Roads and Highway Design Engineer
- Full Time
- Sharjah,UAE
- Career Level: Senior
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Civil Engineering
- Minimum years of experience in highway and roads design projects
- Experience in preparing design drawings, profiles, cross-sections, BOQs, and quantity take-offs
- Ability to prepare technical design reports
- Familiar with AASHTO and relevant local/regional standards
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform highway project design, sketching and reviewing the developing of the designs.
- Plan and review the production of engineering drawings and specifications.
- Prepare production drawings when required.
- Utilize technical manuals and directives to ensure compliance with
codes and company policies.
- Compile data and perform dimensional and routine calculations
required for the preparation of drawings.
- Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as may be
appropriate.
- Plan and review the production of engineering investigations or
planning work.
- Develop and evaluate plans and criteria for new projects, weighing
alternatives and selecting the most cost-effective solution.
- Analyze technical problems, assessing the feasibility of proposed
techniques and procedures, and devising new approaches and alternative
solutions.
- Analyze project dimension and scope and prepare or oversee the
preparation of cost and manpower estimates, schedules and job budgets.
- Attend meetings with clients and authorities and discuss any
technical issues and find mutual solutions to keep the project running and on
track.
- Coordinate work with Head of Roads and Highway Design and the project manager and guide junior professionals and technical personnel on the design and drafting of preliminary and final plans.
- Be responsible for quality control, maintaining quality standards in all work produced, and checking computations or reviewing designs and drawings performed by others.
