Lead Resident Engineer - Data Center Construction, Dubai

jobr.pro; Dubai; On-site; AED 520,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Decima International is seeking a Senior Resident Engineer to lead site supervision and delivery oversight for a large-scale building project in Dubai, UAE. You will coordinate civil, electrical, and mechanical works, manage clients and stakeholders, and ensure compliance with contracts, drawings, and quality standards.

The role requires extensive experience in data center, mission-critical, or industrial developments, with a strong contract administration background and leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in resident engineering, construction supervision, project management, site engineering, or construction management for large-scale projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Construction Management or related field.
• Senior-level engineering background in Civil or Electrical & Mechanical disciplines.
• Experience supervising construction of data center, mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale buildings is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of contracts, variations, notices, change management and contractual obligations.

Responsibilities

• Lead site supervision across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical works, ensuring compliance with drawings, specs and standards.
• Serve as senior site representative and primary technical interface with client, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Monitor construction progress, quality, safety, and contractor performance.
• Review methodologies, ITPs, submittals, shop drawings, and site execution plans for conformity.
• Coordinate with discipline engineers to resolve technical issues and design clarifications.
• Chair site coordination meetings and review progress reports and NCRs.

Skills

Project leadership

Site supervision

Contract administration

Multidisciplinary coordination

Client liaison

Communication

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Construction Management

Master’s degree in Engineering / Construction Management (preferred)

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Aconex

Procore

Oracle Primavera Cloud

Job description

Decima International is seeking a Senior Resident Engineer to lead site supervision and delivery oversight for a large-scale building project in Dubai, UAE. You will coordinate civil, electrical, and mechanical works, manage clients and stakeholders, and ensure compliance with contracts, drawings, and quality standards.

The role requires extensive experience in data center, mission-critical, or industrial developments, with a strong contract administration background and leadership capabilities.