Senior Project Engineer; Chinese Native Speaker Job Riyadh area,Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia,Engineering

Position: Senior Project Engineer (Chinese Native Speaker)

Overview

Advanced Formwork Co. Ltd is the distributor and service provider of Doka products in Saudi Arabia. The organization is currently looking to recruit a career driven professional to join its versatile team and support the company’s ongoing national expansion. The suitable candidate will be a qualified, natural team player who can add significant value to this highly dynamic team.

Advanced Formwork Co. Ltd is the distributor and service provider of Doka products in Saudi Arabia is currently looking to recruit a career driven professional to join its versatile team and support the company’s ongoing national expansion. The suitable candidate will be a qualified, natural team player who can add significant value to this highly dynamic team.

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East, covering most of the Arabian Peninsula and home to Islam’s two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. With some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves, the Kingdom plays a central role in global energy markets while actively diversifying its economy through ambitious large‑scale development initiatives. The country continues to drive one of the world’s most dynamic construction markets, fueled by landmark giga‑projects such as the Red Sea developments, Qiddiya, and Diriyah Gate.

These projects are setting new standards in scale, engineering complexity, sustainability, and digital construction, creating strong demand for advanced formwork, engineering expertise, and innovative on‑site solutions. This environment offers highly attractive opportunities for talent, with Saudi Arabia recently recognised as one of the region’s most attractive employers due to its long‑term investment in infrastructure, innovation, and workforce development.

Role

Senior Project Engineer (Chinese) to join its versatile team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role is pivotal in supporting projects with Chinese contractors and requires a strong background in formwork design, structural analysis, and project coordination.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting projects with Chinese construction companies, delivering efficient and safe formwork engineering solutions from concept through execution. The position requires strong expertise in AutoCAD-based formwork design, structural analysis, and close technical coordination with clients, consultants, and Doka’s internal teams, both locally and internationally.

This role is ideal for a Chinese national engineer who is comfortable working in a multicultural Middle East environment, able to communicate confidently in Mandarin and English. The position offers professional growth with a globally reputed company that values collaboration, performance, and long-term development.

Key Responsibilities

Analyse structural drawings given by clients and consultants
Develop formwork concepts and engineering solutions in line with project requirements, safety standards, and company systems
Special formwork design in AutoCAD
Create formwork design for customer presentations
Propose the most economical and best technical solution
Conduct basic static calculations and advanced structural analysis
Produce material list, offer drawings and shop drawings
Assist Sales Engineers with site visits and client presentation
Prepare and present formwork solutions to clients, including technical explanations and value engineering proposals.
Coordinate the timely delivery of shop drawings as per instructions
Coordinate with clients for technical issues
Coordination with other involved departments
Consideration of availability of material in the design stage

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD (2D & 3D) for formwork design.
Revit knowledge is an advantage
At least 5…