Senior Infrastructure Delivery Lead - Metro & Roads

AECOM; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Resident Engineer for enabling works on a large metro project in the United Arab Emirates. You will lead and manage the staff to ensure the project proceeds efficiently, focusing on staking, testing, inspection, and adherence to plans and specifications.

You will oversee coordination with utilities and stakeholders, monitor progress, and ensure proper handover of enabling works to the next package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related field is required.
• Minimum 20 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, including Roads, Bridges, Underpasses, Metro and Rail.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure development, construction methodologies, and quality control processes.
• Excellent project management skills, including budget and schedule management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the overall delivery of assigned infrastructure packages, ensuring time, cost, quality, safety, and sustainability goals are met.
• Review and approve contractor method statements, ITPs, shop drawings, and material submittals.
• Coordinate enabling works with main metro construction activities and other project disciplines.
• Supervise site clearance, demolition, excavation, grading, and temporary works.
• Monitor utility detection, protection, diversion and relocation, and temporary connections.
• Coordinate with utility authorities and relevant stakeholders for services.
• Ensure water, sewerage, stormwater, irrigation, electrical, telecom and other utilities are protected.
• Supervise construction of temporary access roads, haul roads, working platforms, ramps, and site facilities.
• Monitor temporary drainage, dewatering, pumping, and groundwater control.
• Review and monitor traffic management and temporary road diversion arrangements.
• Ensure pedestrian and vehicular access is maintained safely around works.
• Coordinate interfaces between civil, structural, MEP, utilities, stations, depots, and rail systems.
• Attend progress, coordination, technical, and stakeholder meetings.
• Review contractor quantities, measurements, and payment applications.
• Assess variations, additional works, and claims.
• Maintain records of inspections, approvals, site instructions, photos, and daily progress.
• Review and verify as-built drawings and survey records for completed enabling works.
• Coordinate removal of temporary works when no longer required.
• Ensure completed enabling works are handed over to downstream packages.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Site supervision

Quality control

HSE

Stakeholder management

Budget & schedule

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Job description

AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Resident Engineer for enabling works on a large metro project in the United Arab Emirates. You will lead and manage the staff to ensure the project proceeds efficiently, focusing on staking, testing, inspection, and adherence to plans and specifications.

You will oversee coordination with utilities and stakeholders, monitor progress, and ensure proper handover of enabling works to the next package.