Resident Engineer

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Dubai; On-site; AED 661,000 - 881,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is seeking a Senior Resident Engineer to act as the PMC’s full-time, site-based technical lead for villa and infrastructure development in Dubai. You will own engineering and design-compliance verification on site, ensuring works meet approved designs, specifications and quality standards with on-site presence.

You will lead the PMC site team, review submissions, supervise testing, manage non-conformances, and support handover with comprehensive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• 10+ years’ site supervision experience on villa, residential or infrastructure construction.
• Familiarity with local codes and authority requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the on-site PMC team and contractor activities.
• Own design-compliance verification against drawings and specs.
• Review submissions, shop drawings, and method statements for compliance.
• Inspect works at key stages and witness tests to ensure quality.
• Manage NCRs, snagging, and handover with documentation.
• Prepare daily/weekly site reports and support valuations from a technical standpoint.

Skills

Site supervision

Leadership

Quality assurance

Design review

Communication

MS Office

CDE familiarity

Education

Bachelor in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

CDE platforms

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.

Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented peopleand empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Role Purpose:
We are looking for a Resident Engineer, who would act as the PMC’s full-time, site-based technical lead on a villa and infrastructure development. Own engineering and design-compliance verification on site, and provide the PMC’s continuous on-site presence, so that works are built to the approved design, specification and quality standards and the Client has independent assurance of what is being delivered.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership and Site Presence

• Serve as the PMC’s senior technical representative on site, maintaining continuous presence and daily oversight of Contractor activities.
• Lead and coordinate the PMC site team (inspectors, assistant engineers, QA/QC and HSE support), allocating responsibilities and reviewing their outputs.
• Act as the first point of technical escalation for the Contractor, Designers and Client’s representatives.

Design-Compliance Review

• Take full ownership of design-compliance verification, confirming that construction conforms to approved drawings, specifications, codes and authority requirements.
• Review Contractor shop drawings, calculations, method statements and technical clarifications for compliance and constructability.
• Identify design discrepancies and coordinate resolution through RFIs with the Designer and Client.

Engineering Submissions and Construction Activities Verification

• Review and approve or reject engineering submissions, including material submittals, mix designs, samples and technical data, within contractual timeframes.
• Verify construction activities against the approved submissions, ITPs and method statements before, during and after execution.
• Review Contractor quality plans and ensure that hold and witness points are respected.

Inspection and Testing

• Inspect and approve works at key stages, including earthworks, foundations, reinforcement, formwork, concrete, structural elements, and roads, drainage, water, sewer and utility networks.
• Witness and review tests, including concrete cube results, compaction, pressure and leakage tests, and material testing, and verify results against specification.
• Raise, track and close Non-Conformance Reports and corrective actions.

Snagging and Handover

• Lead the snagging process, maintain defect registers and verify rectification.
• Support completion, testing, handover and defects liability processes, including review of as-builts and O&M documentation.

Reporting and Coordination

• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly site reports covering progress, quality, safety, manpower and issues.
• Support the Project Manager with variation assessments, interim valuations and extension of time reviews from a technical standpoint.
• Promote compliance with HSE requirements and PMC QA/QC procedures on site.

Requirements:

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• 10+ years’ site supervision experience on villa, residential or infrastructure construction.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant codes, standards and local authority requirements (e.g. BS, ACI, Dubai/Abu Dhabi or local authority regulations).
• Proven experience reviewing engineering submissions, shop drawings and method statements.
• Experience witnessing inspections and tests, and managing NCRs and snagging.
• Familiarity with FIDIC or equivalent contract forms.
• Proficient in MS Office, with working knowledge of document control or CDE platforms.
• Strong communication, leadership and decision-making skills, with the confidence to hold Contractors to account.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Chartered or professional membership (e.g. ICE, IStructE, or local engineering society registration).
• Experience in the PMC or consultancy environment in the UAE or wider Middle East.
• Experience with large villa communities or master-planned developments.
• Working knowledge of Arabic.
• Awareness of NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent HSE qualifications.

Location:

On-site –Dubai, ARE

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