Senior Stakeholder Engineer – Design

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder coordination and interface management for infrastructure design projects.
• Liaise with authorities, utility providers, developers, clients, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate authority submissions, NOCs, permits, and design approvals against project schedules.
• Review stakeholder requirements and incorporate them into engineering design deliverables.
• Manage authority comments and design revisions; coordinate timely responses with multidisciplinary teams.
• Resolve design interface issues, utility conflicts, and stakeholder-related risks.
• Maintain stakeholder registers, interface matrices, approval trackers, and coordination records.
• Monitor changes in local authority regulations, design standards, and approval procedures.
• Coordinate engineering disciplines to meet Dubai authority requirements, including RTA, Dubai Municipality, and DEWA.
• Report stakeholder progress, outstanding approvals, and potential delays to project and design managers.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 8–10 years of relevant experience in stakeholder coordination, authority approvals, and infrastructure design projects.
• Experience on infrastructure projects in Dubai or the UAE.
• Strong knowledge of Dubai authority requirements, NOC processes, utility coordination, and design approval procedures.
• Experience coordinating with RTA, Dubai Municipality, DEWA, and other relevant authorities and utility providers.
• Experience with an engineering consultancy or design consultant is preferred.
• Excellent communication, coordination, reporting, and problem-solving skills.