UAE-OHL & Substation-Professionals

WSP; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. in Abu Dhabi is seeking experienced Engineering and HSE professionals to support supervision and delivery of Overhead Line (OHL) and Substation projects.

You will supervise construction activities, ensure compliance with drawings, specs and safety standards, and coordinate with clients, contractors and multidisciplinary teams. At senior levels, provide technical or HSE leadership and contribute to project reporting, risk management and safety initiatives on major transmission

Qualifications

• Degree or professional qualification in Civil, Electrical Engineering, or Safety.
• Experience in Power Transmission & Distribution, OHL, Substations.
• For engineers: construction supervision and delivery of civil or electrical works.
• For HSE: supervising construction health and safety on major infra projects.
• Familiarity with site inspections, risk assessments, and safety requirements.
• Strong communication and coordination across multidisciplinary teams.
• Prior UAE/GCC project experience would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor construction activities for OHL and Substation projects.
• Ensure works align with drawings, specs, method statements, and standards.
• Coordinate with clients, contractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Monitor progress, quality, technical compliance, and site safety.
• Review technical submissions, inspection requests, method statements, and project documentation.
• Participate in site inspections, testing, and commissioning where applicable.
• Identify technical, quality and HSE risks and support timely resolutions.
• Support implementation and monitoring of project HSE requirements and safe systems.
• Participate in safety inspections, audits, risk assessments and incident-prevention initiatives.
• Prepare progress, technical, inspection and HSE reports.
• At senior levels, provide technical or HSE leadership and support project delivery.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Occupational Health & Safety

OHL & Substation

Multidisciplinary Coordination

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Electrical Engineering degree

Health & Safety qualification

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking experienced Engineering and HSE/Safety professionals to support the supervision and delivery of Overhead Line (OHL) and Substation projects in Abu Dhabi.

Depending on discipline and seniority, successful candidates will support construction supervision, technical coordination, project delivery, quality, health and safety, and compliance activities across transmission infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor construction activities associated with OHL and Substation projects.
• Ensure works are undertaken in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, project requirements and applicable standards.
• Coordinate with clients, contractors, consultants and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Monitor construction progress, quality, technical compliance and site safety.
• Review relevant technical submissions, inspection requests, method statements and project documentation.
• Participate in site inspections, testing and commissioning activities, where applicable.
• Identify technical, quality and HSE risks and support timely resolution of site issues.
• Support implementation and monitoring of project HSE requirements, procedures and safe systems of work.
• Participate in safety inspections, audits, risk assessments and incident-prevention initiatives, as applicable to the role.
• Prepare and contribute to progress, technical, inspection and HSE reports.
• At senior levels, provide technical or HSE leadership and support overall project delivery and stakeholder coordination.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or professional qualification in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in Power Transmission & Distribution, OHL and/or Substation projects.
• For engineering positions, experience in construction supervision and delivery of Civil or Electrical works within transmission infrastructure.
• For HSE/Safety positions, relevant experience managing or supervising construction health and safety, preferably on power, utilities or major infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with site inspections, risk assessments, method statements and construction safety requirements.
• Strong communication and coordination skills with the ability to work within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Previous UAE/GCC project experience would be advantageous.

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