Resident Engineer - Parks Landscape
Posted date [2026-07-04]
(ID: 47462)
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Job Description and Requirements
Resident Engineer - Parks LandscapeJob Snapshot
Role: Resident Engineer - Parks Landscape
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Civil & Structural Engineering
Experience: Minimum 15 years in infrastructure, parks, landscape, public realm, or roadworks construction supervision
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Resident Engineer - Parks Landscape in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for a senior construction supervision professional who can lead site delivery, contractor coordination, field engineering, quality control, HSE compliance, and contract administration for parks, landscape, public realm, and associated infrastructure works. This role is ideal for an experienced Resident Engineer with strong leadership, authority coordination knowledge, client-facing capability, and the ability to manage multidisciplinary site teams on complex landscape and civil infrastructure projects.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Civil & Structural
Engineering
Salary: 32000-48000
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 - Parks Landscape will act as the Engineer’s delegated representative during construction and will oversee daily field engineering activities across parks, landscape, public realm, civil works, and supporting infrastructure. The position is responsible for keeping site works aligned with approved drawings, specifications, contract requirements, quality standards, safety procedures, authority requirements, and project schedules. Strong supervision, technical judgment, documentation control, and stakeholder coordination are essential to maintain progress and deliver high-quality public realm assets.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the Engineer’s delegated representative during construction and interface directly with the contractor.
* Lead day-to-day construction supervision across parks, landscape, public realm, civil works, and associated infrastructure activities.
* Plan, schedule, supervise, and exercise administrative authority over field engineering work on the project.
* Monitor site activities, construction progress, workmanship quality, safety performance, and compliance with project requirements.
* Issue instructions to correct non-conformances, poor workmanship, safety concerns, and deviations from approved documentation.
* Coordinate with the client, designers, contractors, authorities, and project stakeholders to resolve site issues and maintain progress.
* Provide technical direction to site engineers, inspectors, surveyors, and supervision team members.
* Review contractor submissions, site queries, inspection records, technical documents, and construction-related correspondence.
* Support contract administration activities including variations, claims, payment recommendations, project records, and progress reporting.
* Chair site meetings and ensure timely communication, action tracking, approvals, and document control.
* Review construction progress against approved programs and escalate risks, delays, constraints, and coordination gaps.
* Drive HSE compliance across site activities and promote safe work practices throughout the project.
* Review contractor HSE reports and ensure incidents, near-misses, and unsafe conditions are reported and followed up properly.
* Support quality control by ensuring works are carried out according to approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and authority requirements.
* Coordinate with design teams to resolve technical clarifications, interface issues, and site adaptation requirements.
* Support authority coordination, approval follow-up, inspections, and handover processes for parks, landscape, and infrastructure works.
* Ensure project records, site instructions, meeting minutes, inspection notes, reports, and correspondence are complete and properly maintained.
* Assist in reviewing contractor payment applications, progress measurements, change records, and supporting documentation.
* Maintain strong communication with project leadership and provide clear updates on progress, risks, quality, safety, and contractor performance.
* Perform other responsibilities related to resident engineering and construction supervision as assigned by project leadership.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a related discipline from a recognized institution.
* Minimum 15 years of experience delivering infrastructure, parks, landscape, public realm, or roadworks projects.
* Strong construction supervision and field engineering background on major civil and landscape-related projects.
* Experience acting in a Resident Engineer or senior supervision role with responsibility for contractor management and site delivery.
* Strong ability to manage contractors, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and communicate effectively with clients, designers, authorities, and stakeholders.
* Sound knowledge of authority approval processes and handover requirements in Abu Dhabi.
* Equivalency certificate from the Ministry of Education is required.
* ADM or DMT approval is preferred.
* Familiarity with CAD and related engineering software is an advantage.
* Strong reporting, correspondence, documentation, and site meeting management skills.
* Good understanding of quality control, HSE compliance, construction sequencing, and contract administration.
* Able to lead site engineers, inspectors, and surveyors with clear direction, accountability, and professional discipline.
* Organized, decisive, and capable of managing complex site issues, public realm interfaces, and fast-moving construction priorities.
Skills Set
* Resident engineering
* Parks construction
* Landscape supervision
* Public realm projects
* Civil engineering supervision
* Infrastructure works
* Roadworks supervision
* Contractor management
* Site supervision
* Field engineering
* Construction coordination
* Contract administration
* Variation support
* Claims support
* Payment recommendations
* Site meetings
* Document control
* Progress monitoring
* Quality control
* Non-conformance management
* HSE compliance
* Contractor HSE reports
* Incident reporting
* Authority coordination
* Handover process
* ADM approval
* DMT approval
* CAD software
* Technical guidance
* Site engineers supervision
* Inspectors coordination
* Surveyor coordination
* Client coordination
* Designer coordination
* Stakeholder coordination
* Construction reporting
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Resident Engineer the chance to lead parks, landscape, public realm, and infrastructure works in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates within the Civil Engineering sector. The role offers senior responsibility across construction supervision, contractor performance, HSE leadership, quality compliance, authority coordination, contract administration, and multidisciplinary site management. It is a strong fit for an experienced engineering professional who wants to influence high-quality public realm delivery and grow within Parsons Corporation’s project environment.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and project delivery company supporting complex civil, transportation, utilities, public realm, urban development, and construction programs. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons works with clients, authorities, contractors, consultants, designers, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, coordinated, and quality-focused infrastructure projects that support long-term community development and urban improvement.
