Wet Utilities

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The ARE – Wet Utilities is responsible for supervising, coordinating, and monitoring the construction of wet utility networks within a large-scale infrastructure development, including sewerage, stormwater drainage, potable water, irrigation, and associated pumping/tie-in works. The role ensures compliance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, QA/QC, HSE, and relevant authority requirements.

• Supervise construction activities for sewerage, stormwater, potable water, irrigation, and associated wet utility networks.
• Review and monitor works against approved IFC/shop drawings, specifications, method statements, material approvals, and ITPs.
• Coordinate installation of pipelines, manholes, chambers, culverts, catch basins, pumping facilities, connections, and associated structures.
• Monitor excavation, shoring, dewatering, bedding, pipe laying, jointing, back filling, compaction, and reinstatement activities.
• Verify pipeline alignments, levels, gradients, invert levels, and coordinates in coordination with the Survey Team.
• Coordinate and witness hydrostatic, leakage, pressure, deflection, flushing, disinfection, CCTV, and other required testing and commissioning activities.
• Review RFIs, technical queries, inspection requests, shop drawings, and construction-related submissions.
• Identify utility clashes, constructability issues, and interface constraints and coordinate their timely resolution.
• Coordinate with roads, dry utilities, structures, landscaping, and other disciplines to avoid construction conflicts.
• Liaise with the Client, Contractor, Design Team, and relevant authorities/asset owners, including TAQA Water Solutions and other applicable authorities.
• Manage and provide technical direction to discipline Engineers, Inspectors, and Surveyors.
• Monitor Contractor progress, resources, workmanship, and compliance with approved construction sequences.
• Identify non-conforming works and coordinate corrective actions with the QA/QC Team and Contractor.
• Ensure compliance with project HSE requirements, particularly for excavations, confined spaces, lifting, dewatering, and deep utility works.
• Support authority inspections, testing and commissioning, snagging, de-snagging, and final handover.
• Review and verify as-built drawings, testing records, O&M documentation, and close-out submissions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in infrastructure projects, with significant experience in sewerage networks and utility infrastructure works.
• Experience in the UAE/GCC and familiarity with TAQA Water Solutions (TAQA WS) standards and procedures is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of sewer network construction, testing, commissioning, and authority approval processes.
• Excellent coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong understanding of QA/QC procedures and inspection requirements.
• Proficiency in reviewing technical drawings and engineering documents.
• Knowledge of utility coordination and multidisciplinary…