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Resident Engineer - Supervision Consultant - 12 Month Contract

United Arab Emirates  |  Contract

Our International Project Management Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced Supervision Resident Engineer with experience in leisure and entertainment projects to join their team in Abu Dhabi. Successful candidates will have strong project leadership and FIDIC Contract administration experience working with a recognised PMC / Consultancy business.


This role is available for immediate joining and is for an initial 12 month fixed term contract as an outsourced employee through J10 Consulting.


Key Responsibilities:

  • You will be a forward thinking individual ready to change the status quo and bring fresh ideas to the clients team on how the client can manage and deliver projects.
  • You will have a passion for the digital world and you will understand the power and benefit of BIM delivery being ready to operate in a fluid, digital, and transformation operation harnessing the power of technology to deliver world class projects.
  • You will provide leadership, planning, and coordinate the resources for each project including inputs from other offices, sub-consultants and other suppliers and manage all jobs to deliver them on time, within the budget. You will also provide technical expertise on projects and assist the development of other staff through appropriate supervision and training.
  • You will work closely with the Project Directors (PD’s) and Business Group Leader (BGL) during the initial project setup, project planning stage, delivery stage and close-out phase to achieve the agreed strategy and project’s KPI and follow Project Delivery Framework.
  • You will be able to report project’s technical and commercial status to the internal management and external stakeholders.
  • You will have strong FIDIC Contract and contract administration skills.
  • Possess legal and contract management skills to monitor the project Contract, manage scope & variations and identify key risks.
  • Maintain and promote safety environment within your project, business group and wider team.
  • Managing community, civic, commercial and/ or infrastructure projects during design and/ or construction.
  • Managing Master Planning projects in a capacity of Design or Project Manager.
  • Exposure to different roles within the project management field such as design management, planning, contract management, and/ or cost management is a plus. 
  • Understanding of multi-disciplinary (Architecture, Structural, Infrastructure, MEP etc).
  • Track record of understanding authority requirements within Abu Dhabi and Dubai during design stages till obtaining the building permit is a must.
  • Record of working with global large teams in multi-disciplinary projects is highly preferred.
  • Demonstrable experience in budget and cost analysis and management.
  • Design experience is a plus. 


Resident Engineer - Experience:

  • Degree qualified in Architecture Engineering or Project Management. Minimum BSc
  • Fully conversant with the FIDIC suite of contracts and or other ad-hoc forms.
  • Professional qualification/ chartership is a plus, such as PMP, CIOB, RICS, PRINCE2 certification.
  • Exception stakeholder management and authority liaison skills.
  • A minimum of 10-12 years of experience in Design/ Engineering with at least 4 years of experience in project/ construction supervision and management.
  • Understanding P6, MS Projects and other planning tools
  • Strong capability in project controls (scheduling, cost reporting, forecasting, variation management etc).
  • Strong eye for detail coupled with a methodical and organized approach;
  • Strong supervision and contractor management skills are pre-requisite


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and shortlisting.


Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024

Status: Filled