Site Engineer (KSA)

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Our people are at the heart of everything we do; they give our work purpose. If you want to be a part of our unwavering team and can bring your sense of imagination and determination to every challenge, then this is the right place for you.

Stantec is looking for construction administration and management professionals to act as owner representatives on multiple sites across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to supervise the construction of buildings and facilities related to government and defense projects. The candidate's responsibilities include project management, contract administration, engineering inspections, quality assurance, reporting on progress, and health and safety inspection. Bilingual Arabic/English ability is a must. Experience with government and defense facilities is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a general project engineer providing professional and technical guidance and expertise to CLIENT personnel to assist in managing Contractor executed construction projects on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and KSA.
• Serves as the organizational subject matter expert regarding Saudi national and international
  standards and practices for civil and structural engineering designs, soil and foundation analysis for horizontal and vertical construction, including but not limited to facility site layout, site drainage, geotechnical considerations, material selection and approval for roads, bridges, and structures; water treatment and distribution infrastructure and systems; and waste water collection and treatment infrastructure and systems.
• Participates in design reviews of and provides comments to CLIENT personnel on Contractor-submitted
  civil engineering designs and plans for a variety of applications.
• Provides quality assurance oversight, documentation of such oversight, and recommends corrective actions to CLIENT personnel as required to ensure high quality performance on Contractor executed civil engineering projects or project tasks.
  
• Provides safety oversight, documentation of such oversight, and directs corrective actions in cases
  of life-threatening situations as required to ensure worker safety during the performance of Contractor executed civil engineering projects or project tasks.
• Assists the appointed Contracting officers representative and/or resident engineer in interpreting
  and, at the direction of CLIENT personnel, enforcing contractual provisions regarding Contractor civil engineering requirements and deliverables.
• Documents and provides reports regarding Contractor progress toward accomplishing contractual scopes of work. Recommends authorization of progress payments based on observed Task Order progress to established quality standards and specifications.
• Maintains systematic, retrievable, contractually enforceable professional files.
  
• Assists CLIENT personnel in training and mentoring initiatives by providing subject matter expertise and conveying cultural meaning and intent; e.g., coordinates, plans, develops, and evaluates training, training needs, and course objectives.
• Provides translation services, oral and written for CLIENT staff, as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• University degree in civil engineering.
• Minimum of 4 years overall experience
• At least 2 years experience related to the above description of duties
• Level 3 English language ability (fluent) and ability to speak and read Arabic.
• Ability to use a variety of office equipment (i.e. computers running MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), copiers, scanners, digital cameras).
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.