Senior Roads & Highways Design Lead - Dubai

WSP in the Middle East; Sharjah; On-site; AED 400,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical cover

Generous annual leave

Paid professional subscriptions

Job summary

WSP in the Middle East seeks an experienced Associate to lead the design delivery of complex roads and highways packages for large-scale infrastructure and land development projects across the Dubai/Sharjah Emirate. Senior technical leadership and coordination of multi-disciplinary teams are core to the role.

The candidate will bring strong technical expertise and extensive Dubai project experience, coordinating with internal and external disciplines and engaging with Clients and Dubai

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Master’s degree preferred).
• 15+ years of professional experience in roads and highways design.
• Extensive experience delivering Dubai RTA infrastructure and land development projects.
• Preferably last 5 years working on Dubai project.
• Strong understanding of Dubai 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 Dubai RTA authority standards, manuals, specifications, and international best practice.
• Review and approve technical deliverables, drawings, reports, and design calculations to ensure quality and consistency.
• Coordinate closely with internal and external disciplines including utilities, drainage, traffic, structures, street 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 Dubai 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.
• Support capability development and knowledge sharing across the discipline.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Coordination

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

WSP in the Middle East seeks an experienced Associate to lead the design delivery of complex roads and highways packages for large-scale infrastructure and land development projects across the Dubai/Sharjah Emirate. Senior technical leadership and coordination of multi-disciplinary teams are core to the role.

The candidate will bring strong technical expertise and extensive Dubai project experience, coordinating with internal and external disciplines and engaging with Clients and Dubai