Senior Civil Engineer - Bridges

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect steel bridge elements, box girders, pontoons, machinery pits, concrete structures, platforms, ladders, supports, and related components.
• Identify defects including deterioration, corrosion, cracking, deformation, water leakage, coating failures, and concrete spalling.
• Prepare inspection reports, technical assessments, condition reports, and repair recommendations.
• Develop and review repair methodologies for structural steel, reinforced concrete, bridge components, and marine structures.
• Review drawings, submittals, method statements, inspection and test plans, risk assessments, and technical calculations.
• Coordinate maintenance work orders from initiation through execution, inspection, approval, and closure.
• Supervise steel replacement, welding, strengthening, crack repair, concrete repair, grouting, and protective coating works.
• Review welding documentation, coordinate non-destructive testing, and verify fabrication, erection, bolting, welding, and surface preparation.
• Prepare proposals, repair sketches, scopes of work, bills of quantities, cost estimates, progress reports, and technical presentations.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineers, clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal project teams.
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, quality requirements, safety procedures, and project standards.
• Maintain records and support emergency inspections, programme monitoring, resource planning, risk identification, and recovery planning.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering from a recognized university.
• Minimum 8 years of overall structural engineering experience.
• Minimum 4 years of practical experience in bridge, marine, infrastructure, or heavy structural-steel projects.
• Professional engineering certification or chartered status is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of UAE experience is preferred.
• RTA projects, bridge maintenance, or movable bridge systems experience is advantageous.
• Strong practical site-execution, structural assessment, technical reporting, communication, coordination, and work-order management skills.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and standard Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Familiarity with structural-analysis software is advantageous.
• Knowledge of Maximo or similar computerized maintenance-management systems is advantageous.

Location and Site Work

• The source description identifies Dubai and describes inspections, site meetings, repair supervision, and facilities work requiring physical site presence.