Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
Staff Connect UAE is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for a senior owner-side role in Jeddah, responsible for planning, reviewing, and delivering site-wide infrastructure systems for large-scale development projects.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Define and manage site wide infrastructure strategies covering utilities networks, roads, drainage, grading, and service corridors
- Review, challenge, and technically validate infrastructure designs and engineering deliverables
- Ensure infrastructure systems align with master planning, building layouts, and long term expansion requirements
- Provide technical oversight to infrastructure consultants and contractors
- Review and approve technical submissions, drawings, calculations, and methodologies
- Identify design gaps, construction risks, and capacity limitations and recommend corrective actions
- Coordinate with architectural, engineering, and project teams to ensure integrated infrastructure planning
- Support value engineering initiatives to optimize cost, constructability, and performance
- Review infrastructure cost estimates, BOQs, and technical proposals
- Identify infrastructure related risks and develop mitigation strategies
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering (Mandatory)
- Saudi Council of Engineers Registration (Mandatory)
- 15–20 years of experience in infrastructure engineering and large scale project development
- Strong experience in industrial, logistics, automotive, or large scale infrastructure projects
- Proven experience working in owner side roles or managing engineering consultants
- Experience in multidisciplinary project coordination and infrastructure delivery
- PMP or equivalent certification (Preferred)
- English – Advanced (Mandatory)
- Arabic – Preferred
Full Job Posting
Job Summary
- The Senior Infrastructure Engineer is a senior owner side engineering role responsible for planning, reviewing, governing, and delivering site wide infrastructure systems for large scale development projects.
- The role will ensure that utilities, roads, drainage, grading, and associated infrastructure systems are properly designed, integrated, and executed in alignment with approved master plans, operational requirements, and future expansion strategies.
- The position will oversee infrastructure consultants and contractors from a technical compliance perspective, ensuring designs are practical, scalable, cost effective, and aligned with project objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and manage site wide infrastructure strategies covering utilities networks, roads and transportation systems, drainage systems, grading and earthworks, and service corridors.
- Review, challenge, and technically validate infrastructure designs and engineering deliverables.
- Ensure infrastructure systems align with master planning, building layouts, and long term expansion requirements.
- Review consultant submissions for technical accuracy, completeness, quality, and compliance.
- Provide technical oversight to infrastructure consultants and contractors.
- Ensure contractor execution complies with approved designs, specifications, and engineering standards.
- Review and approve technical submissions, drawings, calculations, and methodologies.
- Identify design gaps, construction risks, and capacity limitations and recommend corrective actions.
- Coordinate with architectural, engineering, and project teams to ensure integrated infrastructure planning.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary stakeholders to support project delivery.
- Ensure infrastructure planning supports phased construction, early works, and future expansion requirements.
- Integrate geotechnical, environmental, and topographical considerations into infrastructure solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering (Mandatory)
- Saudi Council of Engineers Registration (Mandatory)
- PMP or equivalent certification (Preferred)
- 15–20 years of experience in infrastructure engineering and large scale project development.
- Strong experience in industrial, logistics, automotive, or large scale infrastructure projects.
- Proven experience working in owner side roles or managing engineering consultants.
- Experience in multidisciplinary project coordination and infrastructure delivery.
Technical Skills & Competencies
- Site wide infrastructure planning
- Earthworks, grading, and drainage strategy
- Utilities planning and capacity design
- Construction phasing and sequencing
- Early works and enabling works planning
- Infrastructure cost estimation and BOQ review
- Consultant deliverable review and technical governance
- Contractor technical compliance monitoring
- Infrastructure risk identification and mitigation
- Master plan integration
- Strong understanding of infrastructure systems and integration.
- Ability to review, challenge, and validate consultant proposals.
Leadership Competencies
- Decision making under project constraints.
- Risk identification and escalation management.
- Cross functional team alignment.
- Consultant and contractor governance.
- Performance monitoring and corrective action management.
Language Requirements
- English – Advanced (Mandatory)
- Arabic – Preferred
Scope of Supervision
- No direct reports initially.
- Functional oversight of infrastructure consultants and technical advisors.
- Technical monitoring of contractor compliance with approved infrastructure requirements.
Preferred Candidate Profile
- A highly experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer with extensive expertise in large scale infrastructure development, consultant management, and technical governance.
- The ideal candidate should have strong ownership side experience with the ability to lead infrastructure planning, review complex engineering deliverables, manage technical risks, and ensure successful project execution.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Staff Connect UAE
Quality Assurance Tester
Dubai, UAE
Staff Connect UAE is hiring experienced QA testers for integration and end-to-end testing across Oracle Fusion ERP, OIC, WMS, CRM, and EDI. The role involves structured test execution, defect logging, and validation of c
Network Engineer
Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
Staff Connect UAE seeks a Network Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure. The role involves hands-on work with Cisco and Huawei equipment, firewalls, SD-WAN, and cyber
Oracle Application Technical Consultant
Ajman Emirate, UAE
Staff Connect UAE is looking for an Oracle Application Technical Consultant with at least 5 years of experience in Oracle Applications (Release 12). The role involves designing, implementing, testing, and documenting Ora
Senior Information Technology Support Engineer
Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
Staff Connect UAE is seeking an experienced L3 IT Support Engineer to provide advanced technical support across infrastructure, applications, and network environments in Abu Dhabi. The role requires 6+ years of experienc
IT Service Operations Manager
Dubai, UAE
Staff Connect UAE is seeking an IT Service Operations Manager to own the operational backbone of the Infrastructure & Cybersecurity function. The role leads service desk operations, incident management, change management
Site Project Manager
Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
Staff Connect UAE is hiring a Site Manager for water treatment and infrastructure projects in Abu Dhabi. The role involves planning, execution, supervision, and delivery of projects, managing site operations, coordinatin
Structural Drafter
Dubai, UAE
Staff Connect UAE is seeking a skilled Structural Draftsman to prepare detailed structural drawings for RCC and steel structure projects. The role requires 3+ years of experience, proficiency in AutoCAD, and strong knowl
Work Preparator
Dubai, UAE
Staff Connect UAE is seeking a detail-oriented Work Preparator to support maintenance and project activities in Dubai. You will prepare work packages, interpret engineering drawings, and coordinate with teams. Requires a
Quality Assurance Tester
Dubai, UAE
Network Engineer
Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
Oracle Application Technical Consultant
Ajman Emirate, UAE
Senior Information Technology Support Engineer
Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
IT Service Operations Manager
Dubai, UAE
Site Project Manager
Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
Structural Drafter
Dubai, UAE
Work Preparator
Dubai, UAE