Land Surveyor

About the Role

• Review and understand project contract documents, drawings, specifications, and relevant authority standards to ensure accurate survey execution and compliance with design requirements. • Establish, verify, and maintain primary horizontal and vertical control points on site, including reference benchmarks and traverse networks. • Coordinate with the Contractor’s surveyor to verify site benchmarks, layout, and control data prior to commencement of construction activities. • Check and verify all setting‑out works including alignment, levels, and coordinates for roads, utilities (wet and dry), structures, and other civil works to ensure accuracy and compliance with approved drawings. • Monitor excavation levels, backfilling, and compaction layers to ensure compliance with approved design grades and tolerances. • Inspect and confirm the correct installation of utilities, chambers, and ducts based on approved survey data and ensure correct cover levels and horizontal alignment. • Conduct topographic and as‑built surveys, ensuring data accuracy and proper submission of as‑built drawings for approval. • Verify survey instruments are properly calibrated and maintained as per project and QA/QC requirements. • Assist the Resident Engineer (RE) and Assistant Resident Engineer (ARE) in checking the contractor’s survey works, identifying discrepancies, and issuing site instructions as required. • Record and document survey data, prepare survey reports, and maintain field books for all inspection and verification activities. • Ensure the contractor’s survey team follows approved method statements and safety procedures during survey activities. • Perform joint surveys with the contractor and client representatives for measurement verification, payment quantities, and handover purposes. • Ensure all utilities and structures are constructed to correct levels and alignments before covering or backfilling works. • Participate in resolving survey‑related issues or conflicts on site, including interface coordination between different packages or contractors. • Report any discrepancies, deviations, or errors found in the contractor’s setting out to the RE/ARE immediately. • Monitor Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) compliance during survey activities and report any unsafe practices observed on site.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸control points
• ▸setting‑out
• ▸topographic survey
• ▸instrument calibration
• ▸data reporting
• ▸joint survey

What You Bring

AECOM is seeking an experienced Land Surveyor for a major project located in Dubai. The role requires a minimum of a diploma in Civil or Survey with at least seven years of education and a minimum of ten years of construction or supervision experience, plus knowledge of existing networks in Dubai.

Requirements

• ▸land surveyor
• ▸diploma
• ▸10+ yrs
• ▸construction
• ▸dubai

Benefits

AECOM offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, paid time off, flexible work options, well‑being resources, retirement savings, and an employee stock purchase plan. Employees join a global team that supports growth and career ambitions, working on groundbreaking local and global projects with cutting‑edge technology and award‑winning training to expand technical and leadership skills. The workplace is built on respect, collaboration, and community, offering freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

Work Environment

Field