Senior Structural Health Monitoring Specialist

Gamedev Street | Gaming Jobs; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in UAE

Competitive compensation

Exposure to advanced monitoring tech

Job summary

Gamedev Street | Gaming Jobs is seeking a Senior Structural Health Monitoring Specialist in a fully remote role based in the UAE. You will oversee data-driven monitoring for bridges, buildings, and infrastructure, interpreting sensor data, and producing engineering assessments.

Collaboration with engineers, asset managers, and service providers is essential. The role requires extensive SHM experience, knowledge of instrumentation and data analytics, and strong reporting skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering or closely related field.
• Significant experience with structural health monitoring and asset condition monitoring.
• Ability to interpret sensor data, identify trends, and prepare engineering reports.

Responsibilities

• Oversee SHM programs for bridges, buildings, and infrastructure.
• Analyze sensor data from accelerometers, strain gauges, displacement sensors, and related devices.
• Evaluate structural response under static and dynamic loading and identify anomalies.
• Prepare technical reports and recommendations for further investigation.

Skills

Structural health monitoring

Data analytics

Instrumentation systems

Technical reporting

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Engineering software

Data acquisition systems

Excel

Sensor networks

Job description

Job Title: Senior Structural Health Monitoring Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Structural Health Monitoring Specialist to oversee the analysis, interpretation, and reporting of structural monitoring data for buildings, bridges, industrial facilities, infrastructure assets, and other engineered structures. This role focuses on evaluating sensor data, identifying structural performance trends, assessing potential anomalies, and supporting condition monitoring and asset integrity programs. The successful candidate will combine structural engineering knowledge with expertise in monitoring technologies, data analytics, instrumentation systems, and engineering reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of structural health monitoring programs for bridges, buildings, towers, industrial facilities, and civil infrastructure.


• Review structural monitoring strategies, measurement plans, sensor specifications, and data acquisition requirements.


• Analyze data from strain gauges, accelerometers, displacement sensors, inclinometers, tiltmeters, load cells, and other monitoring instruments.


• Evaluate structural response under static and dynamic loading conditions.


• Review vibration characteristics, modal frequencies, damping ratios, displacement patterns, and strain measurements.


• Identify unusual structural behavior, data anomalies, sensor inconsistencies, and potential deterioration indicators.


• Assess monitoring trends against engineering baselines, design assumptions, operational limits, and established performance criteria.


• Review temperature, humidity, wind, traffic, and other environmental or operational factors that may influence structural measurements.


• Support the interpretation of vibration monitoring, fatigue assessment, settlement monitoring, and structural movement data.


• Evaluate sensor performance, data completeness, measurement reliability, and monitoring system consistency.


• Review monitoring dashboards, automated alerts, threshold settings, and data quality control procedures.


• Coordinate with structural engineers, instrumentation specialists, asset managers, contractors, and monitoring service providers.


• Prepare technical reports, trend analyses, condition summaries, and recommendations for further investigation.


• Support the development of predictive monitoring approaches and data-driven structural condition assessment methods.


• Review historical monitoring records to identify progressive changes, recurring anomalies, and potential long‑term deterioration.


• Assess the effectiveness of monitoring programs and recommend improvements to sensor coverage, data acquisition, and reporting workflows.


• Maintain technical documentation, monitoring records, analysis files, and audit‑ready evidence.


• Support engineering investigations by organizing monitoring data and providing analytical findings to qualified structural professionals.


• Monitor developments in structural monitoring technologies, engineering standards, digital infrastructure systems, and condition assessment practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.


• Significant experience in structural health monitoring, structural engineering analysis, infrastructure condition monitoring, or asset integrity.


• Strong understanding of structural behavior, load response, stress, strain, deformation, vibration, and fatigue principles.


• Experience analyzing data from structural monitoring sensors and instrumentation systems.


• Knowledge of accelerometers, strain gauges, displacement transducers, inclinometers, tiltmeters, and related monitoring equipment.


• Familiarity with static and dynamic structural analysis, modal analysis, and vibration assessment.


• Experience with monitoring data platforms, sensor networks, data acquisition systems, and engineering analytics tools.


• Proficiency in engineering analysis software, data visualization tools, and Microsoft Excel.


• Knowledge of relevant structural design and monitoring standards, including applicable ISO, Eurocode, or other recognized engineering requirements.


• Ability to interpret complex monitoring datasets and distinguish genuine structural trends from measurement noise or environmental effects.


• Experience preparing technical engineering reports and presenting findings to multidisciplinary stakeholders.


• Understanding of risk‑based inspection planning, structural asset management, and condition monitoring principles.


• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and technical documentation skills.


• Professional engineering registration or chartered status is advantageous, subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements.

What We Offer

• A fully remote working arrangement based in the UAE.


• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and technical expertise.


• Opportunities to support major infrastructure and structural asset monitoring programs.


• Exposure to advanced sensor technologies, engineering analytics, and predictive monitoring approaches.


• A collaborative environment focused on engineering quality, asset integrity, and continuous improvement.