Senior Roads & Highways Design Lead – Abu Dhabi

WSP in the Middle East; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

First class medical cover

Generous annual leave

Paid professional subscriptions

Job summary

WSP in the Middle East seeks an Associate to lead design delivery for roads and highways in Abu Dhabi. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, ensure compliance with Abu Dhabi standards, review technical deliverables, and coordinate with utilities, traffic, and external authorities to meet project milestones.

The role emphasizes senior technical leadership, client engagement, and mentoring within a Roads & Highways team, delivering integrated solutions for large-scale infrastructure and land

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Master’s degree preferred).
• 15+ years of professional experience in roads and highways design.
• Extensive experience delivering Abu Dhabi-based infrastructure and land development projects.
• Strong understanding of Abu Dhabi authority standards, approval processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience coordinating and managing multi-disciplinary design teams.
• Ability to lead technical delivery packages with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and detailed design of roads and highways infrastructure, including arterial roads, local roads, interchanges, junctions, and access roads.
• Ensure all designs comply with Abu Dhabi authority standards, manuals, specifications, and international best practice.
• Review and approve technical deliverables, drawings, reports, and design calculations to ensure quality and consistency.
• Coordinate with internal and external disciplines including utilities, drainage, traffic, structures, lighting, landscaping, and public realm.
• Manage design interfaces and resolve technical conflicts to ensure fully coordinated, buildable solutions.
• Support project managers in meeting programme, quality, and delivery milestones.
• Participate in technical meetings, design reviews, and coordination sessions with Clients and Abu Dhabi authorities.
• Support authority submissions and approvals, ensuring timely responses to comments and compliance with requirements.
• Provide technical advice to Clients on design development, constructability, and risk mitigation.
• Assist in resource planning, task allocation, and technical input to project programmes.
• Support bid preparation, fee proposals, and technical submissions for roads and highways projects.
• Contribute to improving internal design processes, standards, and best practices.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to engineers and senior engineers within the Roads & Highways team.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Design review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

WSP in the Middle East seeks an Associate to lead design delivery for roads and highways in Abu Dhabi. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, ensure compliance with Abu Dhabi standards, review technical deliverables, and coordinate with utilities, traffic, and external authorities to meet project milestones.

The role emphasizes senior technical leadership, client engagement, and mentoring within a Roads & Highways team, delivering integrated solutions for large-scale infrastructure and land