Senior Highway Surveyor – Roads & Expressways (Dubai)

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM Middle East Ltd in Dubai invites an experienced Land Surveyor to support roads and highway projects. You will oversee field surveying, establish control networks, and coordinate with contractors to ensure accurate layout and payment verification on expressways and interchanges.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in construction surveying, strong knowledge of horizontal/vertical control, and familiarity with Dubai infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in construction surveying or construction supervision.
• Strong experience on expressway, highway, or major road infrastructure projects.
• Practical knowledge of horizontal and vertical control systems.
• Familiarity with Dubai infrastructure networks and RTA/Dubai Municipality approval preferred.

Responsibilities

• Carry out land surveying activities under the direction of the Senior Highway Surveyor.
• Establish primary horizontal and vertical control points for construction works.
• Create and maintain reference ties for re-establishing survey control points in the field.
• Record measurements, coordinates, elevations, and calculations in field books and survey records.
• Coordinate daily surveying priorities with the contractor's survey team.
• Verify survey work by completing traverse closures and accuracy checks.
• Identify discrepancies and report to the Assistant Resident Engineer.
• Perform joint measurements for progress verification and payment purposes.
• Check road alignments, levels, profiles, and setting-out information against drawings.
• Maintain surveying instruments and perform regular calibration.

Skills

Land surveying

Highway surveying

Construction surveying

Total station

GPS surveying

Setting-out

Traverse surveys

Field measurements

Coordinate verification

RTA requirements

Dubai Municipality requirements

Education

Bachelor-level Civil Engineering or Surveying qualification

Diploma-level Civil Engineering or Surveying qualification

Job description

AECOM Middle East Ltd in Dubai invites an experienced Land Surveyor to support roads and highway projects. You will oversee field surveying, establish control networks, and coordinate with contractors to ensure accurate layout and payment verification on expressways and interchanges.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in construction surveying, strong knowledge of horizontal/vertical control, and familiarity with Dubai infrastructure.