Design Engineer Airports Future Opportunities - UAE

Sener; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

Competitive salary and benefits

Multinational team exposure

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Sener in the United Arab Emirates invites experienced Airport Design Engineers (5–8 years) to join our multidisciplinary teams. You will contribute to greenfield and brownfield airport projects, focusing on airside and landside design across the full design lifecycle.

This hybrid role entails collaboration with civil, roads, drainage, and MEP teams to deliver safe, robust, and constructible airport solutions while coordinating across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional engineering experience.
• Proven engineering design experience on airport infrastructure projects.
• Experience in airside or landside airport infrastructure design.
• Experience working on greenfield or brownfield airport projects.
• Ability to produce and review engineering calculations, drawings, reports, specifications, and technical submissions.
• Experience contributing to airport projects throughout the design lifecycle.
• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Airport Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Undertake airport infrastructure design across concept, preliminary, detailed, and tender design stages.
• Prepare and review calculations, drawings, design reports, technical specifications and other deliverables.
• Contribute to airside infrastructure design (runways, taxiways, aprons, airfield pavements, service roads).
• Design landside infrastructure (access roads, kerbside areas, parking, utilities interfaces).
• Coordinate designs with civil, roads, drainage, utilities, structures, architecture, MEP and other disciplines.
• Participate in technical reviews, coordination meetings and value engineering.
• Identify and resolve design issues and interfaces across disciplines.
• Support delivery of coordinated design packages on schedule.

Skills

Airport design experience

Airside design

Landside design

Multidisciplinary coordination

Engineering calculations

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

United Arab Emirates | Hybrid

Join Sener and Shape the Future of Airport Infrastructure

At Sener, we deliver complex transportation and infrastructure projects across the region. We are looking to connect with experienced Airport Design Engineers with 5–8 years of professional experience and a strong background in airside or landside airport infrastructure design for future opportunities in the United Arab Emirates.

The successful candidate will contribute to the production and review of airport infrastructure designs for greenfield and brownfield developments. The position will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver safe, coordinated, technically robust, and constructible airport solutions throughout the design lifecycle.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Undertake airport infrastructure design activities across concept, preliminary, detailed, and tender design stages.
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, drawings, design reports, technical specifications, and other design deliverables.
• Contribute to the design of airside infrastructure, including runways, taxiways, aprons, airfield pavements, service roads, and associated facilities.
• Contribute to the design of landside infrastructure, including access roads, kerbside areas, parking facilities, transport interfaces, and associated utilities.
• Coordinate airport infrastructure designs with civil, roads, drainage, utilities, structures, architecture, MEP, and other engineering disciplines.
• Participate in technical reviews, multidisciplinary coordination meetings, constructability reviews, and value engineering activities.
• Identify and resolve technical design issues, risks, interfaces, and multidisciplinary coordination conflicts.
• Support the delivery of coordinated, high-quality design packages in accordance with project requirements and agreed schedules.

Job Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional engineering experience.
• Proven engineering design experience on airport infrastructure projects is mandatory.
• Experience in airside or landside airport infrastructure design.
• Experience working on greenfield or brownfield airport projects.
• Demonstrated ability to produce and review engineering calculations, drawings, reports, specifications, and technical submissions.
• Experience contributing to airport projects throughout the design lifecycle.
• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Airport Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Combined experience in both airside and landside airport infrastructure.
• Experience working across both greenfield and brownfield airport developments.
• Experience on major international or regional airport projects.
• Experience within an international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy.
• Knowledge of applicable international airport and aviation design standards.

Why Join Sener

• Multinational working environment
• High-impact, large-scale Rail & Metro, Airports, Water, Stadiums, & Roads projects
• End-to-end project ownership
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Mentorship and continuous learning
• Hybrid working environment
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Stable, long-term career with an innovative company
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real impact

BE PART OF A MISSION THAT MATTER — JOIN SENER

If you are passionate, values meaningful work, and want to be part of a company that builds things that matter.