Site Engineer Junior Mechanical And Electrical

TalentOne; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentOne is seeking a Junior Site Engineer across Mechanical, Electrical or Civil disciplines for a power plant construction project in the UAE. You will supervise day-to-day site work, coordinate subcontractors, and ensure compliance with drawings, specs, and safety standards.

Reporting to the Senior Site Engineer, you will verify installations, coordinate among disciplines, and support QA/QC, testing, and handover procedures on site.

Qualifications

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical or civil engineering relevant to the position.
• At least 5 years of relevant on-site construction experience in the UAE.
• Hands-on experience supervising site works and coordinating crews or subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Plan daily activities with site supervisors and subcontractors and ensure readiness of drawings, materials, permits, and work areas.
• Review construction drawings and method statements, check conformance, and raise technical queries or report discrepancies.
• Coordinate with civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation teams to resolve overlaps and sequence activities.
• Arrange QA/QC inspections, follow up on corrective actions, and maintain daily progress reports and as-built markups.
• Monitor compliance with site HSE procedures and support testing, pre-commissioning, and handover.
• Mechanical: supervise installation of equipment, piping, valves, supports, and utilities.
• Mechanical: verify equipment positioning, alignment, and piping installation against drawings; support pressure testing.
• Electrical: supervise cable trays, conduits, power/control cables, earthing systems, transformers, switchgear, MCCs.
• Civil: supervise earthworks, excavation, backfilling, reinforced concrete works, foundations, and openings.
• Civil: verify setting-out, levels, reinforcement, formwork, and embedded items; coordinate compaction tests and pre-pour inspections.

Skills

Site supervision

Coordination with subcontractors

Drawing interpretation

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical or Civil)

Tools

Piping isometrics

Single-line diagrams

Cable routing

Job description

Job Description:

Junior Site Engineer – Mechanical, Electrical or Civil

Project — Power Plant Construction

Location — UAE

Disciplines — Mechanical, Electrical or Civil

Minimum experience — 5 years of relevant site construction experience in the UAE

Job Overview

We are hiring Junior Site Engineers across the Mechanical, Electrical and Civil disciplines for a power plant construction project in the UAE. Reporting to the Senior Site Engineer, you will supervise day-to-day construction and installation work in your assigned discipline, coordinate subcontractors and site crews, and verify that work complies with approved drawings, project specifications, and quality and safety requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan daily activities with site supervisors and subcontractors. Confirm that approved drawings, materials, permits, and work areas are ready before work begins.
• Review construction drawings and method statements, check work against project requirements, and raise technical queries or report discrepancies.
• Coordinate with civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation teams to resolve issues where their work overlaps and agree on the sequence of activities.
• Arrange inspections with QA/QC, follow up on corrective actions and punch-list items, and maintain daily progress reports, inspection records, and as-built markups.
• Monitor compliance with site HSE procedures and support testing, pre-commissioning, and handover as applicable to your discipline.

Mechanical

• Supervise installation of mechanical equipment, piping, valves, supports, and associated utility systems.
• Verify equipment positioning, alignment, and piping installation against approved drawings and vendor instructions. Support pressure testing, flushing, and mechanical completion checks as applicable.

Electrical

• Supervise installation of cable trays, conduits, power and control cables, earthing systems, transformers, switchgear, and motor control centers.
• Check cable routing, segregation, glanding, termination, and identification. Coordinate continuity, insulation resistance, and earthing tests as applicable.

Civil

• Supervise earthworks, excavation, backfilling, reinforced concrete works, equipment foundations, cable trenches, and drainage works.
• Verify setting-out, levels, dimensions, reinforcement, formwork, anchor bolts, and embedded items against approved drawings before concrete pours.
• Coordinate compaction tests, pre-pour inspections, and concrete sampling with survey and QA/QC teams. Confirm that foundations, trenches, and openings are ready for mechanical and electrical installation.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineering, relevant to the position applied for.
• At least 5 years of relevant on-site construction experience in the UAE in the applicable discipline.
• Hands‑on experience supervising site works and coordinating crews or subcontractors.
• Ability to interpret discipline‑specific drawings, including piping isometrics and equipment layouts for Mechanical, single‑line diagrams and cable schedules for Electrical, or grading, foundation, and structural drawings for Civil.

Preferred Qualifications

• Power plant construction experience. Experience on utility, industrial, or EPC construction projects is also desirable.
• Relevant ADDC, DEWA, or TAQA certifications or approvals, where applicable to the discipline and scope of work.