Wet Utilities Inspector

GHD; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 112,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

GHD is seeking a Wet Utilities Inspector for a project located at Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi. You will work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team across infrastructure, buildings, transport and other project types.

The role involves assisting the RE/PM and Mechanical Engineer, reviewing submittals, and ensuring on-site quality control and compliance with standards. Required are a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and a minimum of 5 years in wet utilities, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field (a diploma is also acceptable).
• 5+ years of experience in wet utilities.
• Experience in large-scale road construction and city development projects, particularly involving sewerage and stormwater systems.
• Strong understanding of deep excavation, dewatering and utility interface works.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist RE/PM and/or Mechanical Engineer on site duties.
• Review and approve contractor submittals with quality control.
• Inspect construction work to ensure compliance with codes and specs.
• Interface with public and mitigate construction impacts.
• Coordinate with utility authorities for connections when required.
• Oversee mechanical work and ensure contractual quality.
• Monitor contractor activities within the discipline.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Description

With more than 14000 people around the globe GHD is one of the worlds leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water energy and resources environment property and buildings and transportation. Serving clients across five continents and the Pacific region GHD people share a passion for exceeding the expectations of our clients and contributing to their success.

We are currently seeking a Wet Utilities Inspector to join our team. This project is located in Madinat Zayed Abu Dhabi. In this role Wet Utilities Inspector will work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team across a variety of infrastructure buildings transport and other project types.

Responsibilities

• Assist the RE/PM and/or Mechanical Engineer and/or MEP Lead in performing the contractual duties on site.
• participate in review and approval of all submittals by the contractors and involves in the quality control and quality assurance.
• Inspects various facets of work on the construction site and performs continuous surveillance of assigned construction activities to ensure compliance with all applicable codes standards and specifications.
• Interface with the public especially residents and business owners adjacent to the work to mitigate the construction impacts.
• Document non-conformance and may participate in determining appropriate resolution
• Performs surveillance of underground piping to ensure tightness bedding and grade.
• Validates piping systems including P&ID checks and hydraulic or other pressure tests.
• Verifies equipment alignment and balancing operations. Participates in the development of quality control reports and procedures.
• Oversee and inspect all mechanical work and ensure that installation activities comply with contractual obligations and quality control standards.
• Follow-up with the contractor and support in coordinating with the utility authority regarding connections whenever required.
• Ensures that the project quality control procedures are used for the construction supervision works and monitors it for improvement.
• Monitors and coordinates all contractors activities for this discipline.
• Performs works inspection requests and material inspection requests on a daily basis.
• Reviews and interprets discipline design drawings and specifications to ensure current re vision level and correct technical execution of the work.
• Provides resolution for technical engineering problems within the assigned discipline(s); coordinates application of solutions to ensure progress on site.
• Monitors material procurement and deliveries to ensure timeliness in support of construction activities and schedule within the assigned discipline.
• Ensures that materials received meet specifications and established standards of quality.
• Organizes the accumulation of assigned discipline data for the final project turnover and report.
• Initiates and maintains records back charge procedures progress reports etc. as required.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
• External Communications: Help others get the most out of external communications systems by offering support and advice.
• Construction Management: Supervise others on a construction project working within established operational systems.
• Health Safety and Environment: Follow the organizations health safety and environment (HSE) policies procedures and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action escalating serious issues as appropriate.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Performance Management: Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance; or monitor the performance of the team allocate work and review completion take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
• Organizational Capability Building: Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
• Quality Assurance: Plan and coordinate testing and inspection of products and processes. Implement corrective actions or continuous improvement initiatives and monitor them to make sure they are effective.
• Operational Compliance: Identify within the team instances of noncompliance with the organizations policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Help senior colleagues manage client and customer relationships by using relevant sales or client systems.

What You Will Bring to the Team

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field (a diploma is also acceptable for this role)
• Experience in large-scale road construction and city development projects particularly involving sewerage and stormwater systems
• Minimum 5 years of experience in wet utilities.
• Strong understanding of deep excavation dewatering and utility interface works.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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At GHD we celebrate the power of a multicultural workforce and champion individual achievement. As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to providing fair and inclusive employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employeesregardless of background identity or experience. We believe that diversity drives innovation and we welcome the unique perspectives that each team member brings to our organization.