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About the Role

Applus is seeking a Monitoring Survey Manager for a full-time position based in Riyadh. This critical role involves the comprehensive planning, management, and execution of all survey and structural monitoring activities for the Riyadh Metro Project. The manager will ensure accurate monitoring of tunnels, stations, viaducts, depots, adjacent structures, utilities, and critical infrastructure throughout both construction and operational phases, providing technical leadership for safe and efficient project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement survey and structural monitoring strategies, procedures, and methodologies for the project.
• Establish and maintain horizontal and vertical control networks across project corridors.
• Manage all geodetic, topographic, deformation, settlement, and structural monitoring activities.
• Ensure accurate installation, commissioning, and maintenance of monitoring instruments and survey control points.
• Oversee monitoring of tunnels, stations, retaining walls, viaducts, bridges, track structures, adjacent buildings, roads, and utilities.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of survey engineers, monitoring engineers, surveyors, and technicians.
• Review and approve monitoring plans, survey methods, technical reports, and monitoring results.
• Provide technical guidance on precision surveying techniques and deformation analysis.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Monitor and analyze movement, settlement, displacement, and structural behavior data.
• Evaluate monitoring trends and identify potential risks affecting project assets or third-party structures.
• Prepare and present monitoring reports, dashboards, and technical recommendations to project management and stakeholders.
• Establish alert levels and escalation procedures for abnormal movements or structural concerns.

Stakeholder Coordination and Compliance

• Coordinate with construction, design, geotechnical, tunneling, civil, and rail systems teams.
• Liaise with client representatives, consultants, authorities, and subcontractors regarding monitoring requirements and results.
• Support engineering investigations and provide survey data for design verification and construction validation.
• Ensure compliance with project HSE requirements, safety regulations, project specifications, contractual requirements, and international standards.
• Implement quality assurance and quality control procedures for all survey and monitoring activities, including conducting audits and inspections.
• Maintain calibration records for all survey and monitoring instruments.

Technology Management

• Manage advanced monitoring technologies including Total Stations, GNSS/GPS Systems, Digital Levels, Automatic Monitoring Systems (AMS), Inclinometers, Tiltmeters, Settlement Monitoring Systems, Vibration Monitoring Equipment, Track Monitoring Systems, Laser Scanners, and UAV Survey Systems.
• Ensure data integration with project databases and monitoring software platforms.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this position must possess over 10 years of relevant experience in survey and structural monitoring management. A strong background in large-scale infrastructure projects, coupled with a comprehensive understanding of international standards and project specifications for surveying and monitoring, is required.