Structural Inspector - Site
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
Egis seeks a Structural Inspector for building projects in Abu Dhabi. The role involves daily site inspections, ensuring compliance with drawings and regulations, and coordinating with project teams.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Carry out daily site inspections for all structural works, ensuring compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and method statements.
- Monitor contractor activities and verify construction practices meet UAE authority requirements and international standards.
- Identify deviations or non conformities and issue Site Observation Reports and Non Conformance Reports (NCR) as required.
- Review and validate inspections related to concrete works, reinforcement, formwork, structural steel, foundations, waterproofing interfaces, and other structural elements.
- Coordinate closely with the project team to resolve structural issues and confirm corrective actions.
- Verify that the contractor maintains proper documentation, testing, and quality records.
- Ensure all works follow approved method statements, ITPs, and QA/QC procedures.
- Provide clear guidance to contractors to resolve site related structural issues in a timely manner.
- Maintain organized and accurate inspection records with photographs, comments, and compliance notes.
- Ensure strict compliance with health and safety protocols during all inspection activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- Minimum 8 years of structural site inspection experience within the UAE construction industry
- Strong understanding of structural materials, workmanship, defects, and deterioration mechanisms
- Solid knowledge of UAE building codes, authority requirements, and international standards
- Ability to interpret IFC drawings, shop drawings, specifications, ITPs, and method statements
- Proficiency in standard inspection tools, site testing coordination, and documentation procedures
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent technical report writing skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
- Valid UAE driver's license and ability to travel between project sites
- Physically capable of accessing structural elements in constrained or elevated locations
- Demonstrated commitment to health and safety, professional ethics, and quality standards
Full Job Posting
Company Overview
- Egis is an international player active in architecture, consulting, construction engineering and mobility services.
- Operating in 100 countries with 19,500 employees.
- In the Middle East, Egis has 3,500 employees across 8 countries and has delivered over 700 complex development projects.
Job Description
- We are seeking a competent and detail oriented Structural Inspector to join our supervision team in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- The role involves ensuring that all structural works on site are executed strictly in accordance with approved IFC drawings, shop drawings, method statements, and relevant authority regulations.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out daily site inspections for all structural works, ensuring full compliance with approved IFC drawings, shop drawings, specifications, and method statements.
- Monitor contractor activities and verify that construction practices meet UAE authority requirements and international standards.
- Identify deviations or non conformities and issue Site Observation Reports and Non Conformance Reports (NCR) as required.
- Review and validate inspections related to concrete works, reinforcement, formwork, structural steel, foundations, waterproofing interfaces, and other structural elements.
- Coordinate closely with the project team—including engineers, architects, and specialists—to resolve structural issues and confirm that corrective actions meet project requirements.
- Verify that the contractor maintains proper documentation, testing, and quality records (e.g., cube tests, FDT, plate load test, calibration certificates).
- Ensure all works follow approved method statements, ITPs, and QA/QC procedures.
- Provide clear guidance to contractors to resolve site related structural issues in a timely manner.
- Maintain organized and accurate inspection records with photographs, comments, and compliance notes.
- Ensure strict compliance with health and safety protocols during all inspection activities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- Minimum 8 years of structural site inspection experience within the UAE construction industry (consultant experience preferred)
- Strong understanding of structural materials, workmanship, defects, and typical deterioration mechanisms
- Solid knowledge of UAE building codes, authority requirements, and relevant international standards
- Ability to interpret IFC drawings, shop drawings, specifications, ITPs, and method statements with high accuracy
- Proficiency in standard inspection tools, site testing coordination, and documentation procedures
- Strong analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail, particularly in identifying non conformities and reporting deviations
- Excellent technical report writing skills and familiarity with digital inspection platforms or QA/QC systems
- Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
- Valid UAE driver's license and ability to travel between project sites as required
- Physically capable of accessing structural elements in constrained or elevated locations when needed
- Demonstrated commitment to health and safety, professional ethics, and maintaining quality standards
Preferred Qualifications
- Site safety certifications (OSHA, NEBOSH, or equivalent)
- Experience preparing and managing Non Conformance Reports (NCR) and Site Observation Reports (SOR)
- Proficiency with inspection software applications and digital documentation tools
- Knowledge of concrete testing protocols, including cube tests, FDT, and plate load tests
- Steel structural Inspection Experience
- Photography and visual documentation skills for inspection records
- Arabic language proficiency
- Immediately available to commence employment
Additional Information
- The role is site based.
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 U+A
Site Architect
Dubai, UAE
10 Design, part of Egis Group, seeks a Site Architect to ensure architectural integrity and project compliance on construction sites in Dubai. Responsibilities include reviewing architectural submissions, coordinating di
Senior Architect - Site Supervision
Dubai, UAE
Egis seeks a Senior Architect - Site Supervision to oversee architectural works, review submittals, and coordinate site activities for projects in Dubai. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and 15+ year
Senior Architect - Site Supervision
Dubai, UAE
Egis seeks a Senior Architect for site supervision of projects in Dubai. You will oversee architectural works, review submittals, coordinate with disciplines, and manage inspectors. Requires a Bachelor's in Architecture
Structural Inspector - Site
Dubai, UAE
Egis is seeking a detail-oriented Structural Inspector for a supervision team in Dubai. The role involves daily site inspections, ensuring compliance with drawings and regulations, and coordinating with project teams. Re
Structural Inspector - Site
Dubai, UAE
Egis is seeking a detail-oriented Structural Inspector for a supervision team in Dubai. The role involves daily site inspections, ensuring compliance with drawings and regulations, and coordinating with project teams. Re
Senior Land Surveyor
Dubai, UAE
Egis is looking for a Senior Land Surveyor to perform land/field surveys, geodetic calculations, and verify setting-out and levels. The role requires thorough knowledge of field surveying techniques, modern survey instru
HSE Engineer - Site
Dubai, UAE
U+A (part of Egis) is seeking an experienced HSE Engineer for building construction projects in the UAE. The role involves developing HSE plans, conducting inspections, leading meetings, and ensuring contractor complianc
Project Manager (Pre-Contract)
Dubai, UAE
U+A, part of Egis Group, seeks an experienced Project Manager with a pre-contract bias to oversee design projects from inception to completion. The role involves planning, budgeting, team leadership, and stakeholder comm
Site Architect
Dubai, UAE
Senior Architect - Site Supervision
Dubai, UAE
Senior Architect - Site Supervision
Dubai, UAE
Structural Inspector - Site
Dubai, UAE
Structural Inspector - Site
Dubai, UAE
Senior Land Surveyor
Dubai, UAE
HSE Engineer - Site
Dubai, UAE
Project Manager (Pre-Contract)
Dubai, UAE