Decima International - Senior Resident Engineer
Requirements
• 20+ years of experience in resident engineering, construction supervision, project management, site engineering, or construction management for large-scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission-critical projects. • 20+ years • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field. • Senior-level engineering background in Civil or Electrical & Mechanical disciplines. • Civil • Electrical & Mechanical • Proven experience supervising and managing the construction of similar-sized buildings or complex large-scale developments. • Prior experience working on data center, mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure, or large-scale commercial building projects is highly desirable. • data center • Strong technical understanding of multidisciplinary construction activities, including civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and building services works. • Demonstrated experience leading site supervision teams and coordinating contractors, consultants, subcontractors, and client representatives. • Strong awareness of construction contract law, contract administration, claims, variations, notices, change management, and contractual obligations. • Ability to review and interpret drawings, specifications, contracts, method statements, shop drawings, material submittals, schedules, and technical documentation. • Experience in monitoring contractor performance, site progress, quality compliance, safety practices, and construction deliverables. • Strong understanding of quality assurance, site inspection processes, NCR management, testing, commissioning, handover, and closeout requirements. • Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve technical, contractual, and site coordination issues in a timely manner. • Ability to manage multiple priorities and make sound decisions in a fast-paced, client-facing project environment. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. • Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field. • Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent professional registration. • Professional certifications, such as PMP, RICS, CIOB, FIDIC, or other relevant credentials in construction/project management. • Experience working on hyperscale data centers or other large-scale, mission-critical facilities. • hyperscale data centers • Experience working in a PMC, owner’s representative, consultant, or client-side supervision role. • Previous experience working in Dubai, the UAE, or the wider GCC region. • Familiarity with UAE authority requirements, permitting processes, inspections, and local construction regulations. • Knowledge of FIDIC-based contracts and international construction contract administration practices. • Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Aconex, Procore, Oracle Primavera Cloud, or other project management and document control platforms.
Responsibilities
• Lead site supervision activities across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and related construction works, ensuring compliance with approved drawings, specifications, standards, and project requirements. • Serve as the senior site representative and primary technical interface between the client, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and project stakeholders. • Oversee construction progress, site activities, inspections, technical coordination, quality performance, and contractor execution. • Monitor contractor performance to ensure works are completed safely, on schedule, within quality expectations, and in accordance with contractual obligations. • Review construction methodologies, method statements, inspection and test plans, material submittals, shop drawings, technical submissions, and site execution plans. • Coordinate with discipline engineers to resolve technical issues, design clarifications, RFIs, site constraints, and constructability challenges. • Chair and participate in site coordination meetings, progress meetings, technical workshops, and contractor review sessions. • Review contractor progress reports, site records, inspection results, NCRs, quality observations, and corrective action plans. • Ensure that works are properly inspected, tested, documented, and accepted in line with project quality procedures and applicable codes and standards. • Monitor project risks, delays, interface issues, and site constraints, escalating critical matters to project leadership with recommended corrective actions. • Support contract administration activities, including review of variations, claims, delay events, change requests, contractual notices, and commercial documentation. • Provide input on contractor payment applications, progress assessments, change orders, and claims from a technical and site execution perspective. • Ensure proper coordination between construction, design, procurement, project controls, cost, quality, safety, commissioning, and handover teams. • Support schedule monitoring by validating actual site progress against the approved construction schedule and identifying areas of delay or concern. • Promote effective communication and coordination across all site stakeholders to support timely decision-making and issue resolution. • Ensure that all site activities comply with applicable UAE regulations, local authority requirements, client standards, project specifications, and industry best practices. • Support testing, commissioning, handover, snagging, closeout, and turnover activities to ensure project completion requirements are achieved. • Mentor and guide site engineering teams, promoting accountability, technical excellence, quality, safety, and professional conduct. • Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
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