Land Surveyor

• Legal Entity: AECOM MIDDLE EAST LIMITED - AL AIN
• Business Line:
  Water
• Work Location Model:
  On-Site
• Operating Group:
  International
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  AE
  - Al Ain, UAE
  - Al Ain Square - S

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Key Responsibilities

• Establish, verify, and maintain project survey control points, benchmarks, coordinates, and reference levels.
• Review approved IFC and shop drawings and verify setting-out information before construction activities commence.
• Perform and verify setting-out for roads, utilities, pipelines, manholes, chambers, structures, kerbs, street lighting, landscaping, and other infrastructure works.
• Verify horizontal and vertical alignments, levels, gradients, slopes, offsets, and coordinates.
• Check excavation levels, formation levels, pipe invert levels, road layers, finished road levels, and utility installations.
• Conduct independent survey checks of Contractor setting-out and completed works to ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Coordinate closely with the RE, AREs, discipline engineers, inspectors, contractors, and survey teams.
• Identify and report discrepancies between approved drawings, site conditions, and Contractor setting-out information.
• Maintain accurate survey records, field books, coordinate schedules, level records, inspection reports, and documentation.
• Verify quantities, measurements, and survey data to support progress assessments and commercial evaluations.
• Conduct surveys for existing utilities, tie-in locations, interfaces, and construction constraints.
• Review and verify as-built surveys and drawings against completed works.
• Support authority inspections, snagging, de-snagging, final surveys, and project handover activities.
• Ensure surveying instruments are properly calibrated, maintained, and supported by valid calibration certificates.
• Ensure all surveying activities comply with project QA/QC procedures, HSE requirements, and applicable authority regulations.

• Diploma in Civil Engineering, Survey Engineering, or equivalent qualification in Land Surveying.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in land surveying for infrastructure and civil engineering projects.
• Proven experience in surveying and setting-out for roads, utilities, drainage, potable water, sewerage networks, structures, and landscaping works.
• Proficient in the use of Total Stations, GPS/GNSS equipment, Digital Levels, and other surveying instruments.
• Strong knowledge of coordinate systems, benchmarks, control networks, alignments, levels, profiles, and as-built surveys.
• Experience in verifying Contractor setting-out and completed works for compliance with project requirements.
• Familiarity with engineering drawings, specifications, and survey-related QA/QC procedures.
• UAE/GCC infrastructure project experience is preferred.
• Strong communication, reporting, and coordination skills.