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Decima International seeks a Civil Supervisor to support day-to-day supervision of civil construction works for a large-scale project in Dubai. The role involves monitoring contractor performance, coordinating site activities, and ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards.
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Responsibilities
- Supervise day to day civil construction activities on site, ensuring works are performed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and project requirements
- Monitor civil works, including excavation, backfilling, concrete works, foundations, structural elements, blockwork, finishes, external works, roads, drainage, utilities, and related site activities
- Coordinate with contractors, subcontractors, site engineers, consultants, QA/QC teams, HSE teams, and project management representatives
- Review daily site activities and ensure that manpower, materials, equipment, and work fronts are properly coordinated
- Monitor contractor progress against approved schedules, look ahead plans, and daily work targets
- Identify site constraints, quality issues, coordination gaps, and construction risks, and escalate them to project leadership when required
- Support inspections by coordinating with QA/QC teams and ensuring civil works are ready for inspection and testing
- Verify that civil works are completed in compliance with approved inspection and test plans, quality procedures, and applicable codes and standards
- Monitor site safety practices and ensure civil activities are carried out in accordance with project HSE requirements
- Review and comment on civil method statements, shop drawings, inspection requests, material deliveries, and site documentation as required
- Assist in resolving technical queries, RFIs, design clarifications, and site coordination issues related to civil works
- Maintain accurate daily site records, including progress updates, manpower reports, site observations, inspection status, and issue logs
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in civil supervision, site engineering, construction supervision, or civil construction management within large scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission critical projects
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- Strong experience supervising day to day civil works on active construction sites
- Solid understanding of civil construction methods, site execution, quality requirements, safety standards, and construction sequencing
- Experience supervising works such as earthworks, concrete, foundations, structural elements, blockwork, finishing works, drainage, external works, utilities, and roads
- Ability to read and interpret civil drawings, structural drawings, specifications, method statements, shop drawings, inspection requests, and technical documents
- Experience coordinating with contractors, subcontractors, consultants, QA/QC teams, HSE teams, and multidisciplinary project teams
- Strong communication, coordination, and problem solving skills
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Job Description
- Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East.
- We are seeking a detail oriented and experienced Civil Supervisor to support the day to day supervision of civil construction works for a large scale project in Dubai, UAE.
Responsibilities
- Supervise day to day civil construction activities on site, ensuring works are performed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and project requirements.
- Monitor civil works, including excavation, backfilling, concrete works, foundations, structural elements, blockwork, finishes, external works, roads, drainage, utilities, and related site activities.
- Coordinate with contractors, subcontractors, site engineers, consultants, QA/QC teams, HSE teams, and project management representatives.
- Review daily site activities and ensure that manpower, materials, equipment, and work fronts are properly coordinated.
- Monitor contractor progress against approved schedules, look ahead plans, and daily work targets.
- Identify site constraints, quality issues, coordination gaps, and construction risks, and escalate them to project leadership when required.
- Support inspections by coordinating with QA/QC teams and ensuring civil works are ready for inspection and testing.
- Verify that civil works are completed in compliance with approved inspection and test plans, quality procedures, and applicable codes and standards.
- Monitor site safety practices and ensure civil activities are carried out in accordance with project HSE requirements.
- Review and comment on civil method statements, shop drawings, inspection requests, material deliveries, and site documentation as required.
- Assist in resolving technical queries, RFIs, design clarifications, and site coordination issues related to civil works.
- Maintain accurate daily site records, including progress updates, manpower reports, site observations, inspection status, and issue logs.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in civil supervision, site engineering, construction supervision, or civil construction management within large scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission critical projects.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
- Strong experience supervising day to day civil works on active construction sites.
- Solid understanding of civil construction methods, site execution, quality requirements, safety standards, and construction sequencing.
- Experience supervising works such as earthworks, concrete, foundations, structural elements, blockwork, finishing works, drainage, external works, utilities, and roads.
- Ability to read and interpret civil drawings, structural drawings, specifications, method statements, shop drawings, inspection requests, and technical documents.
- Experience coordinating with contractors, subcontractors, consultants, QA/QC teams, HSE teams, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Ability to monitor progress, identify delays or site constraints, and support corrective actions.
- Strong awareness of site quality control, inspection processes, NCR follow up, punch list management, and handover requirements.
- Good understanding of construction safety practices and the ability to reinforce safe working conditions on site.
- Strong communication, coordination, and problem solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage daily site priorities in a fast paced construction environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on data center, mission critical, industrial, infrastructure, or large scale commercial building projects.
- Previous experience working in Dubai, the UAE, or the wider GCC region.
- Experience working in a PMC, consultant, owner's representative, or client side supervision environment.
- Familiarity with UAE authority requirements, local construction regulations, and international construction standards.
- Knowledge of document control and project management platforms such as Aconex, Procore, Oracle Primavera Cloud, BIM 360, or similar systems.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project for reviewing site progress and look ahead schedules.
- Additional training or certifications in construction safety, QA/QC, or site supervision are preferred.
Position Details
- Location (On site): Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Position: Civil Supervisor
- Position Classification: Salary based full time hours
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