Roads Engineer

KEO International Consultants; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Roads Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will develop designs for roads and highways, conduct site inspections, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. Applicants should hold a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and have a minimum of 5 years' relevant experience, along with strong knowledge of design standards. A desire to work in a collaborative, results-oriented environment is essential.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Cultural events and activities

Health and wellness support

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in a similar position.
• Membership in a professional institution is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed SOW documents for construction projects.
• Conduct site inspections during construction phases.
• Oversee contractors’ activities and monitor progress.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations and project specs.
• Monitor and report cash flow forecasts.
• Check and verify Contractor’s Payment Applications.
• Develop annual budget plan for FM department.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Road/Highway Infrastructure Engineering

Design Standards Knowledge

Inspection Protocols

Contract Administration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Roads Engineer to join our award-winning team based in Abu Dhabi.

This critical role will work as part of the Infrastructure team, developing roads and highways designs in the different project design stages.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Develop detailed SOW documents for road construction and maintenance projects, ensuring clarity on technical requirements, timelines, and compliance standards.
• Conduct site inspections during construction and maintenance phases to verify adherence to design specifications, safety standards, and quality benchmarks.
• Oversee and coordinate contractors’ activities, monitor progress, resolve technical issues, and ensure timely delivery within budget and contractual obligations.
• Ensure all works comply with local regulations and project specifications; prepare progress reports and communicate updates to stakeholders.
• To monitor and report cash flow forecasts timely and accurately.
• Toanalyze and report variances in planned versus actual costs in each monthly report and support the team in identifying resultant recovery actions for the following month.
• Check & verify Contractor’s Payment Applications / Invoices and supports their approval process providing requested inputs and clarifications.
• Assist to develop and report Cash Plan and Accrual Status
• Assist in providing Cost related information to the Budget Tracker and other reports.
• Develop annual budget plan for FM department and to ensure alignment with business needs.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. We welcome all levels of experience, with more than 5 years of experience in a similar position. Having a membership of a professional institution is desirable.

Furthermore, you should demonstrate:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field.
• Written and Spoken English is essential. Knowledge of Arabic will be advantageous.
• 5 years’ minimum experience in road/highway infrastructure engineering.
• Strong knowledge of design standards, inspection protocols, and contract administration.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.