project through standardized efficiency.
- Collaborate with the estimation team to validate structural BOMs and BOQs, ensuring design decisions directly support project profitability and procurement accuracy.
4. Customer-Centric & Behavioural Engineering
- Design beyond codes — develop building systems that prioritise the User Journey, from intuitive assembly (the 'Lego' experience) to the long-term physical and mental well-being of the end occupant.
- Translate complex user behaviours and customer feedback into technical structural requirements — embedding customer-centricity into the engineering design process from concept through todelivery.
- Apply knowledge of modern building materials — composite panels, specialised coatings, high- tensile steel — to optimise foldable and modular systems for mobility, deployability, and long term performance.
5. Leadership, Mentorship & Innovation Culture
- Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team — Lead Engineers, BIM Lead, Sr. Structural Designers, and Detailers — fostering a high-agency culture where 'Nothing is someone else's problem.'
- Encourage First-Principles Innovation — challenge the team to rethink traditional RCC and steel constraints and develop revolutionary rapid-deploy and foldable structural systems.
- Build scalable engineering SOPs, design review frameworks, and quality checklists that standardise output quality across all team members and project types.
Technical Skills & Experience
- 12+ years of experience in structural/construction engineering, with at least 3–5 years in a senior leadership role overseeing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Proven track record in designing and scaling PEB, LGSF, and modular / industrialised building systems — from concept through to mass-produced, multi-geography deployment.
- Deep expertise in IS codes — IS 800, IS 456, IS 875, IS 1893 and strong understanding of structural system behaviour, connection design, and fabrication tolerances.
- Expert proficiency in STAAD Pro, ETABS, and Revit / BIM tools with clear understanding of how these integrate with manufacturing ERPs and BIM-to-factory digital pipelines.
- Hands-on experience implementing DFMA and PFMEA methodologies in a construction or prefab/modular manufacturing context.
- 3–5 years of experience in a modular, prop-tech, or startup engineering environment — where you successfully translated user behaviours and customer feedback into scalable structural solutions.
- Strong knowledge of modern building materials: composite panels, high-tensile steel, specialised coatings, and structural systems for foldable or rapid-deploy applications.
- Familiarity with Lean Construction, Agile engineering methodologies, and advanced procurement integration.
Education
- Master's degree (M.Tech / M.E.) in Structural Engineering — mandatory. Preference for IIT / NIT graduates.
- Additional qualifications in DFMA, Lean Construction, Agile Engineering, or Product Management are a strong advantage.
Interested and qualified candidates are welcome to contact us or refer someone who is actively seeking employment. WhatsApp your Resume or contact to HR : 9042051861
Pay: ₹1,200,000.00 - ₹2,500,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Application Question(s):
- How many years of experience in construction engineering project
- How many years of experience in PEB / Prefab / Precast Projects.
- How many years of experience in EPC Projects
- How many years of experience in modular/industrialised construction?
- How many years of experience in managing Engineering / Technical team
In how many days you can do modulus?
- What is your current salary
- What is your expected salary
- On scale of 1 - 10 how excited are u to commute to our office at Poonamallee, Chennai location?
- Are you ready to travel or relocate to Poonamallee, Chennai location?
- What is your notice period? How soon you can join? (mention days)
- Have you gone through the job description completely? Does it exactly match your profile?
Work Location: In person
