Lead Engineer Civil Structural

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Job description - Lead civil/structural engineer - Onshore

Job purpose

We are seeking an experienced Lead Civil/Structural Engineer to join our engineering team supporting oil and gas projects across the UAE and wider GCC/Middle East region. The successful candidate will take technical ownership of civil and structural deliverables across FEED, detailed design, and EPC project phases, leading a discipline team and interfacing directly with clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.

The role requires strong technical expertise, leadership capability, and a thorough understanding of UAE regulations, international engineering codes, and oil and gas industry practices. The Lead Engineer will work closely with project management, other engineering disciplines, clients, vendors, and construction teams to ensure that engineering deliverables are technically sound, coordinated, and delivered in accordance with project requirements.

Key responsibilities

Lead and manage all civil/structural engineering activities for the project during FEED, EPC, and detailed engineering phases.

Prepare and manage discipline execution plans, structural design basis, philosophies, deliverable registers, checking/approval matrices, and engineering work-hour estimates.

Define analysis approach, review assumptions, verify results and approve civil/structural calculations, reports, specifications, drawings, and technical deliverables.

Coordinate metocean, geotechnical, weight-control, survey, inspection, fabrication, installation, constructability, operations, and multidisciplinary inputs.

Lead interdisciplinary, model, constructability, and safety reviews with client, IVB, operations, fabrication, installation, and third-party stakeholders.

Manage discipline progress, schedule, budget, manpower forecast, estimate-to-complete, workshare execution, subcontracted engineering, quality requirements, and change control.

Experience

Minimum 15 years of oil and gas structural engineering experience, including 5 years in a lead role.

Proven experience across FEED, detailed engineering, EPC, PMC, construction support, brownfield modification phases.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering.

Master’s degree in Structural Engineering, or a related discipline will be considered an advantage.

Technical skills

Strong working knowledge of onshore oil and gas civil and structural design: foundations (including raft/pile design), drainage systems, steel and RC structures, pipe racks, and equipment support structures.

Proficiency with relevant design software (STAAD Pro, SAP2000, SAFE, Mat3d, ETABS).

Strong technical leadership, engineering assurance, risk identification, quality control, communication, and multidisciplinary coordination skills.

What we offer

Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

Engaging and collaborative work environment with a commitment to safety and sustainability.