Civil Inspector

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Inspector - Civil to join our team based in Dubai, UAE. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring, inspecting, and reporting on all civil works to ensure compliance with approved drawings, project specifications, international standards, and relevant local regulations.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Conducting daily site inspections for all civil and structural works, including excavation, shoring, raft foundations, piles, and pile caps.
• Supervising complex structural elements, including high-rise core wall reinforcement, shuttering, post-tension (PT) slabs, and composite columns.
• Inspecting building envelope and finishing elements, such as facade embedment, blockwork, roofing, wet areas waterproofing, and general finishing works.
• Ensuring all construction works match the approved shop drawings, project specifications, and approved method statements.
• Reviewing and verifying incoming material deliveries to ensure they match approved material submittals.
• Coordinating required material and structural testing activities with third-party laboratories.
• Monitoring contractor performance, identifying non-conformances, and making sure corrective actions are completed quickly.
• Supporting the daily implementation of the project’s quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures.
• Enforcing site safety practices, health, safety, and environment (HSE) requirements, and permit-to-work procedures at all times.
• Guiding contractors on local UAE authority requirements and ensuring all works pass official authority inspections.
• Assisting the Resident Engineer and Project Engineers in managing and overseeing daily civil works on the High Rise Towers site.
• Maintaining accurate daily site logs, inspection reports, non-conformance reports (NCRs), and other project records.
• Managing and uploading project communications, drawings, and inspection documents using the Aconex platform.
• Participating in regular site progress reviews, coordination meetings, and technical meetings.
• Providing clear technical guidance to contractors and reporting any site deviations to senior management immediately.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 8 years work experience partnered with a Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.

Experience gained from working on major High-rise building construction projects in the GCC is being looked for.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.