Structural Engineer

Structural Engineer Job Snapshot
- Role:
Structural Engineer

- Location:

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Industry: Construction
- Function:
Civil & Structural Engineering

- Experience:

Minimum 12 years in structural engineering, including 8 years in major bridge or tunnel supervision and 6 years in the UAE/GCC
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site

Position Overview Parsons Corporation is seeking an experienced Structural Engineer to join its construction supervision team in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In this role, you will supervise complex structural works associated with major bridge and tunnel infrastructure, ensuring compliance with approved designs, technical specifications, quality standards, and project safety requirements. You will coordinate with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai Municipality, contractors, design consultants, and other relevant authorities during structural inspections and approvals.

The position covers bridge foundations and superstructures, post-tensioning, tunnel construction, temporary works, structural testing, and quality assurance. You will also support the Assistant Resident Engineer (ARE) with technical reviews, contract administration, construction progress monitoring, and project handover activities.

• Country:
  United Arab Emirates
• City:
  Dubai
• Industry: Construction
• Function:
  Civil & Structural Engineering
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement:
  On-site

• Supervise bridge substructure construction, including bored piles, barrettes, pile caps, piers, abutments, and bearing shelves.
• Monitor bridge superstructure works involving precast and cast-in-situ girders, segmental box girders, deck slabs, stitch pours, parapets, and crash barriers.
• Witness post-tensioning activities, including duct installation, strand threading, stressing, elongation checks, grouting, and anchor block protection.
• Supervise bearing installation, expansion joints, deck waterproofing, and asphalt overlays.
• Verify heavy-lifting operations involving girder launching, segmental erection, and launching gantries.

• Supervise cut-and-cover tunnel construction, including diaphragm walls, secant pile walls, base slabs, structural walls, and roof slabs.
• Monitor tunnel boring machine (TBM) related structural activities.
• Verify tunnel segment deliveries, segmental ring installation, annular grouting, and as-built ring geometry.
• Review structural construction activities associated with underground works and confined spaces.
• Monitor compliance with approved tunnel construction methods and technical requirements.

• Witness nondestructive testing (NDT), including ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), rebound hammer, half-cell potential, and ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing.
• Witness concrete cube and cylinder testing.
• Review contractor inspection and test plans (ITPs), method statements, shop drawings, material submittals, and concrete mix designs.
• Verify survey setting-out, levels, alignment, camber, and geometric tolerances against issued-for-construction (IFC) drawings.
• Raise nonconformance reports (NCRs) for defective or noncompliant structural works.
• Investigate structural defects and review contractor remedial proposals before recommending solutions to the ARE.
• Maintain inspection records and documentation supporting structural quality assurance.

• Review IFC drawings, design clarifications, and contractor requests for information (RFIs).
• Coordinate with the design team to resolve structural engineering queries.
• Review temporary works submissions,…