Land Surveyor

KEO Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

KEO Group in Abu Dhabi invites a highly experienced Land Surveyor to join our team. You will conduct daily inspection requests, verify contractor drawings, and prepare progress reports while ensuring compliance with safety policies on site.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years of surveying experience and a degree or diploma in Surveying. Experience with luxury residential or large-scale developments is preferred, with a focus on accuracy and coordination across stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of work experience in surveying or related fields.
• A Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Surveying or equivalent.
• Strong consultancy, PMC or supervision consultant experience preferred.
• Experience on luxury residential, waterfront, hospitality, mixed-use or large-scale developments.

Responsibilities

• Attend requests for inspection for survey and setting out on a daily basis on site.
• Check contractor drawings and site operations against survey checks.
• Prepare daily project reports (written and photographic) on survey progress.
• Review shop drawings for setting out accuracy and identify affected areas by road works.
• Assist Senior Land Surveyor to address stakeholder queries on orientation of works.
• Monitor works to ensure safety policies; halt unsafe execution when needed.
• Report safety concerns to site management and safety officers.
• Attend periodical technical, safety, quality and progress meetings.
• Review ongoing contractor work to identify issues impacting progress.

Skills

Surveying

Site inspection

Report writing

Education

Diploma or Bachelor in Surveying

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.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Land Surveyor to join our team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Attending requests for inspection for all survey and setting out based work on a daily basis, ensuring that all works are validated on site.
• Checking the contractor’s drawings and site operations in relation to required survey checks and reviews.
• Preparing daily project reports (written and photographic) on progress of the works for survey related matters.
• Reviewing and commenting on shop drawings for setting out accuracy and identify any existing areas which may be affected by the proposed road construction works.
• Assisting the Senior Land Surveyor to address key stakeholder queries in relation to the orientation of the proposed works as required.
• Continually monitoring the works to ensure the contractor complies with his agreed site safety policies and proposed methods of working and where necessary prohibit continuation of unsafe execution of works by the Contractor.
• Ensuring that any safety concerns are reported to the site management team and relevant safety officers.
• Attending periodical technical, safety, quality and progress meetings as and when required.
• Constantly reviewing the contractors ongoing and scheduled work to ensure that potential issues are identified and raised prior to causing an impact on the progress of the works on site.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will bring a minimum of 10 years work experience partnered with a Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Surveying or equivalent.

Other requirements:

• Strong consultancy, PMC or supervision consultant experience preferred.
• Experience working on luxury residential, waterfront, hospitality, mixed-use or large-scale developments.

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.

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