About the Role
In a world of possibilities, this is an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment. As a Survey Engineer, you will join a site-based Construction Supervision team on a major landmark development project in Riyadh. This large-scale destination development includes several iconic assets, hospitality facilities, and supporting infrastructure. The Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) is responsible for providing independent, end-to-end supervision and management, ensuring that all works are completed, integrated, tested, commissioned, and handed over in alignment with stringent programme, quality, safety, and sustainability requirements.
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What You’ll Be Doing
- Report to the Resident Engineer/Construction Director and act as the lead surveyor for all site surveying and setting‑out verification activities.
- Supervise and coordinate the company's survey team and review the contractor’s survey work to ensure accuracy and compliance with project requirements.
- Verify control points, benchmarks, and reference coordinates established by the contractor, ensuring they relate correctly to the approved project datum and grid system.
- Check and confirm the contractor’s setting‑out for alignments, levels, coordinates, and dimensions for roads, utilities, structures, hardscape, landscape features, and other works.
- Conduct independent spot checks and surveys to confirm that constructed works adhere to approved drawings and tolerances.
- Review and comment on the contractor’s survey reports, layout drawings, as‑built surveys, and topographic surveys, ensuring consistency and completeness.
- Identify and report any discrepancies between design drawings and site conditions, supporting the supervision team in resolving setting‑out issues.
- Coordinate survey activities with discipline engineers (roads, structures, wet and dry utilities, hardscape, landscape) to support interface and clash avoidance.
- Maintain and ensure proper use, calibration, and safekeeping of survey equipment (total stations, GPS/GNSS, levels, laser instruments, etc.).
- Manage and maintain an organized digital and hard-copy record of survey data, field notes, and as‑built information for future reference and handover.
- Support the verification of earthwork quantities, volumetric calculations, and measurement to assist the project’s commercial and quantity surveying teams.
- Participate in progress and coordination meetings, providing survey-related inputs, constraints, and recommendations.
- Ensure all survey activities are carried out in accordance with HSE requirements, safe work practices, and quality procedures.
- Assist in the preparation and review of as‑built drawings and final survey records for handover to the client and relevant authorities.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Surveying Engineering from a recognized institution.
- Extensive experience in land/engineering surveying on large-scale infrastructure, public realm, or urban development projects, including several years in a senior or lead surveyor role.
- Strong proficiency in the use of modern survey instruments and software, including total stations, GPS/GNSS, digital levels, and survey data processing tools.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Solid understanding of surveying principles, coordinate systems, leveling, and construction setting‑out for civil, structural, and landscape works.
- Proven experience working in a site-based construction supervision environment, verifying contractor setting‑out and as‑built data.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering, architectural, and utility drawings and translate them into precise field layouts.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and record-keeping, with a commitment to accuracy and quality.
- Good communication and coordination skills, able to work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and contractors.
- Experience in KSA or the GCC region is preferred.
Benefits
The company is committed to employee wellbeing and provides opportunities for career growth. Join a culture that values people and supports endless opportunities for personal and professional development.
