Chief Surveyor

**Chief Surveyor - Marine**

**Abu Dhabi, UAE
**Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented **Chief Surveyor - Marine **to join our team In this role you will get to **work on a construction supervision team responsible to supervise a dredging, reclamation, and ground improvement contractor on a high profile project in Abu Dhabi **.

**What You'll Be Doing**:

- Responsible to carry out the marine field surveys in tandem with a team, and dredging/reclamation contractor.
- Responsible to conduct field operations/surveys on land and on marine vessels.
- Responsible to witness contractor performing surveys, logging the information and verifying the installed quantities in coordination with the contractor, employer and quantity surveyors on the team.
- Responsible to identify the client’s priority zones on the critical path and update progress reports daily. Must maintain Daily Log of all Activities.
- Troubleshoot challenges with the Contractor and other Consultants in order to achieve measurable success.
- Liaise with other agencies (Consultants/Contractors/ Relevant Authorities) to coordinate the survey work.
- Prepare neat sketches to support the field work.
- Preserve all the survey information (field books, sketches & calculations).
- Complete all surveying assignments on schedule and within man-hour and cost budgets.

**What Required Skills You'll Bring**:

- **Bachelors Degree or Diploma **in **Hydrographic Surveying / Field Surveying / Engineering.**
- Minimum of **12-15 **years **of related work experience in a Marine E ngineering/Construction environment in the MENA Region.
- Ability to communicate in English with a high proficiency both written and spoken.
- Prior Experience on a Construction Supervision Consultant Team or Project Management Consultant Team.
- Software Skills: Proficiency in Civil3D, AutoCAD, GPS and Office 365.

**What Desired Skills You'll Bring**:

- Proactive mentality to seek out challenges and push progress.
- High Safety Standards to promote workplace HSE Culture.
- Highly Advanced Personal Organizational Skills / Self-starter
- Intermediate Leadership/Managerial Skills (Working with Survey team).
- Software Skills: Proficiency in MBES (Multibeam Echo Sound) Software (Hydrographic Survey software) and Single Beam.

**Minimum Clearance Required to Start**:
Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.