Highway Surveyor - Road Infrastructure

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 122,760 - 189,720; Full time

Job summary

AECOM Middle East Ltd is searching for a skilled Highway Surveyor for road infrastructure projects in Dubai, UAE. The role demands expertise in surveying with a minimum of 8 years' experience, focusing on road, drainage, and utility works.

The successful candidate will perform various survey tasks under guidance, ensure compliance with local authority standards, and maintain accurate documentation of all survey activities.

This full-time role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to significant infrastructure developments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of surveying experience in the UAE.
• Strong experience in highway, road, pavement, drainage, utility, and infrastructure construction projects.
• Good knowledge of UAE local authority procedures and standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform survey work under the guidance of the Senior Highway Surveyor.
• Establish primary horizontal and vertical control points.
• Coordinate with the contractor’s surveyor on site access and daily requirements.

Skills

Highway and road infrastructure surveying

Construction setting‑out

Horizontal and vertical control points

GPS surveying

Survey equipment calibration

Education

BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering

Tools

GPS

Total stations

Job description

Job Summary

Highway Surveyor - Road Infrastructure in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Civil Engineering opportunity requiring 8+ years of UAE surveying experience. Supports road, pavement, curb, drainage, utility, and highway construction projects with accurate measurements, setting‑out, control verification, and as‑built documentation.

Location: Dubai, UAE. Salary: 11,000‑17,000 AED per month. Full‑time.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform survey work under the guidance of the Senior Highway Surveyor.
• Establish primary horizontal and vertical control points; document reference ties.
• Record measurements, rod readings, field calculations, and observations in field books.
• Coordinate with the contractor’s surveyor on priorities, schedules, site access, and daily requirements.
• Validate survey work through traverse closures, bench circuits, and accuracy checks.
• Report discrepancies, errors, technical issues, and conflicts to the Assistant Resident Engineer.
• Jointly measure completed works or payment items with the contractor and Resident Engineer.
• Maintain and calibrate survey equipment.
• Assist in preparing as‑built drawings using verified survey data.
• Conduct pre‑construction surveys: verify existing conditions, identify obstructions, support design verification.
• Provide setting‑out support for roads, pavements, curbs, drainage networks, utilities, and grading.
• Monitor contractor alignment, levels, slopes, grades, and construction layout against approved drawings.
• Participate in site inspections with the Resident Engineer and client representatives.
• Maintain organized survey documentation, reports, maps, field records, calculation sheets, and handover information.
• Support resolution of survey‑related disputes or discrepancies between designs and field execution.
• Use GPS, total stations, and computer software for accurate measurements and survey outputs.
• Ensure compliance with safety procedures and project safety requirements.
• Apply UAE local authority procedures, standards, and regulations.

Qualifications

• BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of surveying experience in the UAE.
• Strong experience in highway, road, pavement, drainage, utility, and infrastructure construction projects.
• Good knowledge of UAE local authority procedures, standards, regulations, and construction requirements.
• Ability to establish control points, verify levels, conduct traverse closures, and check bench circuits.
• Skilled in construction layout, staking, setting‑out, joint measurements, and as‑built survey preparation.
• Proficient in GPS, total stations, survey equipment, and modern computer software.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong attention to detail; identify survey errors, site discrepancies, and technical issues.
• Ability to coordinate professionally with contractors, Resident Engineers, Assistant Resident Engineers, and client representatives.
• Practical awareness of site safety requirements and safe survey operations.
• Organized, reliable, and able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

• Highway and road infrastructure surveying.
• Construction setting‑out, site survey control.
• Horizontal and vertical control points.
• Traverse closures, bench circuits.
• Field books, survey calculations.
• Joint measurements, payment item verification.
• As‑built drawings preparation.
• Pre‑construction surveys, road alignment verification.
• GPS surveying, total station operation.
• Survey equipment calibration.
• Survey documentation, local authority procedures, UAE construction standards.
• Contractor coordination, site inspection support.
• Safety compliance, infrastructure supervision.