Senior Structural Engineer

Tawzef For Recruitment & HR Consultancy; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Structural Engineer to oversee the performance of inspectors and coordinate with contractors. Responsibilities include reviewing designs, ensuring safety standards, and managing project handovers. Candidates should have a degree in Civil Engineering, extensive experience with bridges, and strong communication skills. This role demands a minimum of 15 years experience, particularly in construction supervision, making it a key position in ensuring project quality and compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years for Structural Engineer role.
• Minimum of 15 years for Senior Structural Engineer role.
• Prior experience in construction supervision.
• Ability to perform acceptance sampling and testing.

Responsibilities

• Assist in reviewing shop drawings and design proposals.
• Collaborate with design engineers to resolve issues.
• Coordinate with contractor engineers on scheduling.
• Oversee performance of inspectors and surveyors.
• Lead meetings with contractors and service authorities.
• Ensure safety standards are maintained.
• Manage handover of completed structural works.

Skills

Experience of major prestressed bridges and underpasses

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Computer literate and proficient in technology

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Project-specific engineering and construction software

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assist in reviewing shop drawings design proposals and method statements and prepare responses for the Resident Engineer's review.
• Collaborate with Parsons design engineers to resolve issues and maintain daily reports.
• Coordinate with contractor engineers on scheduling and resource allocation.
• Oversee the performance of inspectors and surveyors.
• Lead meetings with contractors, subcontractors and service authorities.
• Ensure safety standards and project records are maintained.
• Contribute to weekly and monthly progress reports.
• Support health and safety compliance on-site.
• Provide site direction and assist with issuing instructions related to utilities and associated works.
• Check, measure and track work progress against the schedule and ensure accuracy of as-built drawings.
• Manage the handover of completed structural works to service authorities and assist the contractor with final clearance.

Requirements

• Experience of major prestressed bridges and underpasses.
• Degree in Civil Engineering
• Minimum of 8 years for Structural Engineer
• Minimum of 15 years for Senior Structural Engineer
• Prior experience in construction supervision or operation and maintenance of bridges and underpasses.
• Review and justify material submissions analyze laboratory and technical reports and perform acceptance sampling and testing.
• Ensure compliance with project specifications through quality measures.
• Be fully computer literate and proficient in using technology to access data maintain records and generate reports.
• Utilize project-specific engineering and construction software effectively.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.