Salary: 32000-48000
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 - Parks Landscape will act as the Engineer’s delegated representative during construction and will oversee daily field engineering activities across parks, landscape, public realm, civil works, and supporting infrastructure. The position is responsible for keeping site works aligned with approved drawings, specifications, contract requirements, quality standards, safety procedures, authority requirements, and project schedules. Strong supervision, technical judgment, documentation control, and stakeholder coordination are essential to maintain progress and deliver high-quality public realm assets.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the Engineer’s delegated representative during construction and interface directly with the contractor.
* Lead day-to-day construction supervision across parks, landscape, public realm, civil works, and associated infrastructure activities.
* Plan, schedule, supervise, and exercise administrative authority over field engineering work on the project.
* Monitor site activities, construction progress, workmanship quality, safety performance, and compliance with project requirements.
* Issue instructions to correct non-conformances, poor workmanship, safety concerns, and deviations from approved documentation.
* Coordinate with the client, designers, contractors, authorities, and project stakeholders to resolve site issues and maintain progress.
* Provide technical direction to site engineers, inspectors, surveyors, and supervision team members.
* Review contractor submissions, site queries, inspection records, technical documents, and construction-related correspondence.
* Support contract administration activities including variations, claims, payment recommendations, project records, and progress reporting.
* Chair site meetings and ensure timely communication, action tracking, approvals, and document control.
* Review construction progress against approved programs and escalate risks, delays, constraints, and coordination gaps.
* Drive HSE compliance across site activities and promote safe work practices throughout the project.
* Review contractor HSE reports and ensure incidents, near-misses, and unsafe conditions are reported and followed up properly.
* Support quality control by ensuring works are carried out according to approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and authority requirements.
* Coordinate with design teams to resolve technical clarifications, interface issues, and site adaptation requirements.
* Support authority coordination, approval follow-up, inspections, and handover processes for parks, landscape, and infrastructure works.
* Ensure project records, site instructions, meeting minutes, inspection notes, reports, and correspondence are complete and properly maintained.
* Assist in reviewing contractor payment applications, progress measurements, change records, and supporting documentation.
* Maintain strong communication with project leadership and provide clear updates on progress, risks, quality, safety, and contractor performance.
* Perform other responsibilities related to resident engineering and construction supervision as assigned by project leadership.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a related discipline from a recognized institution.
* Minimum 15 years of experience delivering infrastructure, parks, landscape, public realm, or roadworks projects.
* Strong construction supervision and field engineering background on major civil and landscape-related projects.
* Experience acting in a Resident Engineer or senior supervision role with responsibility for contractor management and site delivery.
* Strong ability to manage contractors, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and communicate effectively with clients, designers, authorities, and stakeholders.
* Sound knowledge of authority approval processes and handover requirements in Abu Dhabi.
* Equivalency certificate from the Ministry of Education is required.
* ADM or DMT approval is preferred.
* Familiarity with CAD and related engineering software is an advantage.
* Strong reporting, correspondence, documentation, and site meeting management skills.
* Good understanding of quality control, HSE compliance, construction sequencing, and contract administration.
* Able to lead site engineers, inspectors, and surveyors with clear direction, accountability, and professional discipline.
* Organized, decisive, and capable of managing complex site issues, public realm interfaces, and fast-moving construction priorities.
Skills Set
* Resident engineering
* Parks construction
* Landscape supervision
* Public realm projects
* Civil engineering supervision
* Infrastructure works
* Roadworks supervision
* Contractor management
* Site supervision
* Field engineering
* Construction coordination
* Contract administration
* Variation support
* Claims support
* Payment recommendations
* Site meetings
* Document control
* Progress monitoring
* Quality control
* Non-conformance management
* HSE compliance
* Contractor HSE reports
* Incident reporting
* Authority coordination
* Handover process
* ADM approval
* DMT approval
* CAD software
* Technical guidance
* Site engineers supervision
* Inspectors coordination
* Surveyor coordination
* Client coordination
* Designer coordination
* Stakeholder coordination
* Construction reporting
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Resident Engineer the chance to lead parks, landscape, public realm, and infrastructure works in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates within the Civil Engineering sector. The role offers senior responsibility across construction supervision, contractor performance, HSE leadership, quality compliance, authority coordination, contract administration, and multidisciplinary site management. It is a strong fit for an experienced engineering professional who wants to influence high-quality public realm delivery and grow within Parsons Corporation’s project environment.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and project delivery company supporting complex civil, transportation, utilities, public realm, urban development, and construction programs. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons works with clients, authorities, contractors, consultants, designers, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, coordinated, and quality-focused infrastructure projects that support long-term community development and urban improvement.
