Senior Dry Utilities Engineer - Infrastructure Design
Posted date [2026-08-24]
(ID: 50127)
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Job Description and Requirements
Senior Dry Utilities Engineer - Infrastructure DesignJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Dry Utilities Engineer - Infrastructure Design
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Electrical Engineering
Experience: Relevant infrastructure and dry utilities design experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Dry Utilities Engineer - Infrastructure Design in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity with AECOM focused on the planning, design, and multidisciplinary coordination of electrical, telecommunications, and street lighting infrastructure. The role requires strong knowledge of UAE and KSA authority requirements and the ability to develop dry utility networks from concept masterplanning through detailed IFC design.
The position is suited to an infrastructure engineer with experience integrating power distribution, substations, utility corridors, telecommunications networks, and roadway lighting into complex urban and transportation developments.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Electrical Engineering
Salary: 16000-24000
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
This role supports the technical development of dry utilities across major infrastructure projects, where electrical and telecommunications networks must be carefully integrated with roads, wet utilities, transportation systems, landscaping, and adjacent developments.
The engineer will contribute throughout the design lifecycle, translating masterplan requirements into coordinated infrastructure solutions while addressing authority standards, capacity requirements, utility reservations, electrical calculations, constructability, and final IFC documentation.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop dry utilities infrastructure designs from concept masterplan through detailed and IFC stages.
* Interpret and apply Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and KSA authority guidelines, technical standards, and approval requirements.
* Plan electrical infrastructure corridors and utility reservations within infrastructure masterplans.
* Develop requirements for primary substations and associated power distribution infrastructure.
* Design and coordinate EHV, HV, and LV utility corridors.
* Develop HV distribution network solutions for systems up to 33kV.
* Coordinate distribution substations, pocket substations, feeder pillars, and service turrets.
* Prepare LV network layouts and supporting engineering calculations.
* Assess electrical demand and infrastructure requirements to support development and transportation projects.
* Produce engineering calculations, technical reports, design narratives, and supporting documentation.
* Develop telecommunications infrastructure networks including duct routes and manhole systems.
* Coordinate telecommunications infrastructure requirements with the wider utility masterplan.
* Consider GSM tower coverage and associated infrastructure requirements during network planning.
* Design street lighting systems for different road classifications and rights-of-way.
* Undertake roadway lighting calculations and verify proposed illumination performance.
* Prepare single-line diagrams, electrical load schedules, and associated design documentation.
* Develop landscape lighting branch wiring and coordinate connections with the wider electrical network.
* Review utility interfaces and identify potential clashes or spatial conflicts during design development.
* Coordinate closely with wet utilities, roads, transportation, landscape, and building design teams.
* Resolve multidisciplinary interfaces while maintaining required utility clearances and corridor allocations.
* Support technical reviews and design coordination meetings throughout project development.
* Ensure engineering outputs are accurate, coordinated, constructible, and suitable for authority review.
* Contribute to quality reviews before issue of drawings, reports, calculations, and IFC packages.
Ideal Profile
The successful candidate will hold a degree in Civil Engineering and bring a strong infrastructure engineering background with practical exposure to dry utilities design.
Experience should include electrical distribution infrastructure, substations, HV and LV networks, utility corridors, telecommunications systems, and street lighting within large-scale infrastructure or transportation developments.
A detailed understanding of authority requirements in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is important, while familiarity with KSA infrastructure standards provides additional value.
The role requires an engineer who can understand the relationship between individual utility systems and the wider infrastructure masterplan rather than designing each network in isolation.
Strong technical writing, engineering calculation, coordination, and problem-solving capabilities are important, particularly when progressing projects from early planning into coordinated IFC deliverables.
Skills Set
* Dry utilities design
* Infrastructure engineering
* Utility masterplanning
* Electrical distribution networks
* EHV infrastructure
* HV systems up to 33kV
* LV distribution networks
* Primary substations
* Distribution substations
* Pocket substations
* Feeder pillars
* Service turrets
* Electrical utility corridors
* Power network calculations
* Telecommunications infrastructure
* Telecom ducts and manholes
* GSM infrastructure requirements
* Street lighting design
* Road lighting calculations
* Single-line diagrams
* Electrical load schedules
* Landscape lighting
* IFC design development
* UAE authority standards
* KSA authority requirements
* Multidisciplinary utility coordination
* Technical report writing
Why Join Us
The continued expansion of Dubai\'s transportation networks, communities, and supporting infrastructure creates strong demand for engineers capable of coordinating increasingly complex dry utility systems. This position provides exposure to the full infrastructure design lifecycle rather than a narrow single-system assignment.
Working across power, telecommunications, lighting, roads, and utility interfaces also offers a strong platform for developing broader infrastructure design leadership and multidisciplinary coordination expertise.
About the Company
AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting organization providing planning, engineering, design, environmental, programme, and construction management services. Its multidisciplinary teams work across transportation, buildings, water, energy, and major infrastructure programmes, supporting projects from early planning and design through delivery and long-term development.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
This role supports the technical development of dry utilities across major infrastructure projects, where electrical and telecommunications networks must be carefully integrated with roads, wet utilities, transportation systems, landscaping, and adjacent developments.
The engineer will contribute throughout the design lifecycle, translating masterplan requirements into coordinated infrastructure solutions while addressing authority standards, capacity requirements, utility reservations, electrical calculations, constructability, and final IFC documentation.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop dry utilities infrastructure designs from concept masterplan through detailed and IFC stages.
* Interpret and apply Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and KSA authority guidelines, technical standards, and approval requirements.
* Plan electrical infrastructure corridors and utility reservations within infrastructure masterplans.
* Develop requirements for primary substations and associated power distribution infrastructure.
* Design and coordinate EHV, HV, and LV utility corridors.
* Develop HV distribution network solutions for systems up to 33kV.
* Coordinate distribution substations, pocket substations, feeder pillars, and service turrets.
* Prepare LV network layouts and supporting engineering calculations.
* Assess electrical demand and infrastructure requirements to support development and transportation projects.
* Produce engineering calculations, technical reports, design narratives, and supporting documentation.
* Develop telecommunications infrastructure networks including duct routes and manhole systems.
* Coordinate telecommunications infrastructure requirements with the wider utility masterplan.
* Consider GSM tower coverage and associated infrastructure requirements during network planning.
* Design street lighting systems for different road classifications and rights-of-way.
* Undertake roadway lighting calculations and verify proposed illumination performance.
* Prepare single-line diagrams, electrical load schedules, and associated design documentation.
* Develop landscape lighting branch wiring and coordinate connections with the wider electrical network.
* Review utility interfaces and identify potential clashes or spatial conflicts during design development.
* Coordinate closely with wet utilities, roads, transportation, landscape, and building design teams.
* Resolve multidisciplinary interfaces while maintaining required utility clearances and corridor allocations.
* Support technical reviews and design coordination meetings throughout project development.
* Ensure engineering outputs are accurate, coordinated, constructible, and suitable for authority review.
* Contribute to quality reviews before issue of drawings, reports, calculations, and IFC packages.
Ideal Profile
The successful candidate will hold a degree in Civil Engineering and bring a strong infrastructure engineering background with practical exposure to dry utilities design.
Experience should include electrical distribution infrastructure, substations, HV and LV networks, utility corridors, telecommunications systems, and street lighting within large-scale infrastructure or transportation developments.
A detailed understanding of authority requirements in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is important, while familiarity with KSA infrastructure standards provides additional value.
The role requires an engineer who can understand the relationship between individual utility systems and the wider infrastructure masterplan rather than designing each network in isolation.
Strong technical writing, engineering calculation, coordination, and problem-solving capabilities are important, particularly when progressing projects from early planning into coordinated IFC deliverables.
Skills Set
* Dry utilities design
* Infrastructure engineering
* Utility masterplanning
* Electrical distribution networks
* EHV infrastructure
* HV systems up to 33kV
* LV distribution networks
* Primary substations
* Distribution substations
* Pocket substations
* Feeder pillars
* Service turrets
* Electrical utility corridors
* Power network calculations
* Telecommunications infrastructure
* Telecom ducts and manholes
* GSM infrastructure requirements
* Street lighting design
* Road lighting calculations
* Single-line diagrams
* Electrical load schedules
* Landscape lighting
* IFC design development
* UAE authority standards
* KSA authority requirements
* Multidisciplinary utility coordination
* Technical report writing
Why Join Us
The continued expansion of Dubai\'s transportation networks, communities, and supporting infrastructure creates strong demand for engineers capable of coordinating increasingly complex dry utility systems. This position provides exposure to the full infrastructure design lifecycle rather than a narrow single-system assignment.
Working across power, telecommunications, lighting, roads, and utility interfaces also offers a strong platform for developing broader infrastructure design leadership and multidisciplinary coordination expertise.
About the Company
AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting organization providing planning, engineering, design, environmental, programme, and construction management services. Its multidisciplinary teams work across transportation, buildings, water, energy, and major infrastructure programmes, supporting projects from early planning and design through delivery and long-term development.
