Survey Engineer - Saudi National

Parsons; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an experienced Survey Engineer (Saudi National) to lead land surveying, setting-out, dimensional control, and geospatial activities ensuring construction works are accurately positioned per drawings, coordinates, and project specs.

Responsibilities include planning surveying activities, establishing control networks, reviewing IFC drawings, and coordinating with Design and Engineering to resolve discrepancies while maintaining quality survey records and reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Surveying, Geomatics Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related discipline.
• At least 5 years relevant surveying experience.
• Experience in construction surveying.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute surveying activities per project requirements.
• Establish and verify survey control points and coordinate systems.
• Review survey networks for accuracy across work areas.
• Perform setting-out for civil, structural, infrastructure, road, pavement, and airfield works.
• Coordinate with Design and Engineering to resolve discrepancies.
• Monitor compliance with approved coordinates, elevations, alignments, tolerances.

Skills

Surveying experience

GNSS/GPS knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Surveying, Geomatics Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related

Tools

Total Stations

GNSS/GPS

Digital Levels

Laser Scanners

Job description

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Job Description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Survey Engineer - Saudi National to join our team! In this role you will get to manage and execute land surveying, setting-out, dimensional control, and geospatial activities to ensure construction works are accurately positioned and completed in accordance with approved drawings, coordinates, levels, tolerances, and project specifications.

What You'll Be Doing

• Plan and execute surveying activities in accordance with approved project requirements, procedures, specifications, and construction schedules.
• Establish, maintain, and verify survey control points, benchmarks, reference stations, and coordinate systems.
• Review project survey control networks to ensure accuracy and consistency across all work areas.
• Perform setting-out activities for civil, structural, infrastructure, utility, road, pavement, and airfield works.
• Establish construction lines, grids, coordinates, elevations, levels, alignments, and reference points.
• Conduct surveys for runways, taxiways, aprons, roads, drainage systems, utilities, foundations, buildings, structures, and other infrastructure works.
• Carry out topographical, boundary, as-built, verification, and pre-construction surveys.
• Verify existing site conditions and identify discrepancies against approved design information.
• Review IFC drawings, design coordinates, levels, profiles, alignments, and survey requirements before construction activities begin.
• Coordinate with Design and Engineering teams to resolve discrepancies between drawings and site conditions.
• Monitor construction activities to ensure compliance with approved coordinates, elevations, alignments, slopes, gradients, and dimensional tolerances.
• Conduct quality verification surveys and provide survey reports to Engineering and Quality teams.
• Perform earthworks and grading surveys, including cut-and-fill calculations and formation-level verification.
• Conduct road and pavement surveys, including alignment, levels, cross-sections, slopes, and profiles.
• Support airfield works by verifying runway, taxiway, apron, shoulder, drainage, and pavement geometry.
• Carry out utility surveys and verify the locations, levels, routes, and interfaces of underground and above-ground services.
• Perform structural and building surveys for foundations, columns, slabs, steel structures, equipment bases, and other elements.
• Conduct dimensional control surveys for structural steel and major mechanical equipment where required.
• Perform settlement, deformation, and movement monitoring surveys as applicable.
• Use Total Stations, GNSS/GPS, Digital Levels, Laser Scanners, and other approved surveying technologies.
• Perform data collection, processing, calculations, and verification using approved surveying software.
• Ensure survey equipment is properly maintained, calibrated, and fit for purpose.
• Maintain accurate records of equipment calibration, verification, and maintenance.
• Prepare survey reports, field books, calculations, coordinates, drawings, and survey records.
• Review contractor survey submissions and verify their accuracy and compliance with project requirements.
• Check and approve survey-related Inspection Requests and Survey Requests as applicable.
• Support Quality teams by providing survey records and objective evidence for inspection and acceptance.
• Prepare and review as-built surveys and drawings to confirm actual installed conditions.
• Support BIM teams by providing accurate survey data and coordinates for model coordination and verification.
• Coordinate with GIS and digital engineering teams where required.
• Identify survey discrepancies, dimensional deviations, and construction tolerance issues, and elevate them to the appropriate Engineering and Construction teams.
• Support the investigation and resolution of survey-related non-conformance reports and technical issues.
• Participate in technical coordination meetings with consultants, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Ensure all surveying activities comply with project procedures, applicable surveying standards, specifications, and client requirements.
• Maintain survey documentation and records required for project handover.
• Provide technical guidance and support to Surveyors and junior survey personnel.
• Promote accurate, consistent, and traceable surveying and dimensional control practices across the project.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Surveying, Geomatics Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant surveying experience.
• Experience in constru