Principal Highway Engineer / Road Safety Audit Team Leader

Greenfix Property Care; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy seeks a Principal Highway Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead highways projects with a focus on road safety audits. Responsibilities include managing project teams, conducting safety audits, and preparing detailed reports. The successful candidate should possess a BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering and experience with road safety audits and highway design in the GCC. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

90 calendar days paid maternity leave

Competitive annual leave

Annual company performance bonus scheme

Annual professional institution subscription

Qualifications

• Experience of undertaking Highway design for major master-planning in the GCC.
• Able to demonstrate experience of supporting Traffic impact studies.
• Self-motivated with good organisational capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a project team for highways design projects.
• Conduct road safety audits to identify potential safety hazards.
• Prepare detailed reports outlining findings and recommendations.

Skills

Technical (Design) skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational capability

Experience of Road Safety Audit

Education

BEng or MEng in Civil engineering

Job description

Overview

Principal Highway Engineer / Road Safety Audit Team Leader – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Permanent, Full Time, Transport market, Highways discipline. Job ref: 9775. Recruiter contact: Yogesh Gosavi, Mott MacDonald.

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work. We are a team of over 20,000 experts in more than 50 countries. We invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support. We’re looking for a candidate to join our team and lead highways projects with a focus on road safety audits.

About the Role

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of project team leadership in highways design projects. You will be expected to combine technical responsibilities and project management, promoting a collaborative approach to deliver projects to quality, budget and timescales.

Key responsibilities and duties

• Manage a project team within the major project’s subdivision
• Aid the project manager in managing the resources to deliver the agreed outcomes for the project
• Assist the project manager in ensuring that the team have adequate training and resources
• Support the project manager in managing external resources used by the Highways Team
• Agree the briefs, programmes and budgets with the project manager
• Prepare designs, reports, specifications and other deliverables for highways schemes
• Allocate tasks to other members of the team and monitor progress
• Monitor the designs produced to ensure they meet the design briefs
• Ensure designs are appropriate and meet the expected levels of technical excellence
• Seek innovation in the delivery of schemes and techniques used to design and construct them
• Ensure that the quality system is actively applied to all highways schemes
• Leading Road Safety Audits: Leading a team of professionals in conducting road safety audits to identify potential safety hazards and risks on roads and highways
• Analyzing data and information collected during the audit to identify potential safety issues and hazards
• Presenting findings of the road safety audit to stakeholders, including clients, government agencies, and other interested parties
• Preparing detailed reports outlining the findings of the road safety audit, including recommendations for safety improvements
• Collaborating with stakeholders, including road designers, engineers, and government agencies, to ensure safety recommendations are implemented
• Extensive knowledge of RSA stages submission and ITC procedures

Candidate Specification

• BEng or MEng in Civil engineering
• Experience of Road Safety Audit
• Able to demonstrate Technical (Design) skills
• Ability to demonstrate experience of supporting Traffic impact studies
• Experience of undertaking Highway design for major master-planning in the GCC
• Outward facing with good interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated with good organisational capability
• Effective in both verbal and written communication
• Experience within a Commercial Engineering environment

Flexible working

At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits

• 90 calendar days paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance