CHIEF SURVEYOR (Dubai R.T.A Experience only)

CCECC Dubai is hiring an experienced Chief Surveyor for a major Dubai RTA infrastructure project involving roads, bridges, underpasses, utilities, interchanges, and associated civil works.

The Chief Surveyor will lead and manage all project surveying activities, ensuring accurate setting-out, control-point verification, as-built documentation, and compliance with approved drawings, project specifications, consultant requirements, and Dubai RTA standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and coordinate the project survey team and surveying activities.
• Establish, verify, maintain, and protect horizontal and vertical survey control points, benchmarks, and reference grids.
• Carry out and supervise setting-out works for roads, bridges, underpasses, utilities, drainage networks, retaining structures, culverts, and associated infrastructure works.
• Review approved IFC drawings, shop drawings, coordinate data, and survey requirements before execution.
• Verify survey calculations, coordinates, levels, alignments, profiles, cross-sections, and construction tolerances.
• Conduct pre-construction, construction-stage, and final as-built surveys.
• Ensure all survey works comply with RTA requirements, project specifications, approved method statements, and consultant instructions.
• Coordinate closely with construction managers, site engineers, technical office teams, subcontractors, consultants, and client representatives.
• Prepare and review survey reports, inspection requests, as-built drawings, setting-out records, and survey documentation.
• Monitor the calibration, condition, and proper use of total stations, GPS/GNSS equipment, digital levels, and other surveying instruments.
• Identify survey discrepancies, coordinate conflicts, or design issues and report them promptly to the project management team.
• Support quantity verification, progress measurement, earthwork calculations, and site measurement activities.
• Ensure proper record keeping and traceability of all survey data.
• Train and guide land surveyors and assistant surveyors.
• Ensure surveying activities are carried out safely and in accordance with project HSE requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, Geomatics, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 to 15 years of relevant surveying experience, including at least 5 years in a senior or chief surveyor role.
• Strong experience in major UAE infrastructure projects.
• Previous experience in Dubai RTA roads and infrastructure projects is highly preferred.
• Proven experience in roads, bridges, underpasses, interchanges, utilities, drainage, and major civil works.
• Strong knowledge of survey control networks, coordinate systems, alignments, profiles, cross-sections, and as-built survey requirements.
• Proficiency in Total Station, Auto Level, Digital Level, GPS/GNSS, and related survey equipment.
• Good working knowledge of AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and survey data-processing software.
• Ability to interpret IFC drawings, shop drawings, method statements, and technical specifications.
• Strong leadership, coordination, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills in English.
• Candidates currently available in the UAE will be given preference.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous approval or experience working with RTA consultants or major infrastructure consultants in Dubai.
• Familiarity with Dubai Municipality, DEWA, utility authority, and NOC requirements.
• Experience managing multiple survey teams across large project areas.
• UAE driving licence is an advantage.

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
• Employment visa and medical insurance.
• Opportunity to work on a major Dubai infrastructure project with an international contractor.

Pay: AED10,000.00 - AED16,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• Please share your contact number ?
• Do you have experience of Bridges or Underpass, if yes explain in 1-2 lines ?
• What is your Current Actual Salary + benefits if any ?
• What is your current Visa Status ?
• What is your notice period ?

Work Location: In person