Senior Infrastructure Manager - Site Development

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 390,600 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Dubai seeks a Senior Infrastructure Manager to oversee site-wide infrastructure projects. This role involves planning, construction, and commissioning, ensuring all systems are efficiently integrated and compliant with local regulations.

The ideal candidate has at least 15 years of experience managing large-scale infrastructure in complex environments, with expertise in utility coordination and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in infrastructure planning and delivery.
• Experience with large mixed-use developments and complex building programs.
• Knowledge of Dubai infrastructure regulations and approval processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery of site-wide infrastructure works.
• Manage internal roads and access routes.
• Verify continuity of road levels and utility alignments.

Skills

Infrastructure program management

Site-wide development planning

Wet utility coordination

Dry utility coordination

Traffic circulation planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field

Master's degree in Infrastructure Engineering

Job description

Job Snapshot

Title: Senior Infrastructure Manager – Site Development

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function: Project Management

Experience Required: Minimum 15 years

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: 35,000–50,000 AED (estimated, subject to confirmation)

Job Overview

Senior Infrastructure Manager – Site Development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Civil Engineering opportunity focused on the planning, coordination, construction, commissioning, and handover of major site-wide infrastructure systems. Parsons Corporation is hiring an experienced infrastructure leader to manage roads, utilities, service yards, public realm interfaces, authority approvals, and multidisciplinary delivery across a complex development program.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Civil Engineering

Role Context

The Senior Infrastructure Manager – Site Development will lead the complete lifecycle of external infrastructure works, from early planning and design coordination through procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and final handover. The position covers internal roads, access routes, drop‑off areas, parking interfaces, service yards, wet utilities, dry utilities, public realm connections, and integration with existing and future development phases. The manager will ensure that infrastructure systems are technically coordinated, authority compliant, operationally efficient, and capable of supporting long‑term expansion. Close collaboration with the client, master planners, designers, contractors, utility providers, transport consultants, government authorities, and project leadership will be essential to maintaining technical quality, schedule performance, safety, and interface control.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of site‑wide infrastructure works across a large and technically complex development.
• Manage internal roads, access routes, circulation systems, drop‑off zones, service yards, parking interfaces, and external public areas.
• Coordinate the integration of new infrastructure with existing facilities and planned future phases.
• Verify continuity of road levels, utility alignments, network capacity, access arrangements, and operational requirements.
• Work with master planners, architects, transport consultants, MEP teams, and landscape designers to optimize infrastructure interfaces.
• Oversee wet utility systems including potable water, firewater, sewerage, irrigation, and stormwater drainage.
• Coordinate dry utility networks covering electrical power, telecommunications, data, gas, and district cooling connections.
• Lead engagement with Dubai authorities, utility providers, and approval bodies to secure NOCs, permits, technical clearances, and final connections.
• Monitor compliance with local regulations, infrastructure standards, authority requirements, and approved design criteria.
• Direct the planning of service yards and back‑of‑house external areas to support loading, unloading, waste management, storage, and safe vehicle movements.
• Review infrastructure drawings, technical reports, design calculations, specifications, method statements, and construction proposals.
• Evaluate infrastructure designs for constructability, phasing, lifecycle performance, operational access, and long‑term maintainability.
• Monitor site execution for quality, safety, sequence, progress, and compliance with approved documentation.
• Identify non‑conforming works and coordinate corrective actions with consultants, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Manage multidisciplinary interfaces between roads, utilities, structures, buildings, public realm areas, and third‑party networks.
• Lead infrastructure testing, commissioning, inspections, authority acceptance, and asset handover activities.
• Coordinate tie‑ins and connections to existing operational systems while minimizing disruption to ongoing activities.
• Support procurement planning, contractor evaluation, technical bid reviews, and infrastructure package recommendations.
• Drive value engineering initiatives focused on cost efficiency, buildability, phasing, durability, and operational performance.
• Identify infrastructure risks and interface constraints before they affect construction or commissioning.
• Develop mitigation measures and communicate critical issues clearly to project leadership and client representatives.
• Maintain infrastructure progress reports, risk registers, interface schedules, approval trackers, and handover records.
• Manage multiple work fronts while preserving high technical, safety, environmental, and quality standards.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Master's degree in Infrastructure Engineering, Transportation, Project Management, or a related field is advantageous.
• Professional registration such as CEng, PE, or an equivalent chartered credential is desirable.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in infrastructure planning, design coordination, construction delivery, and asset handover.
• Proven involvement in large mixed‑use developments, major venues, complex building programs, or comparable infrastructure projects.
• Strong experience managing internal road networks, access systems, traffic circulation, public realm works, and utility coordination.
• Extensive understanding of wet and dry utility design, construction, testing, commissioning, and authority acceptance.
• Knowledge of Dubai infrastructure regulations, NOC procedures, permit requirements, and utility provider processes.
• Experience delivering infrastructure in live, occupied, or partially operational environments.
• Ability to assess complex technical documentation and resolve design, construction, capacity, and interface challenges.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, planners, and technical specialists.
• Strong understanding of service logistics, loading areas, back‑of‑house access, waste routes, and operational vehicle movements.
• Effective stakeholder management skills for working with clients, authorities, utility companies, and third‑party agencies.
• Ability to control several concurrent workstreams, deadlines, approvals, and construction interfaces.
• Clear written and verbal communication with strong reporting, negotiation, and technical presentation capabilities.

Skills Set

• Infrastructure program management
• Site‑wide development planning
• Roads and access networks
• Wet utility coordination
• Dry utility coordination
• Stormwater drainage systems
• Sewerage networks
• Potable water systems
• Firewater infrastructure
• Power distribution coordination
• Telecommunications networks
• District cooling connections
• Traffic circulation planning
• Service yard development
• Back‑of‑house logistics
• Public realm interfaces
• Authority approvals
• NOC and permit management
• Design coordination
• Technical due diligence
• Constructability review
• Infrastructure risk management
• Value engineering
• Construction sequencing
• Testing and commissioning
• Asset handover
• Contractor management
• Stakeholder coordination
• Progress reporting
• Interface management

Why Join Us

This position offers the opportunity to lead major infrastructure delivery within one of Dubai's most active development markets. The successful candidate will influence critical decisions across planning, design, construction, authority coordination, commissioning, and long‑term asset performance. The role provides exposure to large‑scale programs, multidisciplinary engineering challenges, complex stakeholder environments, and infrastructure systems that directly support future growth. Parsons Corporation also provides a professional setting where senior managers can expand their technical leadership, contribute to prominent developments, and work alongside experienced international teams.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, program management, construction supervision, and technology solutions for major infrastructure and urban development projects. The organization works across transportation, utilities, buildings, security, and environmental programs, combining technical expertise with structured project governance to deliver safe, resilient, and operationally effective assets.

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