Senior Civil Structural Engineer Technical Office

Dar Al Riyadh Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Dar Al Riyadh Group in Riyadh seeks a Senior Civil Structural Engineer for the Technical Office to lead reviews of structural and civil submissions for building and heavy civil projects. You will verify drawings, calculations, and technical compliance with codes and standards.

The role demands 20 years of experience, Saudi Council registration, and strong English; Arabic is a plus. It is an on-site, full-time position with an expiration date of Sep 30, 2026.

Qualifications

• Requires 20+ years in technical office, structural design, and construction engineering.
• Proven experience with buildings, heavy civil infrastructure, and deep foundations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical review of structural and civil engineering submissions for building and heavy civil works.
• Review structural shop drawings, steel fabrication details, connection details, rebar bending schedules, and construction drawings.
• Verify structural calculations for reinforced concrete, structural steel, post-tensioned systems, foundations, and temporary works.
• Review civil infrastructure designs, including road profiles, grading, pavement systems, stormwater drainage, utilities, and earthworks.
• Review mass-haul diagrams, cut-and-fill calculations, excavation plans, and ground-improvement proposals.
• Review lake construction details, waterproofing membranes, geotechnical liners, drainage layers, and related civil works.
• Evaluate deep foundation designs, piling systems, retaining structures, shoring, and deep-excavation support.
• Review contractor design alternatives, value-engineering proposals, and structural repair or strengthening methodologies.
• Provide technical responses and engineering resolutions to RFIs, design clashes, discrepancies, and site-related technical issues.
• Review complex material submittals, including high-performance concrete, reinforcement, structural steel, post-tensioning systems, and geotechnical liners.
• Review method statements, Inspection and Test Plans, construction procedures, and temporary works calculations.
• Coordinate technical interfaces between structural, civil, geotechnical, architectural, landscape, and MEP disciplines.

Skills

Structural engineering

AutoCAD

ETABS

SAFE

SAP2000

Revit Structure

Project coordination

RFI resolution

Report writing

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering

Master’s degree in Structural Engineering

Saudi Council of Engineers registration

Tools

AutoCAD

ETABS

SAFE

SAP2000

Revit Structure

Job description

Senior Civil Structural Engineer Technical Office

Job Ref. 2277

Experience: 20

Riyadh

Sep 13, 2026

Job Overview

Date Posted

Sep 13, 2026

Location

Riyadh

Expiration Date

Sep 30, 2026

Experience

20 Years

Job Skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical review of structural and civil engineering submissions for building and heavy civil works.
• Review structural shop drawings, steel fabrication details, connection details, rebar bending schedules, and construction drawings.
• Verify structural calculations for reinforced concrete, structural steel, post-tensioned systems, foundations, and temporary works.
• Review civil infrastructure designs, including road profiles, grading, pavement systems, stormwater drainage, utilities, and earthworks.
• Review mass-haul diagrams, cut-and-fill calculations, excavation plans, and ground-improvement proposals.
• Review lake construction details, waterproofing membranes, geotechnical liners, drainage layers, and related civil works.
• Evaluate deep foundation designs, piling systems, retaining structures, shoring, and deep-excavation support.
• Review contractor design alternatives, value-engineering proposals, and structural repair or strengthening methodologies.
• Provide technical responses and engineering resolutions to RFIs, design clashes, discrepancies, and site-related technical issues.
• Review complex material submittals, including high-performance concrete, reinforcement, structural steel, post-tensioning systems, and geotechnical liners.
• Review method statements, Inspection and Test Plans, construction procedures, and temporary works calculations.
• Coordinate technical interfaces between structural, civil, geotechnical, architectural, landscape, and MEP disciplines.
• Liaise with the Contractor’s Technical Office, Designer of Record, specialist vendors, and project supervision team.
• Ensure submissions comply with project specifications, approved designs, Saudi Building Code, and relevant international standards.
• Maintain technical-submittal, RFI, design-change, and approval registers with the Document Controller.
• Provide technical support to the site supervision team and report critical design risks to the Project Manager.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 20 years of technical office, structural design, design-review, and construction engineering experience.
• Valid Saudi Council of Engineers registration as a Professional or Consultant Engineer is mandatory.
• Proven experience in building structures, heavy civil infrastructure, deep foundations, and complex temporary works.
• Advanced ability to review structural calculations, geotechnical reports, civil infrastructure designs, and hydraulic drainage designs.
• Strong experience reviewing reinforced-concrete, structural-steel, post-tensioned, shoring, and excavation-support systems.
• Experience with roads, pavement design, stormwater drainage, earthworks, and utility coordination.
• Knowledge of lake lining, waterproofing membranes, geotechnical liners, or similar water-retaining systems is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of the Saudi Building Code, ACI, AISC, BS/EN, and applicable international standards.
• Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD, ETABS, SAFE, SAP2000, and Revit Structure.
• Proven experience reviewing shop drawings, RFIs, material submittals, method statements, ITPs, and value-engineering proposals.
• Previous experience with an engineering consultancy, design consultant, or construction supervision consultant is required.
• Strong technical judgement, analytical capability, coordination skills, and report-writing ability.
• A master’s degree in Structural Engineering is preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory; Arabic is preferred.