Principal Highway Engineer
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About the Role
Parsons seeks a Principal Highway Engineer to design and manage a highway team for large infrastructure projects in Dubai. The role requires extensive knowledge of road and civil standards, value engineering, and coordination with internal and external departments.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Overseeing engineering team, leading and reviewing ongoing project work
- Responsible for developing and checking engineering drawings, reports, specifications
- Developing highway plan layouts and profiling, checking key geometric elements of complicated road design schemes as part of Preliminary / Feasibility Studies
- Supporting Design Manager with engineering task assignments
- Support Proposal Managers
- Daily routine overview of project deliverables
- Conducting engineering reviews
- Coordinating deliverables with CAD and BIM teams
- Resource management
- Report writing
Requirements
- Degree in Civil engineering from a reputable university
- Minimum 13 years of experience in major highway design projects, including interchange design and expressways
- Experienced in road design, design review and discipline coordination for Masterplanning Development Projects
- Excellent Design knowledge of local (UAE) and international standards
- Excellent communication skills in Arabic and English
- Proficiency in report writing and presentation skills
- Proven expertise in Design Software skills such as Civil 3D, Bentley Inroads / Openroads
- Road Safety and BIM knowledge
- Establishment of Advanced Directional Signage Strategy
- Prior experience leading a team of Design engineers
- Material specifications related to highways and civil works
- Pavement design knowledge
Full Job Posting
Job Description
- Parsons is looking for a Principal Highway Engineer to join the team in Dubai, UAE.
- The role involves designing and managing a Highway team for developing large highway and infrastructure projects.
- Requires extensive understanding of road, civil and infrastructure standards, applying best engineering practices, and following Parsons high quality standards.
What You'll Be Doing
- Overseeing engineering team, leading and reviewing ongoing project work.
- Developing and checking engineering drawings, reports, specifications.
- Developing highway plan layouts and profiling, checking key geometric elements of complicated road design schemes.
- Supporting Design Manager with engineering task assignments.
- Support Proposal Managers.
- Daily routine overview of project deliverables.
- Conducting engineering reviews.
- Coordinating deliverables with CAD and BIM teams.
- Resource management.
- Report writing.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Degree in Civil engineering from a reputable university.
- Minimum 13 years of experience in major highway design projects, including interchange Design, expressways.
- Experienced in road design, design review and discipline coordination for Masterplanning Development Projects.
- Excellent Design knowledge of local (UAE) and international standards.
- Excellent communication skills in Arabic and English.
- Proficiency in report writing and presentation skills.
- Proven expertise in Design Software skills such as Civil 3D, Bentley Inroads / Openroads.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Road Safety and BIM knowledge.
- Establishment of Advanced Directional Signage Strategy.
- Prior experience leading a team of Design engineers.
- Material specifications related to highways and civil works.
- Pavement design knowledge.
- Masters degree.
About Parsons
- Parsons is an equal opportunity employer.
- Parsons invests in employee wellbeing and provides growth opportunities.
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