Road Engineer

About the role

AERTEC is hiring a Road Engineer for its infrastructure team in Abu Dhabi. The engineer designs roads, junctions, accesses and highway works for airport and infrastructure projects, covering all design stages from feasibility and concept to detailed design, including assessment of new works on existing roads and highways, coordination with other disciplines and follow-up of authority approvals.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out horizontal and vertical geometric design of roads, junctions, interchanges and accesses, and design parking areas, service roads and pedestrian facilities.
• Prepare pavement design and layouts, signage, road markings and road safety layouts, and plans, longitudinal profiles, cross sections, grading and standard details.
• Prepare quantities and bills of quantities (BOQ) and support cost estimates, and prepare design basis reports, calculation reports and technical specifications.
• Review existing road information, topographic surveys and as-built drawings, assess the impact of new works on existing roads, and prepare traffic diversion and temporary traffic management options.
• Coordinate road design with drainage, wet and dry utilities and structures.
• Prepare authority submissions and NOC applications, coordinate with the client, Abu Dhabi road and transport authorities and other stakeholders, attend technical and coordination meetings, respond to review comments and update the design.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in road and highway design in the UAE.
• Good knowledge of Abu Dhabi road design standards, manuals and approval procedures.
• Preferred: experience on airport or large infrastructure projects, experience in traffic diversion and temporary traffic management design, UAE driving licence, and registration with the UAE Society of Engineers.

Required skills

• Civil 3D (or OpenRoads) and AutoCAD.
• Able to prepare designs, reports and quantities with limited supervision.
• Good written and spoken English.