Land Surveyor - Marine

Parsons; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable engineering firm in Abu Dhabi is seeking a skilled Land Surveyor - Marine to join their team. In this role, you'll oversee dredging and reclamation projects, ensuring field surveys are conducted accurately while mentoring junior staff. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Hydrographic Surveying and at least 10 years of experience in a marine construction environment. Excellent communication skills in English are essential. This position offers opportunities for growth in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Growth opportunities

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• 10 years of related work experience in a marine engineering/construction environment.
• Prior experience on Construction Supervision Consultant Team or Project Management Consultant Team.

Responsibilities

• Carry out hydrographic field surveys with a team.
• Conduct field operations/surveys on land and marine vessels.
• Witness contractor performing surveys and verify installed quantities.
• Identify client’s priority zones and update progress reports daily.

Skills

Hydrographic Surveying

Civil3D

AutoCAD

Communication in English

Proactive mentality

Education

Degree/Diploma in Hydrographic Surveying

Tools

GPS

Office 365

MBES Software

Single Beam

Job description

Job Description

Land Surveyor - Marine

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Land Surveyor - Marine to join our team! In this role you will get to work on a construction supervision team responsible to supervise a dredging, reclamation, and ground improvement contractor on a high profile project in Abu Dhabi.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Responsible to carry out the hydrographic field surveys in tandem with a team, and dredging/reclamation contractor. Must have knowledge of and experience using a variety of tools and equipment, ranging form sonar systems to computers and peripherals, GPS, sampling equipment and deck equipment. Also must be able to use AutoCAD / Civil 3D, MS Office, and other relevant marine surveying software required to complete the works
• Responsible to conduct field operations/surveys on land and on marine vessels
• Responsible to witness contractor performing surveys, logging the information and verifying the installed quantities in coordination with the contractor, employer and quantity surveyors on the team.
• Responsible to identify the client’s priority zones on the critical path and update progress reports daily. Must maintain Daily Log of all Activities.
• Troubleshoot challenges with the Contractor and other Consultants in order to achieve measurable success.
• Liaise with other agencies (Consultants/Contractors/ Relevant Authorities) to coordinate the survey work.
• Prepare neat sketches to support the field work.
• Preserve all the survey information (field books, sketches & calculations).
• Complete all surveying assignments on schedule and within man-hour and cost budgets.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Degree/Diploma in Hydrographic Surveying / Field Surveying / Engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of related work experience in a marine engineering/construction environment in the MENA Region.
• Ability to communicate in English with a high proficiency both written and spoken.
• Prior Experience on a Construction Supervision Consultant Team or Project Management Consultant Team.
• Software Skills: Proficiency in Civil3D, AutoCAD, GPS, Office 365, MBES (Multibeam Echo Sound) Software (Hydrographic Survey software) and Single Beam.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Proactive mentality to seek out challenges and push progress.
• High Safety Standards to promote workplace HSE Culture.
• Highly Advanced Personal Organizational Skills / Self-starter
• Intermediate Leadership/Managerial Skills (Working with Survey team).

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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