Structural Engineer – Dubai Full-time

Supervise bridge substructure works: pile foundations (bored piles, barrettes), pile caps, piers, abutments, and bearing shelves.

• Supervise bridge superstructure works: precast/cast-in-situ girders, segmental box girders, deck slabs, stitch pours, parapets, and crash barriers.
• Witness post-tensioning operations: duct installation, strand threading, stressing, elongation checks, grouting, and anchor block protection.
• Supervise bearing installation, expansion joint installation, deck waterproofing, and asphalt overlay.
• Verify heavy-lift operations including girder launching, segmental erection, and use of launching gantries.
• Supervise cut-and-cover works: diaphragm walls, secant pile walls, base slabs, walls, and roof slabs.
• Supervise TBM-related structural activities: segment delivery checks, ring build, annular grouting, and as-built ring geometry.
• Witness NDT activities — UPV, rebound hammer, half-cell potential, GPR — and concrete cube/cylinder testing.
• Review and provide technical comments on Contractor’s method statements, ITPs, shop drawings, material submittals, and mix designs.
• Verify survey setting-out, levels, alignment, camber, and geometric tolerances against IFC drawings.
• Raise non-conformance reports (NCRs) and investigate structural defects.
• Coordinate with RTA, Dubai Municipality, and other authorities during inspections and approvals.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports covering structural supervision, quality, HSE, and progress.
• Support testing and commissioning, snagging, taking-over inspections, and the defects notification period.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or Structural Engineering.
• Minimum 12 years’ structural engineering experience, with at least 8 years on supervision of major bridge and/or tunnel projects.
• Minimum 6 years’ UAE/GCC experience on RTA, metro, Dubai Municipality, or comparable authority projects.
• Strong knowledge of ACI 318, ACI 350, AASHTO LRFD, BS 5400, BS EN 1992, ITA guidelines, and RTA/DM specifications.
• Familiarity with structural analysis software (e.g., MIDAS Civil, SAP2000, LUSAS, STAAD.Pro) at reviewer level.
• Familiarity with TBM operations, segmental ring build geometry, and shotcrete/SCL methodologies.
• Proficient in MS Office, AutoCAD, Navisworks.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Valid UAE driving license preferred.

Browse more engineering jobs in Dubai on Classified Jobs UAE.