Job Description:

Chief Surveyor - Marine

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Chief Surveyor - Marine to join our team! In this role you will get to work on a construction supervision team responsible to supervise a dredging, reclamation, and ground improvement contractor on a high profile project in Abu Dhabi.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Responsible to carry out the marine field surveys in tandem with a team, and dredging/reclamation contractor.

• Responsible to conduct field operations/surveys on land and on marine vessels.

• Responsible to witness contractor performing surveys, logging the information and verifying the installed quantities in coordination with the contractor, employer and quantity surveyors on the team.

• Responsible to identify the client’s priority zones on the critical path and update progress reports daily. Must maintain Daily Log of all Activities.

• Troubleshoot challenges with the Contractor and other Consultants in order to achieve measurable success.

• Liaise with other agencies (Consultants/Contractors/ Relevant Authorities) to coordinate the survey work.

• Prepare neat sketches to support the field work.

• Preserve all the survey information (field books, sketches & calculations).

• Complete all surveying assignments on schedule and within man-hour and cost budgets.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Hydrographic Surveying / Field Surveying / Engineering.

• Minimum of 12-15 years of related work experience in a Marine Engineering/Construction environment in the MENA Region.

• Ability to communicate in English with a high proficiency both written and spoken.

• Prior Experience on a Construction Supervision Consultant Team or Project Management Consultant Team.

• Software Skills: Proficiency in Civil3D, AutoCAD, GPS and Office 365.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Proactive mentality to seek out challenges and push progress.

• High Safety Standards to promote workplace HSE Culture.

• Highly Advanced Personal Organizational Skills / Self-starter

• Intermediate Leadership/Managerial Skills (Working with Survey team).

• Software Skills: Proficiency in MBES (Multibeam Echo Sound) Software (Hydrographic Survey software) and Single Beam.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.