Civil Engineer

Enova by Veolia; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Enova by Veolia is seeking an experienced Civil/Facilities Engineer to maintain and improve civil infrastructure in healthcare facilities. You will ensure safety, quality, and compliance with HTM and DoH guidelines while coordinating with clinical teams and contractors.

The role requires strong drawing interpretation, refurbishment planning, and infection prevention measures across operational environments. On-site work in Abu Dhabi with a focus on patient safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years total experience in civil engineering, building maintenance, or facilities management.
• Minimum 3 years in healthcare facilities.
• Experience in civil maintenance, refurbishment, and repairs in healthcare environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage civil maintenance across healthcare facilities to keep structures safe and compliant.
• Plan preventive and corrective maintenance of walls, floors, ceilings, doors, windows, and related elements.
• Inspect and assess defects, deterioration, and structural concerns, recommending corrective actions.
• Coordinate refurbishments and minor projects in line with drawings and specifications.
• Ensure compliance with HTM guidance, building regs, fire safety, accessibility, and infection control.
• Coordinate with clinical, infection control, HSE, specialists, and contractors before and during works.
• Monitor safety, quality, and adherence to schedules and permits-to-work.
• Maintain fire compartmentation, fire doors, and protection systems, and safeguard interfaces with medical gases, electrical, and lifts.

Skills

Civil engineering

Healthcare maintenance

HTM/DoH compliance

Contractor supervision

CMMS

AutoCAD

Fire safety HTM

Infection control awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

The role is responsible for maintaining and improving civil infrastructure and building elements within healthcare facilities, ensuring safety, quality, and compliance with Health Technical Memoranda (HTM), Department of Health (DoH) guidelines, and facilities management requirements. It coordinates maintenance, refurbishment, and repair works while ensuring infection prevention, fire safety, and effective coordination with specialist healthcare engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor civil maintenance activities across healthcare facilities to ensure building structures, fabric, and associated infrastructure remain safe, functional, and compliant.
• Plan and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance of walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, doors, windows, partitions, waterproofing, and other building elements.
• Conduct routine inspections and condition assessments to identify defects, deterioration, structural concerns, and maintenance requirements, and recommend appropriate corrective measures.
• Coordinate civil repair works, refurbishment activities, minor projects, and building modifications in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, and operational requirements.
• Ensure civil works comply with applicable healthcare technical guidance, building regulations, fire safety requirements, accessibility standards, and infection prevention and control procedures.
• Apply relevant healthcare technical guidance, including HTM 00 for healthcare engineering policies and principles and HTM 05 for fire safety, where applicable to civil maintenance and refurbishment activities.
• Coordinate with clinical departments, infection prevention and control teams, HSE personnel, specialist engineering teams, contractors, and other stakeholders before and during maintenance and construction activities.
• Ensure effective dust control, noise reduction, work-area segregation, and infection prevention measures during construction, refurbishment, and repair works in operational healthcare environments.
• Review technical drawings, work specifications, method statements, risk assessments, and material submissions to ensure compliance with approved project requirements and healthcare facility standards.
• Monitor contractor and subcontractor performance, workmanship, material quality, and adherence to approved schedules, safety procedures, and contractual requirements.
• Ensure civil works preserve fire compartmentation, fire-rated doors, fire stopping, and the integrity of building elements interfacing with fire detection and protection systems.
• Coordinate with specialist engineering teams to ensure civil works do not adversely affect medical gas pipelines, electrical infrastructure, ventilation systems, water systems, or lift installations.
• Coordinate inspections and quality checks of completed works, maintain snagging records, and ensure identified defects are rectified before handover.
• Monitor civil maintenance expenditure, material usage, resource allocation, and project progress to support cost control and efficient utilisation of resources.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, maintenance activities, work orders, defects, risk assessments, and technical documentation in the CMMS or relevant reporting systems, and recommend improvements based on recurring issues.

Tools & Methods, HSEQ

Abide by the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality, (HSEQ) policy, procedures necessary for the good conduct and safety of the workplace. It is a requirement and moral obligation of each employee to be actively committed and accountable to the compliance of Enova’s HSEQ policy, operating procedures, as well as being compliant to local legislation. The Employee shall seek clarification and guidance in specific cases or whenever one feels necessary.

Customer Relations

Develop a pro-active working relationship with all authorities and assist in establishing areas for service improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from a recognised/accredited university and approved by the Ministry of Education.
• 7 years of total relevant experience in civil engineering, building maintenance, or facilities management.
• At least 3 years of the total experience must be in healthcare facilities.
• Relevant experience in civil maintenance, building fabric management, refurbishment, and repair works within operational healthcare environments.

Job Specific Skills

• Knowledge of civil engineering, building construction, and healthcare building maintenance.
• Understanding of building repairs, waterproofing, finishes, and civil infrastructure maintenance.
• Knowledge of relevant HTM, DoH guidelines, healthcare standards, and infection control.
• Understanding of dust control, work-area segregation, and safe refurbishment practices.
• Ability to interpret civil drawings, specifications, risk assessments, and technical documents.
• Knowledge of building inspections, defect diagnosis, structural safety, fire compartmentation, and accessibility.
• Ability to supervise contractors and ensure compliance with quality, safety, and permit-to-work requirements.
• Ability to coordinate civil works with medical gas (HTM 02-01), ventilation (HTM 03-01), water (HTM 04-01), electrical (HTM 06 series), fire safety (HTM 05 series), and lifts (HTM 08-02).
• Proficiency in CMMS, Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and relevant computer applications.
• Fluency in English, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and experience in healthcare and customer-focused environments.