Civil Draftsman - Construction

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Prepare civil and architectural shop drawings in AutoCAD to approved designs, specifications, and construction requirements.
• Prepare and update as-built drawings using actual site conditions and completed works.
• Review multidisciplinary drawings for discrepancies, clashes, and coordination requirements.
• Coordinate drawings across structural, architectural, and MEP disciplines for integration and constructability.
• Incorporate comments and revisions from consultants, engineers, project managers, and site teams.
• Prepare plans, sections, elevations, details, and layouts for construction.
• Keep drawings accurate, clear, detailed, and compliant with project standards.
• Maintain drawing registers, revisions, and documentation.
• Liaise with site engineers and construction teams; visit sites as needed to verify conditions and dimensions.
• Support drawing-related technical issue resolution and ensure compliance with designs, standards, specifications, and authority requirements.

Qualifications and experience

• Diploma or bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Drafting, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant UAE experience as a Civil Draftsman in construction.
• UAE building construction project experience is essential.
• Strong AutoCAD proficiency is essential.
• Proven experience preparing civil/architectural shop drawings and as-built drawings.
• Understanding of construction drawings, detailing, building practices, UAE standards, and authority requirements.
• Experience coordinating civil, structural, architectural, and MEP drawings; ability to read engineering and construction drawings.
• High-rise building construction experience is highly preferred.

Preferred experience and competencies

• Preferred: BIM/Revit knowledge, main-contractor experience, large-scale multidisciplinary project coordination, and authority/consultant submissions and approvals.
• The candidate should be technically competent, detail-oriented, proactive, and able to work independently and coordinate effectively.
• The role calls for communication, teamwork, time management, problem-solving, and managing multiple drawing deadlines.

Pay

• Pay is stated as AED 1.00 per month.

Work location

• Work location is in person.