Senior Roads / Highways Design Engineer - Consultancy

United Arab Emirates  |  Permanent

Our Engineering Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced Senior Roads & Highways Design Engineer to join their team in Dubai to work on new projects in the Emirates. Successful candidates will have extensive experience as a Senior Consultant Roads & Highways Design Engineer ideally with a recognised consultancy company background.

This role is available for immediate joining and is a direct hire, permanent opportunity employed directly by our client.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation of all design stages of road geometry, signing and marking, ancillary works of major urban and inter-urban road projects, incorporating tunnels, sophisticated grade separation interchanges, and service roads, investigation of alternatives, route selection and preparation of the main items of bill quantities.
• Assigning work to junior engineers, supervising work, acquiring Road Design approvals.
• Coordination with local authorities for Road geometry, TIS approvals.
• Responsible for the submission, discussion and follow up with local authorities for approvals and permits in coordination with department local authority Engineer.
• Work coactively with the design team, collaborate closely with sub-consultants and liaising with clients ensuring their satisfaction.
• Responsible for acquiring Road Design approvals, work closely with TIS consultant in obtaining approval from the concerned authorities.
• Provide design support during the construction stage.
• Leads a highway team, leads the highway design work, and coordinates with other design disciplines.
• Coordinates and communicates with the client.
• Performs interdisciplinary reviews and provides coordinating data to ensure a compatible design.
• Understands and applies company commonly used design standards and methods.
• Prepares manpower estimates.
• Design of grade-separated interchanges and complex interchanges.
• Design of junctions of roundabouts and signalized junctions both horizontally and vertically, and the development of site grading.
• Design the Roads in 3D environment.
• Design of road cross-sections and generating earthwork quantities from the 3D model.
• Pavement design and pavement design reports.
• Be able to prepare the required presentations to client using PowerPoint or any other applicable software.
• Reviews supplier data as required.
• Reads supplier manufacturer drawings.
• Completes additional duties as assigned.

Senior Roads & Highways Design Engineer Experience:

• BEng or MEng in Civil engineering
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in the UAE working on public and private sector projects at least 5 of which are with a recognised Consultancy or PMC
• Approved status with DMT and RTA is preferred
• Knowledge with the local authority procedure, standards and regulations in UAE is essential.
• Expertise in Civil 3D.
• Conversant with local authority approval procedure related to road design.
• Experience in Traffic Impact Study, Traffic modeling will be benefit.
• Familiar with the local authority procedure, standards and regulations in UAE. including authority NOC/approval/permit procedure.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

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

Date Posted: 22 Feb 2022

Status: Filled