Site Surveyor

Role summary

Surveying and setting out

• Survey and set out civil and infrastructure works, including buildings, foundations, roads, drainage, utilities, landscaping, and external works.
• Establish and maintain survey control points, benchmarks, coordinates, and reference levels.
• Verify existing ground conditions, levels, dimensions, and coordinates.
• Set out excavation, backfilling, grading, concrete, paving, and other construction activities.
• Transfer design coordinates, levels, alignments, and dimensions from approved drawings to site.
• Check completed works against approved drawings and tolerances; conduct as-built surveys and provide data for as-built drawings.

Coordination, records, and equipment

• Read IFC, shop, and survey drawings and project specifications.
• Prepare survey reports, level sheets, coordinate data, field notes, measurements, and site records.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, foremen, and civil draughtsmen; liaise with consultants and client representatives during inspections.
• Maintain and protect survey equipment and monitor calibration, accuracy, and functionality.
• Report discrepancies between site conditions and approved drawings; assist engineers with alignment, level, and dimensional issues.
• Support quantity measurements, progress verification, inspections, handover, and project close-out documentation.
• Comply with project procedures, safety requirements, and applicable standards.

Qualifications and experience

• Diploma or bachelor's degree in Surveying, Civil Engineering, Geomatics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant construction surveying experience; UAE experience is preferred.
• Experience in civil, infrastructure, road, utility, building, or landscaping projects.
• Strong knowledge of setting-out procedures, levels, coordinates, and surveying principles.
• Proficiency with Total Station, Auto Level, GPS/GNSS, and other modern surveying equipment.
• Good knowledge of AutoCAD and ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of survey data processing, survey reports, accurate calculations, and survey records.
• UAE construction practices and relevant authority requirements are an advantage.
• Good communication and coordination, attention to detail, and ability to work independently under site conditions and meet deadlines.

Work location

• Work is in person.