Project Engineer

Pergola Uae; Dubai; On-site; AED 45,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance (UA)Laws compliant

Company vehicle with ADNOC tags

SIM Card for official communication

Job summary

Pergola UAE is seeking an independent, technically competent Project Engineer to manage multiple projects from kickoff through installation, inspection, handover, and closeout. You will coordinate with clients, consultants, main contractors, and internal teams to ensure alignment with scope, programme, quality, and safety.

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and hands‑on fabrication/installation experience in aluminium, steel, glass, and related

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural/Construction or related engineering preferred.
• Diploma may be accepted with strong demonstrated competence.
• Minimum of three years of project or site‑engineering experience.
• Hands‑on experience with aluminium, steel, glass, pergolas, canopies, façades, shading structures.
• UAE or GCC construction‑site experience.
• Experience coordinating with clients, consultants, main contractors, site teams, and subcontractors.
• Good spoken English and UAE driving license.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects from kickoff to closeout ensuring scope, programme, quality, and safety requirements.
• Coordinate handover with Sales and other departments for effective project handover.
• Conduct site surveys for quotations and ongoing projects, including measurements and interfaces.
• Prepare site sketches, photos, and technical data for Architects/Engineers; review drawings for accuracy.
• Identify risks and coordinate corrective actions and escalations.
• Confirm site readiness, access, materials, and installation sequence before mobilization.
• Supervise site staff and subcontractors with clear technical instructions.
• Ensure installations comply with drawings, specs, QA/QC, and HSE requirements.
• Attend site meetings and provide progress updates and issue resolution.
• Monitor progress against programme and manage manpower, deliveries, and productivity.
• Drive handover and closeout activities to completion.

Skills

Project management

Site supervision

Client coordination

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural/Construction or related

Diploma with demonstrated competence

Job description

Location: Site-based across the UAE; approximately 90–95% of projects are in Dubai

Reports To: Project Director at present and Project Manager once appointed

Job Profile

Pergola UAE is seeking an independent, technically competent, and leadership-oriented Project Engineer to manage assigned projects from confirmed kickoff through installation, inspection, handover, and closeout.

The position manages more than 10 active projects at different stages and coordinates with clients, consultants, main contractors, sales, design specialists, production, site supervisors, workers, and subcontractors.

Projects include aluminium and steel pergolas, canopies, car-parking shades, motorized pergola systems, glass rooms, façades, doors, windows, partitions, balustrades, miscellaneous metal works, and rectification or warranty projects.

The successful candidate must communicate professionally with clients, confidently manage workers, work independently, demonstrate strong technical judgment, and possess leadership potential and good emotional intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Take operational ownership of assigned projects from kickoff through handover and closeout, ensuring execution remains aligned with the approved scope, programme, quality, and safety requirements.
• Coordinate with Sales and other departments to understand confirmed project requirements and ensure an effective project handover.
• Conduct site visits and accurate surveys for quotations when assigned and for ongoing projects, including measurements, levels, access conditions, interfaces, and execution constraints.
• Prepare site sketches, photographs, and technical information for the Architect and Structural Engineer, and review drawings for measurement accuracy, constructability, interfaces, and installation practicality.
• Identify project risks, site constraints, technical issues, and conflicts early; coordinate corrective actions and escalated matters when necessary.
• Confirm site readiness, dimensions, access, materials, installation sequence, site logistics, and other prerequisites before mobilization.
• Supervise assigned Site Supervisors, Foremen, workers, technicians, and subcontractors and provide clear technical and installation instructions.
• Ensure installations comply with approved drawings, specifications, structural requirements, method statements, QA/QC standards, and HSE requirements.
• Conduct toolbox talks, coordinate MIRs, WIRs, RFIs, NCRs, inspections, corrective actions, snagging, and testing, and immediately stop unsafe or nonconforming work.
• Attend site meetings, provide factual progress updates, clarify approved requirements, and handle routine client or main-contractor concerns professionally.
• Monitor progress against the approved programme and track manpower, productivity, delays, completed work, material deliveries, and supporting photographs.
• Identify potential variations or additional work and preserve complete supporting evidence.
• Maintain accurate information in the company’s in-house system. Urgent matters must be updated immediately, while routine information must be completed by the end of the working day.
• Drive rectification, final inspection, handover, and closeout activities to completion.
• Perform other reasonable project-engineering duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, Construction, Architectural, Mechanical, or a related Engineering discipline is preferred. A relevant diploma may be accepted with strong demonstrated competence.
• Minimum of three years of relevant project or site-engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience in aluminium, steel, glass, pergolas, canopies, façades, shading structures, or related fabrication and installation projects.
• UAE or GCC construction-site experience.
• Experience coordinating with clients, consultants, main contractors, site teams, and subcontractors.
• Practical knowledge of drawings, site measurements, installation methods, QA/QC documentation, HSE, inspections, snagging, testing, and handover.
• Ability to manage multiple active projects independently and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Strong client communication, workforce supervision, leadership potential, and emotional intelligence.
• Honest, accountable, resilient, and committed to accurate reporting and long-term contribution.
• Good spoken English and a valid UAE driving license.
• Competence in using basic site-measurement tools and mobile devices for project reporting.
• UAE Society of Engineers membership is preferred but not mandatory.

What we Offer:

• Salary package of AED 4,000 - AED 8,000 depending on the applicant's overall competency.
• Health Insurance in Compliance with UAE Labour Law
• Company vehicle will be provided with ADNOC smart tags for fuel refills.
• A Company SIM Card Will Be Provided for Official Communication