Assistant Resident Engineer

Al Ain Consulting Engineers LLC; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 223,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Al Ain Consulting Engineers LLC seeks an experienced Assistant Resident Engineer (Villa) to join our team. You will supervise site activities, coordinate with clients, and manage reporting and scope variations for a villa project.

The ideal candidate holds a Civil Engineering degree with at least eight years in site supervision and construction management, plus strong leadership and communication skills. Proficiency in MS Office is required for daily reporting and coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related discipline.
• Strong experience in site supervision and construction management (min. 8 years).
• Leadership and team coordination skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong communication, coordination and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with client Project Manager about project progress and concerns.
• Prepare reports to investigate scope issues and recommend solutions.
• Advise on variations impacting cost or time and present consultant views.
• Present mobilization, demobilization, leave, and replacement plans for client approval.
• Lead staff in assessing variations, claims, and reports to management.
• Advise on potential progress slippage and corrective actions.
• Review and initial consultant assessment of monthly progress invoices.
• Coordinate consultant staff performance and contract compliance.
• Review contractor reports and provide client comments on non-compliance and concerns.
• Assess change requests and report recommendations to client.
• Attend executive, weekly progress, quality and safety meetings; participate in agenda prep.
• Review contracts, tender docs, and specs with awareness of FIDIC.
• Verify designs before work commences and approve subcontracts/suppliers.
• Review SIR, NCR, and RFI; study contractor claims for time/cost impact.
• Respond to contractor communications and manage supervision team.
• Approve MEP submissions and comments before sending to contractors.
• Follow workflow per approved timeline and prepare responses for contractors.
• Develop client reports with required documents per phase.
• Review and approve progress payments after MEP approval.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by superior.
• Supervise consultant team across design, tender, contracts; advise client on deficiencies.
• Review contractor site organization, key personnel CVs; advise on shortages.
• Oversee subcontractors, vendors, shop drawings, and transmittals for time/cost impact.
• Ensure contractor compliance with design changes and notices.
• Regular site visits for quality, safety, progress; advise client on findings.
• Lead responses to RFIs and ensure timely coordination with design consultant.
• Ensure field quality control, safety, and progress implementation.
• Involve in construction methodology, Method Statements, QP, Safety Plan, schedules.
• Lead pre-commissioning and commissioning plans; final inspection and punch list.
• Lead close-out review with contractor; coordinate with end user.

Skills

Site supervision

Construction management

Leadership

Communication

Reporting

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are currently seeking talented Assistant Resident Engineer (Villa) to join our team and contribute to our ongoing success.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong experience in site supervision and construction management for min. 8 years exp.
• Leadership and team coordination skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications.
• Strong communication, coordination, and reporting skills.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Communicate with client Project Manager continuously regarding project progress and areas of concerns
• Prepare special report to client management to investigate any problem related to the Scope of Services and recommend solutions to client management
• Advise client representatives on any potential variation to the contractor's scope of work that may generate cost or time impact and present consultant assessment
• Present consultant mobilization, demobilization, leave, and replacement plans for approval by client ahead of time
• Lead consultant staff in assessing variations, claims, and reports, to client Management the technical position of the proposed variation
• Advise client of any foreseen slippage of Progress and propose corrective actions
• Review and initial consultant assessment of monthly progress invoices
• Coordinate and review consultant staff performance and ensure compliance with consultant contract requirements and project management good practice
• Review weekly and monthly reports as presented by contractor and present to client comments of non-compliance, and /or area of concern and corrective actions
• Assess change requests as submitted by contractor and report to client the recommendation of consultant
• Attend executive meetings, weekly progress meetings, quality meetings, safety meetings and make sure that weekly technical meetings are attended by all relevant disciplines (RE to positively participate in agenda preparation)
• Review carefully all details of contracts, tender documents, and specifications with good awareness of FIDIC
• Verify all designs in order to address any issues before commencing any works
• Review and approve the timeframe and all subcontractors and suppliers
• Review and approve SIR, NCR, and RFI
• Study contractors' claims related to time or cost and report to PM for final approval
• Respond to all contractors' correspondents
• Control and manage all supervision team under his responsibility
• Review and approve MEP submissions comments before sending them to the contractors
• Follow up the workflow according to the approved timeframe and to develop the proper respond and send it to the contractor
• Develop clients' reports with well awareness of the required documents for each phase
• Review and approve progress payments after getting approval from MEP on its works
• Perform other task/s given by the superior from time to time
• Supervise the consultant team covering the following responsibilities:
• Carry out documented induction course to all site staff to ensure their awareness of the project requirements
• Make sure that all consultant staff are aware of the project approved procedures and drawings
• Lead consultant staff in reviewing the Design and/or Tender, Contracts documents, and advise client of any deficiency
• Review and comment contractor proposed site organization, key personnel CVs.
• Review and monitor in timely manner, the contractor’s proposed construction equipment and manpower histogram and advise client of any shortage
• Establish documented procedures to overview and comment on proposed sub-contractors, vendors, materials, shop drawings and any other transmittal by contractors. Any deviation from project requirements shall be properly reported to client management addressing any possible Time and/or Cost Impact associated with it
• Ensure contractor compliance with its contractual obligations concerning Design changes, Trend Notices etc.
• Regular visits to project site for global monitoring of site activities in respect of quality, safety and progress and advise client representatives of findings, area of concern and corrective action
• Lead the consultant team to evaluate all requests for Information (RFI) as submitted by the contractor, and communicate with the design consultant in a timely manner if necessary. However, if consultant team has enough information and supporting documents, then prepare the response to the contractor without delay
• Ensure consultant staff involvement and implementation of Field Quality Control Procedures, Safety and Progress aspects
• Deep involvement in contractor transmittals addressing construction methodology. Method Statements, Project Quality Plan, Safety Plan, Schedules, and compliance with Project objectives
• Lead consultant staff in reviewing and implementing pre-commissioning and commissioning plans
• Lead consultant staff in final inspection of work and preparation of Punch List. This activity shall be fully coordinated with the end user
• Lead consultant staff in reviewing and assessing of the Close Out Report submitted by contractor