Electrical Inspector

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

Benefits offered by this job

hybrid working arrangements

individual athletic sponsorship

study assistance sponsorship

employee referral rewards

Job summary

KEO Group in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Inspector - Electrical to support major residential and community building projects. The role involves field inspections, drawings reviews, and ensuring compliance with drawings, specifications, local codes, and safety requirements.

You will maintain site records with progress photos, prepare surveillance reports and NCRs, coordinate electrical works with other disciplines, and provide technical input to resolve on-site issues.

Qualifications

• 9 years of UAE electrical inspection/construction supervision experience
• Diploma or Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering
• Experience on residential or community buildings in the UAE
• Ability to review shop drawings against specs and codes
• Strong reporting and NCR issuance capabilities

Responsibilities

• Attend to Inspection Requests (IRs) submitted by contractor and act promptly
• Review shop drawings against contract drawings, specs, local codes and best practice
• Report any works not in accordance with drawings and specs to stakeholders
• Monitor the quality of electrical works and on-site safety and environmental issues
• Maintain daily site records with progress photographs for audits
• Prepare surveillance reports for deficiencies and issue NCRs as required
• Check and ensure coordination between electrical works and other disciplines
• Provide technical input to resolve electrical issues on site

Skills

Inspection

Shop drawings

Quality control

Safety on site

Coordination

NCR reporting

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

Job Description:

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

• hybrid working arrangements
• individual athletic sponsorship
• study assistance sponsorship
• employee referral rewards

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Inspector - Electrical to join our team based in Abu Dhabi.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Attending to Inspection Requests (IRs) submitted by the contractor and taking appropriate action in a timely manner.

• Reviewing submitted shop drawings against contract drawings and specifications, local codes and statutory requirements, and international best practice.

• Reporting any works carried out by the contractor that are found not to be in accordance with approved drawings and specifications, and reporting to stakeholders for appropriate action.

• Monitoring the quality of electrical works and assessing safety on site, including health and environmental issues, ensuring compliance with contractual specifications and safety and health risk assessments.

• Maintaining records for daily activities on site, including progress photographs, and ensuring they are readily available for inspection as required.

• Preparing surveillance reports for deficiencies identified on site and issuing Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) where required in line with project developments.

• Checking and ensuring effective coordination between electrical works and other disciplines.

• Providing technical input and experience to resolve any electrical discipline-related issues that may arise on site.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 9 years work experience partnered with a Diploma or Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering.

Minimum 9 years of relevant experience in electrical inspection / construction supervision, preferably on residential or community building projects in the UAE.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.