Senior Manager - Utilities

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Abu Dhabi
Office
R179803
Engineering
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Job Description:

Senior Manager - Utilities

Parsons, Abu Dhabi

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Manager - Utilities to join our team! In this role you will get to provide utilities' specific design management on one of Abu Dhabi's largest clients.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Review utility master plans, capacity assessments, demand calculations, and detailed network designs submitted by developers to ensure compliance with utility authority standards and AD Ports’ infrastructure strategies.

  • Evaluate submissions related to water supply, firefighting networks, irrigation, sewerage systems, storm drainage, district cooling, power supply, telecom infrastructure, and gas networks.

  • Verify that proposed utility networks integrate seamlessly with existing and planned AD Ports infrastructure, ensuring proper connectivity, redundancy, and resilience.

  • Issue Master Developer/Owner utility NOCs for authority submissions, consolidating comments from planning, infrastructure, environmental, and operations teams.

  • Assess the feasibility of proposed utility loads, connection points, and diversions, and coordinate requirements with ADDC, ADSSC, Transco, Etisalat, Du, and other utility providers.

  • Review utility corridor designs, right-of-way requirements, allocation of dry and wet utility corridors, and cross-sectional layouts to ensure safe and efficient utility distribution.

  • Support plot-level applications involving utility connections, diversions, relocation works, or additional load requests.

  • Participate in technical meetings with developers, consultants, and authorities to resolve comments, clarify compliance issues, and expedite approvals.

  • Ensure that infrastructure designs consider long-term operations, maintenance access, safety standards, and capacity for future expansion.

  • Maintain accurate records of approved load allocations, utility capacities, network updates, and ongoing infrastructure commitments.

  • Prepare technical reports, review summaries, authority submission letters, and utility correspondence.

  • Stay up to date with utility authority regulations, infrastructure design standards, and new technologies relevant to industrial and mixed-use developments.

Tools & Visualization Capabilities:

  • Proficient in infrastructure design tools and modelling platforms such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, hydraulic modelling software, GIS, and other utility analysis tools.

  • Able to evaluate hydraulic calculations, load schedules, manhole layouts, pipe sizing, voltage drop analyses, and utility corridor configurations.

  • Capable of preparing quick sketches, utility layouts, and mark-ups to support design reviews and coordination meetings.

Consultant Oversight & Management:

  • Coordinate with multi-disciplinary utility consultants covering water, wastewater, power, telecom, gas, stormwater, and district cooling systems to ensure integrated and compliant design outputs.

  • Manage review cycles from concept through detailed design, ensuring that consultant deliverables meet the required timelines, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.

  • Facilitate technical workshops with consultants, contractors, internal teams, and authorities to address utility conflicts, align infrastructure strategies, and finalize approvals.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Utility Engineering. Master’s Degree preferred.

Technical Qualifications:

  • Strong experience with wet and dry utilities master planning

  • Knowledge of ADDC, ADSSC, Transco, Etisalat, Du requirements

  • Ability to assess utility capacity, load demand, and future expansion

  • Strong coordination with authorities and consultants

Language Skills:

Written and Spoken English is essential, Arabic is preferred

Tools:

AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Utility Modelling Tools

Years of Experience:

Minimum 15 years of experience in relevant field.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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We care about your financial wellbeing. Parsons offers competitive pay and retirement plans to help you build wealth for the future while giving you the flexibility to diversify your investments.

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Balance in life is important and time away from the office is imperative to allow you to refresh and focus your attention on the things that matter to you. Parsons supports your time away by providing paid time off and paid flexible holidays.

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Mind & Body

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Health

Health is not a one size fits all. At Parsons, we offer a robust Employee Assistance Program as well as comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans through large, national carriers with the choice of regional PPO, HDHP, or HMO networks.

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