Project Engineer

Role scope

Planning, approvals, and site work

• Build realistic timelines from project scope, site conditions, and authority lead times; update trackers, follow up deliverables, flag delays, and report weekly progress.
• Submit and follow up permits, NOCs, and approvals through relevant UAE authority portals and with developers, landlords, and mall management.
• Maintain approval logs with submission dates, comments, resubmissions, expiry dates, and renewal dates.
• Visit sites to record measurements and photos and assess access, power availability, and structural constraints; coordinate with clients and contractors during surveys, installation, and handover.

Procurement, documents, and coordination

• Prepare quantity take-offs and BOQs, raise material requests, and coordinate delivery schedules with procurement.
• Manage RFPs and RFQs and prepare technical and commercial comparisons for contractor and supplier selection.
• Collect vendor documents and onboard contractors and suppliers, checking trade licences, insurance, HSE, and company compliance.
• Maintain drawings, shop drawings, submittals, method statements, permits, and correspondence in structured digital project files.
• Organise site visits and coordination meetings, prepare minutes, and track action items until closure.
• Support budgeting and invoicing with quotations, delivery evidence, and completion certificates; coordinate handovers and go-live dates across departments.
• Provide operational and administrative support to the Projects & Engineering team across multiple active projects.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field; Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, or Architectural engineering is preferred.
• 3–5 years in project execution or coordination in construction, MEP, signage, outdoor media, or advertising; UAE experience is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with UAE authority approval portals, including DM, RTA, Mada Media, ADM/ITC/TAQA, or Trakhees.
• Working-level AutoCAD and ability to read and mark up architectural, structural, and electrical drawings.
• Valid UAE driving licence.
• Advanced Excel and good PowerPoint and Word skills; ability to handle multiple high-value projects efficiently under pressure.
• Fluent English is required; Arabic is a strong plus.

Preferred skills and background

• Notion and practical use of Claude or ChatGPT to speed up reports and documentation are a plus.
• DOOH/LED, steel structures, or architecture experience is a plus.
• The role calls for time management, clear communication, attention to detail, problem-solving, collaboration, ownership, adaptability, stakeholder management, analytical skills, and quick learning.

Project coordination context