Coordination Engineer

Contract type Regular / Permanent Who we are ... Faced with growing environmental challenges, for more than 160 years, SUEZ has been acting to deliver essential services that protect and improve the quality of life. SUEZ enables its customers to provide access to water and waste services, with resilient and innovative solutions. With its 40 000 employees present in 40 countries, the Group also enables its customers to create value over the entire lifecycle of their assets and services, and to drive their ecological transition, together with their end-users. What you will be doing KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: –Coordinate the day-to-day activities of the multidisciplinary project team — ensuring engineering deliverables, site inspections, field investigations and reporting tasks are progressing in line with the schedule across both contracts. –Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact with the client's project management team — managing routine correspondence, meeting minutes, action tracking and follow-up on open items. –Prepare, review and submit project deliverables, progress reports and technical documentation in accordance with contractual deadlines and client submission requirements. –Monitor and update the project schedule — tracking progress across diagnosis, design and delivery phases for both contracts, identifying schedule risks and reporting deviations to the Senior Project Manager. –Coordinate site activities — liaising with the QA/QC Inspector, Quantity Surveyor and field supervision staff to ensure repair works are progressing, inspected and documented as planned. –Maintain the project document management system — ensuring all correspondence, drawings, reports and submissions are filed, version-controlled and accessible to the team. –Manage the GIS-based works register in coordination with the GIS Engineer — tracking completed and ongoing repair locations, progress status and outstanding items. –Prepare and chair internal coordination meetings — producing agendas, minutes and action logs; ensuring agreed actions are followed up and closed out. –Attend client meetings alongside or on behalf of the Senior Project Manager — presenting progress updates, responding to technical queries and managing client expectations professionally. –Coordinate the preparation of monthly progress reports — consolidating inputs from all team members into a coherent, accurate and timely client-facing document. –Support the Senior Project Manager in managing subcontractors and external specialists — tracking deliverable schedules, reviewing submissions and flagging issues. –Assist in the management of project risks and opportunities — maintaining the risk register and flagging emerging issues to the Senior Project Manager. –Ensure all team activities comply with SUEZ and client HSE requirements. Who we are looking for REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE –Engineering degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent discipline from a recognized university. –Minimum 8 years of post-graduate experience in project coordination, project management or engineering supervision roles. –Minimum 4 years of experience in the water, wastewater or underground utility network sector. –Experience on sewage network repair or new construction projects is a serious advantage — candidates with this background will be given strong preference. –Proven track record of client-facing project delivery — comfortable representing the company in client meetings and managing day-to-day client relationships. –Experience managing or coordinating small to medium-scale projects with moderate independence. –Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams across concurrent workstreams. –Working knowledge of contractual requirements in a consultancy or construction context — able to read, interpret and apply contract terms in day-to-day decisions. A contract-first mindset is essential: the right candidate instinctively refers to the contract when scope, obligations, entitlements or responsibilities are in question. –Proficiency in project planning tools (MS Project or equivalent) and document management systems. –Proficiency in MS Office — particularly Excel and PowerPoint for reporting and presentations. –Familiarity with GIS-based project tracking tools is an advantage. –Valid UAE driving license — field visits across Abu Dhabi required. –Excellent written and spoken English — mandatory for client correspondence and reporting. –Arabic speaker — strong advantage and actively preferred, though not mandatory. WORKING CONDITIONS –Based in Abu Dhabi — mix of office-based coordination and regular field visits across the wastewater network. –Works across both contracts concurrently — strong prioritisation skills essential. –Works in close day-to-day collaboration with the Senior Project Manager — high level of internal support and guidance provided. –Some flexibility in working hours may be required to meet reporting deadlines or accommodate client meeting schedules. BU: International - Middle East & Central Asia CATEGORY: Skilled Employees