Senior Civil Engineer📣 إعلان

About the Role

WSP in the Middle East is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to join its full-time Construction Supervision team in Riyadh. This role supports the delivery of major Roads & Highways infrastructure projects across Saudi Arabia. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing construction activities, ensuring compliance with project specifications, quality standards, contractual requirements, and health and safety regulations. This position requires a highly capable engineering professional with 5-10 years of extensive experience in the supervision of large-scale highway, roadway, interchange, bridge, and infrastructure projects.

Construction Supervision and Project Delivery

• Supervise and monitor civil construction activities related to roads, highways, interchanges, drainage systems, utilities, and associated infrastructure works.
• Ensure all construction activities are executed in accordance with approved drawings, technical specifications, contract requirements, and applicable standards.
• Review contractor work methods, construction schedules, shop drawings, method statements, and material submittals.
• Monitor construction progress and identify potential risks, delays, or technical issues impacting project delivery.
• Verify completed works and ensure compliance with project quality requirements before approval.
• Review contractor claims, variation requests, and extension of time submissions from a technical perspective.
• Assist in evaluating progress valuations and completed works.
• Support the Resident Engineer in the administration of construction contracts.

Quality Assurance and Compliance

• Conduct regular site inspections and audits to ensure quality standards are maintained throughout construction.
• Coordinate with quality teams to review inspection requests, non-conformance reports (NCRs), and corrective actions.
• Ensure testing and commissioning activities are carried out in accordance with approved procedures.
• Review and verify contractor quality documentation and records.

Stakeholder Management and Reporting

• Liaise with the Client, Contractor, Authorities, Utility Agencies, and other project stakeholders.
• Support the Resident Engineer in technical discussions and coordination meetings.
• Prepare technical reports, progress updates, site instructions, and project correspondence.
• Participate in progress meetings and provide engineering recommendations to support decision-making.

Health, Safety, and Environment

• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with project HSE requirements.
• Monitor contractor adherence to approved health, safety, and environmental plans.
• Report unsafe conditions and support implementation of corrective measures.
• Ensure works are executed in accordance with local regulations and international best practices.

Team Leadership and Collaboration

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and inspectors.
• Coordinate daily activities of site supervision staff.
• Foster collaboration within multidisciplinary project teams.