Resident Engineer

Technical Leadership and Site Presence

• →Serve as the PMC's senior technical representative on site, maintaining continuous presence and daily oversight of Contractor activities.
• →Lead and coordinate the PMC site team (inspectors, assistant engineers, QA/QC and HSE support), allocating responsibilities and reviewing their outputs.
• →Act as the first point of technical escalation for the Contractor, Designers and Client's representatives.

Design-Compliance Review

• →Take full ownership of design-compliance verification, confirming that construction conforms to approved drawings, specifications, codes and authority requirements.
• →Review Contractor shop drawings, calculations, method statements and technical clarifications for compliance and constructability.
• →Identify design discrepancies and coordinate resolution through RFIs with the Designer and Client.

Engineering Submissions and Construction Activities Verification

• →Review and approve or reject engineering submissions, including material submittals, mix designs, samples and technical data, within contractual timeframes.
• →Verify construction activities against the approved submissions, ITPs and method statements before, during and after execution.
• →Review Contractor quality plans and ensure that hold and witness points are respected.

Inspection and Testing

• →Inspect and approve works at key stages, including earthworks, foundations, reinforcement, formwork, concrete, structural elements, and roads, drainage, water, sewer and utility networks.
• →Witness and review tests, including concrete cube results, compaction, pressure and leakage tests, and material testing, and verify results against specification.
• →Raise, track and close Non-Conformance Reports and corrective actions.

Snagging and Handover

• →Lead the snagging process, maintain defect registers and verify rectification.
• →Support completion, testing, handover and defects liability processes, including review of as-builts and O&M documentation.

Reporting and Coordination

• →Prepare daily, weekly and monthly site reports covering progress, quality, safety, manpower and issues.
• →Support the Project Manager with variation assessments, interim valuations and extension of time reviews from a technical standpoint.
• →Promote compliance with HSE requirements and PMC QA/QC procedures on site.

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• 10+ years' site supervision experience on villa, residential or infrastructure construction.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant codes, standards and local authority requirements (e.g. BS, ACI, Dubai/Abu Dhabi or local authority regulations).
• Proven experience reviewing engineering submissions, shop drawings and method statements.
• Experience witnessing inspections and tests, and managing NCRs and snagging.
• Familiarity with FIDIC or equivalent contract forms.
• Proficient in MS Office, with working knowledge of document control or CDE platforms.
• Strong communication, leadership and decision-making skills, with the confidence to hold Contractors to account.

• Chartered or professional membership (e.g. ICE, IStructE, or local engineering society registration).
• Experience in the PMC or consultancy environment in the UAE or wider Middle East.
• Experience with large villa communities or master-planned developments.
• Working knowledge of Arabic.
• Awareness of NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent HSE qualifications.

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