Resident Engineer - Infrastructure
Posted date [2026-07-04]
(ID: 47458)
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Job Description and Requirements
Resident Engineer - InfrastructureJob Snapshot
Role: Resident Engineer - Infrastructure
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Civil & Structural Engineering
Experience: Minimum 15 years in roads and infrastructure projects, including 5 years in Resident Engineer or senior site supervision role
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Resident Engineer - Infrastructure in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for a senior site leadership professional who can manage supervision, contract administration, coordination, technical compliance, and delivery control across major roads and infrastructure works. This role is ideal for an experienced Resident Engineer with strong background in wet and dry utilities, UAE infrastructure projects, authority coordination, FIDIC-based contract administration, EOT evaluation, variation assessment, and multidisciplinary construction supervision.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Civil & Structural Engineering
Salary: 35000-52000
Estimated salary
range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Resident Engineer - Infrastructure will hold full site responsibility for supervising, administering, coordinating, and managing contract requirements for roads, infrastructure, wet utilities, and dry utilities works. The position safeguards the Employer’s technical, contractual, financial, and time-related interests by ensuring that construction activities are executed in strict accordance with contract documents, approved drawings, project specifications, authority requirements, and applicable standards. Strong leadership, contractual judgment, technical clarity, and bilingual communication are essential for successful delivery.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead site supervision for roads, infrastructure, wet utilities, dry utilities, and related civil works.
* Administer and coordinate construction activities to ensure compliance with contract documents, approved drawings, specifications, authority requirements, and applicable standards.
* Provide technical leadership to site supervision teams, inspectors, engineers, surveyors, and discipline specialists.
* Manage contractor performance and ensure works are delivered according to approved methods, quality requirements, safety procedures, and project timelines.
* Review and direct responses to technical submissions, site queries, shop drawings, method statements, inspection records, and construction documentation.
* Coordinate with the Employer, contractors, consultants, authorities, utility providers, and project stakeholders to resolve technical and contractual matters.
* Monitor progress against approved schedules and take action where delay, underperformance, or site constraint risks are identified.
* Support review of progress reports, site records, correspondence, meeting minutes, and construction status updates.
* Safeguard the Employer’s contractual, technical, financial, and time-related interests during project execution.
* Administer contract requirements in line with applicable conditions of contract, including FIDIC Red Book principles where relevant.
* Review, assess, and provide recommendations on Extension of Time claims, delay events, variations, and contractor entitlement submissions.
* Evaluate variation proposals, change records, cost impacts, and supporting documentation with clear contractual reasoning.
* Draft and review contractual correspondence, formal notices, technical letters, and project communications.
* Ensure accurate site records are maintained to support contract administration, claims review, progress validation, and project close-out.
* Lead coordination meetings, technical meetings, progress reviews, and site discussions with contractors and project stakeholders.
* Ensure authority coordination is properly managed for roads, utilities, infrastructure interfaces, approvals, inspections, and handover requirements.
* Monitor quality standards and ensure construction works are completed with proper workmanship and technical compliance.
* Promote safe work practices and confirm that project HSE requirements are followed across site operations.
* Provide clear direction to resolve construction issues, interface conflicts, authority comments, and site coordination challenges.
* Support final handover by ensuring required documentation, approvals, records, inspections, and clearances are completed.
* Manage team performance, assign site responsibilities, and maintain professional discipline across the supervision team.
* Perform other senior site supervision and contract management duties required by project leadership.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
* Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in roads and infrastructure projects.
* Minimum 5 years of experience in a Resident Engineer role or senior site supervision role on major infrastructure projects.
* Proven experience in UAE infrastructure projects and authority coordination.
* Strong knowledge of roads, wet utilities, dry utilities, civil infrastructure works, site supervision, and construction delivery.
* Working knowledge of FIDIC, preferably Red Book, or applicable conditions of contract followed in Abu Dhabi Emirate.
* Demonstrated experience in contract administration, Extension of Time evaluation, variation assessment, and contractor correspondence.
* Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to direct multidisciplinary site teams.
* Excellent report writing and contractual correspondence drafting ability.
* Fluent in English and Arabic.
* Strong technical judgment with the ability to protect project quality, time, cost, and contractual interests.
* Confident communicator able to coordinate with clients, contractors, authorities, consultants, and internal project leadership.
* Organized, decisive, and capable of managing complex site issues under demanding project conditions.
