Wet Utilities Team Lead

About the role

Parsons is seeking an experienced Wet Utilities Team Lead to drive the planning, design, and delivery of water‑related infrastructure across multidisciplinary projects in Abu Dhabi. You will ensure that potable water, sewerage, stormwater, irrigation, firefighting, pumping and storage systems are technically sound, compliant, and delivered on time and budget.

Key responsibilities

• Lead wet utilities design from concept through detailed design, tender, construction support and handover.
• Review design criteria, calculations, hydraulic models, drawings, reports, specifications, BOQs and authority submission packages.
• Coordinate wet utilities with roads, dry utilities, structures, landscape, grading, GIS, BIM and other disciplines.
• Manage design interfaces, technical risks, authority comments, NOCs, review trackers and comment‑response matrices.
• Lead technical discussions with clients, authorities, utility providers and other stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers, designers, BIM modelers and CAD technicians, ensuring clear task allocation and quality control.
• Support project leadership with resource planning, programme control, fee inputs, scope changes, proposals and value engineering.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Water or Environmental Engineering (master’s preferred).
• Minimum 15 years of wet utilities design experience, including 3‑5 years in a lead or team‑lead role.
• Proven experience with potable water, sewerage, stormwater, irrigation, firefighting water, pumping stations, storage facilities and utility diversions.
• Extensive experience leading authority submissions, technical meetings, NOC approvals and comment resolution.
• Strong knowledge of local authority standards, utility provider requirements, international codes, quality procedures and safety requirements.

Required skills

• Hydraulic modeling
• BIM (Building Information Modeling)
• GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
• CAD (Computer‑Aided Design)
• Authority submission processes
• NOC coordination