Senior Drainage & Wet Utilities Lead - Dubai

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 246,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Dubai seeks a Senior Wet Utilities Engineer - Drainage to lead drainage networks and wet utilities design on major infrastructure projects. You will mentor engineers, review models, and ensure timely, construction-ready designs that meet quality requirements.

Experience leading design packages, coordinating with roads, structures, and environmental teams will be essential. The role requires deep hydraulics knowledge, proficiency with InfoWorks ICM or equivalent, and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Master's degree in Civil Engineering, water engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of drainage, wet utilities, or infrastructure design experience.
• Professional Engineer registration such as PE, PEng, or CEng is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary design teams and coordinating complex deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction to civil engineers, wet utilities engineers, designers, CAD technicians, and digital delivery personnel.
• Lead the design of stormwater drainage, sewerage, potable water, irrigation, and associated wet utility networks.
• Supervise the preparation of design plans, longitudinal profiles, cross-sections, details, and construction documentation.
• Review drawings and models for technical accuracy, constructability, clarity, coordination, and compliance with design criteria.
• Develop complex drainage layouts, hydraulic solutions, engineering sketches, and non-standard infrastructure details.
• Apply advanced civil engineering principles to hydraulic and analytical models.
• Use InfoWorks ICM or equivalent software to assess network performance, capacity, flooding risk, and system behaviour.
• Establish baseline design schedules for assigned tasks and allocate work across the engineering team.
• Track progress against planned deliverables, identify delays, and implement recovery measures where required.
• Create workflows, templates, and repeatable design processes that improve team efficiency and consistency.
• Prepare and review drainage calculations, technical reports, design basis documents, and engineering assessments.
• Draft technical specifications and special provisions for complex or specialist infrastructure elements.
• Act as the primary technical interface with clients for assigned wet utilities and drainage work packages.
• Communicate design issues, recommendations, programme impacts, and technical decisions to clients and project management.
• Identify design risks, scope gaps, interface conflicts, and constructability concerns before they affect delivery.
• Raise clear technical queries to resolve ambiguities in project requirements and contractual scope.
• Guide staff in the application of quality assurance and quality control procedures.
• Review design outputs against internal checks, authority requirements, and project-specific standards.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through technical reviews, coaching, and structured knowledge transfer.
• Support the preparation of design estimates, staffing plans, task budgets, and level-of-effort calculations.
• Monitor hours spent against individual tasks, drawings, and project deliverables.
• Contribute technical input to competitive proposals, commercial submissions, and project execution plans.
• Coordinate with roads, structures, utilities, environmental, landscape, and digital engineering teams.
• Ensure design submissions are completed accurately and within agreed project deadlines.

Skills

Wet utilities design

Stormwater drainage design

Sewerage network design

Potable water systems

Irrigation networks

Hydraulic modelling

Drainage network analysis

Flood risk assessment

Civil infrastructure design

Plans and profiles

Design calculations

Technical report preparation

Engineering specifications

Non-standard detailing

Construction documentation

Design schedule management

Resource planning

Level-of-effort estimation

Design risk assessment

Technical query preparation

Client coordination

Multidisciplinary coordination

QA and QC procedures

Design review

Team leadership

Engineering mentoring

Proposal support

Project delivery planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree in Civil Engineering or related

Tools

InfoWorks ICM

Job description

Parsons Corporation in Dubai seeks a Senior Wet Utilities Engineer - Drainage to lead drainage networks and wet utilities design on major infrastructure projects. You will mentor engineers, review models, and ensure timely, construction-ready designs that meet quality requirements.

Experience leading design packages, coordinating with roads, structures, and environmental teams will be essential. The role requires deep hydraulics knowledge, proficiency with InfoWorks ICM or equivalent, and a