Senior Surveyor - Supervision (Infrastructure Projects, Dubai)

Khatib & Alami International; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Surveyor - Supervision role in Dubai focuses on checking construction work against datum and design drawings, ensuring accuracy of alignment.

Candidates should have 5+ years in surveying within architecture, engineering or planning, with strong instrument proficiency and English communication; Arabic is an advantage. This is a full-time position with coordination across authorities and contractors.

Qualifications

• Degree in Surveying.
• Advanced proficiency in use of surveying instruments.
• Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally.
• Good planning, organization and presentation capability.
• Strong attention to details.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English; Arabic is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Check adherence of construction work to datum and alignment per design drawings.
• Review survey equipment to ensure accuracy and functionality.
• Liaise with authorities to obtain official reference datum / benchmarks.
• Review and check setting-out of temporary control points / stations.
• Check contractor setting-out for permanent works and verify with verified datum.
• Inspect formwork and formations for positional accuracy before construction.
• Review and approve shop drawings for design compliance.
• Report surveying errors or discrepancies to the Associate Project Manager.
• Establish a data base for checking building settlement and monitor final values.
• Maintain records of control points and survey stations on site.
• Verify coordinates and levels on As-Built drawings and implement policies.

Skills

Proficiency in surveying instruments

Effective communication

Planning & organization

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Arabic language (advantage)

Education

Degree in Surveying

Job description

Senior Surveyor - Supervision (Infrastructure Projects, Dubai)

Job Title: Senior Surveyor - Supervision (Infrastructure Projects, Dubai)

Start Date: Job Location: Dubai Site Country: United Arab Emirates

Job Summary

The Senior Surveyor is responsible for checking the adherence of construction work in accordance with the datum and alignment as per design drawings.

Key Responsibilities (Financial)

• Ensure responsibilities are fulfilled in a cost effective manner

Key Responsibilities (Customer Focus)

• Ensure the satisfaction of the supervision teams with provided land surveying activities
• Constantly maintain and update a repository of latest land surveying-related regulations and guidelines and communicate any changes to relevant internal stakeholders

Key Responsibilities (Internal Business Process)

• Review the general layouts of construction projects and be aware of the project components and nature of works
• Ensure that survey instruments proposed by the contractor satisfy the specification requirements in terms of accuracy and functionality
• Inspect the survey equipment provided by the contractor to ensure that the instruments are accurate, reliable and recently calibrated
• Liaise with respective authorities to receive official reference datum / benchmarks
• Review and check the setting-out of temporary control points / stations by the surveyor
• Check the contractor setting out for the permanent works in relation to previously verified datum and survey stations
• Inspect the contractors’ formwork and formations for positional accuracy before any permanent works are constructed
• Review and approve shop drawings to ensure compliance with the design drawings
• Report surveying errors or setting out discrepancies to the Associate Project Manager
• Establish a data base for checking the building settlement upon casting every slab to ensure that the total actual settlement is within the allowable value
• Carry out a survey checks to ensure that alignment and levels of constructed structures are in line with approved shop drawings prior to casting the subsequent structure
• Ensure and report the settlement of the structure at every floor to ensure that final value is within the design limits
• Maintain records of all control points and survey stations on site in a well-organized way and immediately report any damaged or missing reference points to the Associate Project Manager
• Review and verify the accuracy of the coordinates and levels shown on contractors’ As-Built drawings
• Implement corporate policies and procedures

Qualification, Technical Skills and Competencies

• Degree in Surveying
• Advanced proficiency in use of surveying instruments
• Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally
• Good planning, organization and presentation capability
• Strong attention to details
• Proficiency in spoken and written English; Arabic is an advantage

Overall Experience Required to Execute this Role

• 5+ years of experience in the Architecture, Engineering and Planning Industry, particularly in a surveying function

Specific Experience Required to Execute this Role

• Experience with leading land surveying activities on supervision sites
• Experience with coordinating with authorities and contractors on land surveying activities