Job Summary

The Senior Surveyor is responsible for checking the adherence of construction work in accordance with the datum and alignment as per design drawings.

Key Responsibilities (Financial)

• Ensure responsibilities are fulfilled in a cost effective manner

Key Responsibilities (Customer Focus)

• Ensure the satisfaction of the supervision teams with provided land surveying activities
• Constantly maintain and update a repository of latest land surveying-related regulations and guidelines and communicate any changes to relevant internal stakeholders

Key Responsibilities (Internal Business Process)

• Review the general layouts of construction projects and be aware of the project components and nature of works
• Ensure that survey instruments proposed by the contractor satisfy the specification requirements in terms of accuracy and functionality
• Inspect the survey equipment provided by the contractor to ensure that the instruments are accurate, reliable and recently calibrated
• Liaise with respective authorities to receive official reference datum / benchmarks
• Review and check the setting-out of temporary control points / stations by the surveyor
• Check the contractor setting out for the permanent works in relation to previously verified datum and survey stations
• Inspect the contractors’ formwork and formations for positional accuracy before any permanent works are constructed
• Review and approve shop drawings to ensure compliance with the design drawings
• Report surveying errors or setting out discrepancies to the Associate Project Manager
• Establish a data base for checking the building settlement upon casting every slab to ensure that the total actual settlement is within the allowable value
• Carry out a survey checks to ensure that alignment and levels of constructed structures are in line with approved shop drawings prior to casting the subsequent structure
• Ensure and report the settlement of the structure at every floor to ensure that final value is within the design limits
• Maintain records of all control points and survey stations on site in a well-organized way and immediately report any damaged or missing reference points to the Associate Project Manager
• Review and verify the accuracy of the coordinates and levels shown on contractors’ As-Built drawings
• Implement corporate policies and procedures

Qualification, Technical Skills and Competencies

• Degree in Surveying
• Advanced proficiency in use of surveying instruments
• Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally
• Good planning, organization and presentation capability
• Strong attention to details
• Proficiency in spoken and written English; Arabic is an advantage

Overall Experience Required to Execute this Role

• 5+ years of experience in the Architecture, Engineering and Planning Industry, particularly in a surveying function

Specific Experience Required to Execute this Role

• Experience with leading land surveying activities on supervision sites
• Experience with coordinating with authorities and contractors on land surveying activities