Senior Roads & Highways Design Lead - Dubai (Flexible)

WSP Global Inc.; Sharjah; Hybrid; AED 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical cover (first class)

Generous annual leave

Paid professional subscriptions

Flexible start/finish times

Job summary

WSP is seeking an experienced Associate to join our Roads & Highways team in Dubai/Sharjah. You will lead the design delivery of complex roads and highways packages for large-scale infrastructure and land development projects across the Emirate.

You will bring strong technical expertise, extensive Dubai project experience, and a proven ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver integrated design solutions while adhering to regulatory requirements.

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 projects.
• 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

Roads & highways design

Project leadership

Multi-disciplinary coordination

Client & authority engagement

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

WSP is seeking an experienced Associate to join our Roads & Highways team in Dubai/Sharjah. You will lead the design delivery of complex roads and highways packages for large-scale infrastructure and land development projects across the Emirate.

You will bring strong technical expertise, extensive Dubai project experience, and a proven ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver integrated design solutions while adhering to regulatory requirements.