Skills Set
* Resident engineering
* Roads infrastructure
* Wet utilities
* Dry utilities
* Civil works supervision
* Construction supervision
* Contract administration
* FIDIC Red Book
* Abu Dhabi authority coordination
* Extension of Time evaluation
* Variation assessment
* Contractor correspondence
* Contractual letters
* Technical report writing
* Site team leadership
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Progress monitoring
* Construction compliance
* Approved drawings
* Project specifications
* Authority requirements
* Quality control
* HSE compliance
* Site records
* Claims support
* Delay assessment
* Stakeholder coordination
* Utility coordination
* Project handover
* English and Arabic communication
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Resident Engineer the chance to lead major roads and infrastructure works in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates within the Civil Engineering sector. The role offers senior responsibility across site supervision, contract administration, authority coordination, wet and dry utilities, claims evaluation, variation review, technical compliance, and team leadership. It is a strong fit for an experienced infrastructure professional who wants to influence project delivery, protect client interests, and grow within Parsons Corporation’s high-performing engineering environment.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and project delivery company supporting complex civil, transportation, utilities, urban development, and construction programs. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons works with clients, contractors, consultants, authorities, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, technically sound, and well-coordinated infrastructure projects that support long-term development, mobility, and community resilience.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Resident Engineer - Infrastructure will hold full site responsibility for supervising, administering, coordinating, and managing contract requirements for roads, infrastructure, wet utilities, and dry utilities works. The position safeguards the Employer’s technical, contractual, financial, and time-related interests by ensuring that construction activities are executed in strict accordance with contract documents, approved drawings, project specifications, authority requirements, and applicable standards. Strong leadership, contractual judgment, technical clarity, and bilingual communication are essential for successful delivery.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead site supervision for roads, infrastructure, wet utilities, dry utilities, and related civil works.
* Administer and coordinate construction activities to ensure compliance with contract documents, approved drawings, specifications, authority requirements, and applicable standards.
* Provide technical leadership to site supervision teams, inspectors, engineers, surveyors, and discipline specialists.
* Manage contractor performance and ensure works are delivered according to approved methods, quality requirements, safety procedures, and project timelines.
* Review and direct responses to technical submissions, site queries, shop drawings, method statements, inspection records, and construction documentation.
* Coordinate with the Employer, contractors, consultants, authorities, utility providers, and project stakeholders to resolve technical and contractual matters.
* Monitor progress against approved schedules and take action where delay, underperformance, or site constraint risks are identified.
* Support review of progress reports, site records, correspondence, meeting minutes, and construction status updates.
* Safeguard the Employer’s contractual, technical, financial, and time-related interests during project execution.
* Administer contract requirements in line with applicable conditions of contract, including FIDIC Red Book principles where relevant.
* Review, assess, and provide recommendations on Extension of Time claims, delay events, variations, and contractor entitlement submissions.
* Evaluate variation proposals, change records, cost impacts, and supporting documentation with clear contractual reasoning.
* Draft and review contractual correspondence, formal notices, technical letters, and project communications.
* Ensure accurate site records are maintained to support contract administration, claims review, progress validation, and project close-out.
* Lead coordination meetings, technical meetings, progress reviews, and site discussions with contractors and project stakeholders.
* Ensure authority coordination is properly managed for roads, utilities, infrastructure interfaces, approvals, inspections, and handover requirements.
* Monitor quality standards and ensure construction works are completed with proper workmanship and technical compliance.
* Promote safe work practices and confirm that project HSE requirements are followed across site operations.
* Provide clear direction to resolve construction issues, interface conflicts, authority comments, and site coordination challenges.
* Support final handover by ensuring required documentation, approvals, records, inspections, and clearances are completed.
* Manage team performance, assign site responsibilities, and maintain professional discipline across the supervision team.
* Perform other senior site supervision and contract management duties required by project leadership.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
* Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in roads and infrastructure projects.
* Minimum 5 years of experience in a Resident Engineer role or senior site supervision role on major infrastructure projects.
* Proven experience in UAE infrastructure projects and authority coordination.
* Strong knowledge of roads, wet utilities, dry utilities, civil infrastructure works, site supervision, and construction delivery.
* Working knowledge of FIDIC, preferably Red Book, or applicable conditions of contract followed in Abu Dhabi Emirate.
* Demonstrated experience in contract administration, Extension of Time evaluation, variation assessment, and contractor correspondence.
* Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to direct multidisciplinary site teams.
* Excellent report writing and contractual correspondence drafting ability.
* Fluent in English and Arabic.
* Strong technical judgment with the ability to protect project quality, time, cost, and contractual interests.
* Confident communicator able to coordinate with clients, contractors, authorities, consultants, and internal project leadership.
* Organized, decisive, and capable of managing complex site issues under demanding project conditions.
Skills Set
* Resident engineering
* Roads infrastructure
* Wet utilities
* Dry utilities
* Civil works supervision
* Construction supervision
* Contract administration
* FIDIC Red Book
* Abu Dhabi authority coordination
* Extension of Time evaluation
* Variation assessment
* Contractor correspondence
* Contractual letters
* Technical report writing
* Site team leadership
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Progress monitoring
* Construction compliance
* Approved drawings
* Project specifications
* Authority requirements
* Quality control
* HSE compliance
* Site records
* Claims support
* Delay assessment
* Stakeholder coordination
* Utility coordination
* Project handover
* English and Arabic communication
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Resident Engineer the chance to lead major roads and infrastructure works in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates within the Civil Engineering sector. The role offers senior responsibility across site supervision, contract administration, authority coordination, wet and dry utilities, claims evaluation, variation review, technical compliance, and team leadership. It is a strong fit for an experienced infrastructure professional who wants to influence project delivery, protect client interests, and grow within Parsons Corporation’s high-performing engineering environment.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and project delivery company supporting complex civil, transportation, utilities, urban development, and construction programs. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons works with clients, contractors, consultants, authorities, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, technically sound, and well-coordinated infrastructure projects that support long-term development, mobility, and community resilience.
