Bridge & Infrastructure Land Surveyor

AECOM; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Land Surveyor to join our infrastructure project team in the United Arab Emirates. You will inspect and verify surveying activities to ensure construction works align with approved drawings, coordinates, levels, and project specs, supporting bridge and road projects.

You will read construction drawings, coordinate with contractor survey teams, and maintain accurate survey records for progress reports and handover documents, contributing to safe, precise, and timely project

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in surveying inspection for infrastructure, bridge, or major civil construction projects.
• Good knowledge of setting-out, levelling, coordinate systems, and as-built surveys.
• Experience using Total Station, GNSS/GPS, Auto Level, and other surveying equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and survey data.
• Good reporting, communication, and coordination skills.
• Previous experience in the UAE is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Inspect and verify surveying and setting-out activities for infrastructure and bridge construction works.
• Check survey control points, benchmarks, coordinates, and levels before and during construction.
• Verify setting-out and alignment for bridge foundations, piles, pile caps, abutments, piers, retaining walls, and bridge decks.
• Inspect surveying works related to roads, earthworks, drainage, utilities, and other infrastructure elements.
• Verify excavation levels, formation levels, embankments, road profiles, and finished levels.
• Review survey reports, setting-out data, level records, and as-built drawings submitted by the contractor.
• Ensure surveying activities are carried out in accordance with approved drawings, project specifications, and applicable standards.
• Coordinate with the contractor's survey team, site inspectors, and engineers to resolve discrepancies in levels, coordinates, and dimensions.
• Identify and report surveying errors or deviations and follow up on corrective actions.
• Monitor the accuracy and calibration of surveying equipment and verify relevant calibration certificates.
• Maintain accurate survey inspection records and support the preparation of progress reports and project handover documents.

Skills

Communication skills

Coordination

Reading construction drawings

Education

Bachelor's in Surveying/Geomatics/Civil Eng

Diploma in Surveying

Tools

Total Station

GNSS/GPS

Auto Level

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Land Surveyor to join our infrastructure project team in the United Arab Emirates. You will inspect and verify surveying activities to ensure construction works align with approved drawings, coordinates, levels, and project specs, supporting bridge and road projects.

You will read construction drawings, coordinate with contractor survey teams, and maintain accurate survey records for progress reports and handover documents, contributing to safe, precise, and timely project