Senior Wet Utilities Design Engineer

Role overview

What you will do

• Plan or supervise major engineering unit or project work and support technical excellence and quality improvement.
• Provide consultations for interdisciplinary studies and guide CAD designers while completing CAD and 3D modeling tasks.
• Ensure code and regulatory compliance and provide professional engineering seals and signatures when required.
• Prepare specifications and requisitions; review supplier data, witness shop tests, and assess supplier capabilities.
• Develop O&M plans, standard procedures, and manuals and provide onsite training where needed.
• Conduct surveys, studies, and site investigations; perform reliability, availability, maintenance, and safety analyses.
• Design collection, conveyance, and disposal pressure networks and develop hydraulic models and reports.
• Prepare technical specifications, design reports, and utility cross sections; liaise with service providers for NOCs and design approvals.
• Estimate budgets and staffing, prepare technical papers, and carry out related engineering and administrative duties.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field and 8–12 years of related water, wastewater, or wet utilities design experience.
• Advanced knowledge of urban water supply and irrigation design; ability to independently design pressure networks and develop hydraulic models.
• Knowledge of Bentley WaterCAD/WaterGEMS, Bentley HAMMER, and WANDA for pressure network design and modeling.
• Knowledge of Gulf-region water, irrigation, and firefighting authority regulations and water supply systems, including treatment, pumping, and intake structures.
• Familiarity with local authority utility cross-section requirements and British and American codes and wastewater regulations.
• Experience liaising with service providers to obtain NOCs and design approvals.
• Lead-capacity potential, strong written and oral communication, industry-practice familiarity, and ability to select appropriate engineering software.

Preferred skills and experience

• A master's degree and UAE experience are preferred.
• Civil 3D, Dynamo, Python, OpenRoads, OpenUtilities, and GIS knowledge is preferred.
• Comparable regional or international water-systems experience and experience training or mentoring others are desired.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and report-writing skills are sought.