Assistant Resident Engineer

Role overview

Construction supervision and coordination

• Review inspectors’ daily reports and prepare daily diary summaries of activities, milestones, and site observations.
• Oversee inspectors’ assignments and performance, and provide technical guidance.
• Evaluate contractor inspection, surveying, and testing requests and review reports for specification compliance.
• Review and approve delegated shop drawings, material submittals, and construction methodologies.
• Verify survey team performance, setting-out works, and dimensional compliance.
• Coordinate work sequencing, methodologies, schedules, and resources with contractor supervisory staff.
• Monitor progress against the approved baseline program and identify schedule deviations.
• Conduct field inspections and provide technical consultation to the Resident Engineer and contractor teams.
• Review as-built drawings with inspectors and surveyors.

Quality, reporting, and project delivery

• Prepare meeting minutes, technical correspondence, and written and verbal reports on technical, contractual, and procedural matters.
• Ensure work follows approved drawings, project specifications, and HSE standards.
• Identify non-conformances and quality issues, initiate corrective actions, and follow up to resolution.
• Support review of technical submittals, progress reports, and project documentation.
• Coordinate with contractors and the supervision team to resolve site-related issues.

Authority coordination

• Coordinate with Abu Dhabi authorities and utility providers for inspections, approvals, and Notices of Completion.
• Review authority-related drawings for compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and regulations.
• Follow up on authority inspection requests and resolve comments or non-compliance issues.
• Track authority NOCs for construction phases, testing, and final handover.
• Attend authority meetings and maintain records of communications, approvals, and correspondence.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline from a recognized and accredited university.
• Minimum 8–10 years of hands-on experience in construction supervision and site inspection.