Assistant Resident Engineer - Site

About the company

Role overview

Construction supervision and coordination

• Supervise daily enabling and structural works against approved drawings, specifications, and method statements.
• Inspect sites and monitor quality, progress, safety, and compliance.
• Review technical drawings, specifications, shop drawings, method statements, and construction methodologies.
• Monitor shoring, dewatering, waterproofing, PT slabs, facade works, and structural works.
• Coordinate activities among contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams.

Documentation, delivery and quality

• Maintain inspection records, progress reports, photographic records, and handover documentation.
• Coordinate handover documentation between Enabling Works and Main Works contractors, including authority and slab-casting documentation.
• Assist with scheduling, progress monitoring, risk identification, and resolution of technical and site issues.
• Support quality assurance and control and ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Support BIM-based coordination and technical reviews.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Substantial experience in mid-rise to high-rise building projects, including site supervision and construction management.
• Strong technical knowledge of structural and enabling works, including shoring, dewatering, waterproofing, PT slabs, and facade works.
• Understanding of Assistant Resident Engineer duties, construction documentation, inspections, authority requirements, and handover procedures.
• Ability to review, assess, and monitor work across multiple technical disciplines and manage multidisciplinary teams and concurrent activities.
• Familiarity with BIM processes and construction coordination.
• UAE/GCC project experience and relevant professional certifications are advantageous.

Workplace

• The role is site based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.