Project Engineer

Role overview

Construction delivery

• Manage daily construction activities across multiple work fronts and supervise site engineers, supervisors, foremen, subcontractors, and site manpower.
• Ensure work follows approved shop drawings, specifications, and method statements; coordinate civil, structural, architectural, and MEP activities.
• Monitor project schedules, manpower allocation, productivity, and progress; coordinate with consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and project teams.
• Resolve technical, operational, and site issues, and ensure materials, equipment, manpower, and approved drawings are ready before activities begin.
• Monitor structural, blockwork, waterproofing, plastering, screed, tiling, ceiling, façade, and finishing works.
• Coordinate WIRs, inspections, NCRs, and quality compliance with QA/QC teams; attend coordination meetings and report daily and weekly progress.
• Identify potential delays and implement corrective measures; coordinate construction priorities with planning and technical departments.
• Ensure safety and quality compliance, and support snagging, rectification, inspections, and final handover.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering is mandatory.
• Minimum 7 years of building-construction and project-execution experience.
• Proven high-rise building project experience and previous work with a main contractor.
• Strong knowledge of civil, structural, architectural, and finishing works; experience supervising site teams and subcontractors.
• Ability to interpret IFC drawings, shop drawings, specifications, and construction details.
• Understanding of construction methods, sequencing, project coordination, and monitoring schedules, manpower productivity, and site progress.
• UAE construction experience is strongly preferred.

Preferred experience and tools

• High-rise residential or mixed-use tower experience and experience managing interior and finishing works are preferred.
• Familiarity with UAE construction standards and authority requirements such as DM, DDA, and Trakhees is preferred.
• AutoCAD, MS Office, and project-management software proficiency are preferred.
• Immediate joiners are preferred.

Work location

• Dubai, UAE; the role is in person.

Compensation

• Salary is to be discussed and based on experience; no pay cadence or amount is stated.