Job Description

• Technical Lead, Utilities Drafting / Shop Drawings

Job Purpose

• Lead the utilities drafting and shop drawing team for UAE infrastructure projects.
• Lead utilities drafting, technical review, coordination, and full ownership of utilities shop drawings from IFC review until consultant approval and site release.
• Ensure utility drawings are accurate, constructible, coordinated with roads and structures, compliant with authority requirements, and issued according to the submission programme.

Scope of Work

• Stormwater
• Sewerage
• Potable water
• Irrigation
• Firefighting
• Electrical ducts
• Telecom ducts
• Street lighting
• ITS ducts
• Utility corridors
• Manholes
• Chambers
• Gullies
• Catch basins
• Valve chambers
• Duct banks
• Crossings
• Utility protection
• Diversions
• Relocation works
• NOC support drawings

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the utilities shop drawing team and distribute work to senior engineers, engineers, junior engineers, draftsmen, and Civil 3D modellers.
2. Prepare, draft, amend, or correct utility drawings when required.
3. Review and approve internal utilities shop drawings before submission.
4. Control preparation of utility layouts, profiles, long sections, cross sections, chamber details, manhole schedules, valve chamber details, duct bank sections, protection details, and setting out drawings.
5. Review gravity networks for slopes, invert levels, cover, flow direction, manhole depths, pipe sizes, tie-ins, and constructability.
6. Review pressure networks for alignment, fittings, valves, chambers, thrust blocks, air valves, washouts, and protection details.
7. Review dry utility networks, including electrical, telecom, street lighting, ITS, duct banks, crossings, chamber locations, and corridor coordination.
8. Check utility interfaces with road levels, pavement layers, kerbs, gullies, catch basins, road grading, and proposed surface levels.
9. Coordinate utilities with roads, structures, bridges, underpasses, retaining walls, culverts, pumping stations, foundations, temporary works, and existing services.
10. Identify utility clashes, insufficient cover, incorrect invert levels, slopes, chamber conflicts, authority conflicts, and non-constructible details.
11. Prepare or review RFIs related to utility conflicts, missing information, authority requirements, design gaps, and site constraints.
12. Review consultant comments and ensure proper closure in revised drawings.
13. Control the utilities drawing submission programme.
14. Maintain and review drawing trackers, comments logs, RFI logs, submission records, approval status, and pending information registers.
15. Guide engineers and draftsmen on utility drafting, profile preparation, chamber detailing, CAD standards, revision control, and authority requirements.
16. Conduct internal quality checks.
17. Coordinate with the roads team.
18. Coordinate with the structures team.
19. Monitor team productivity and deliverables.
20. Train and develop junior engineers and draftsmen.
21. Ensure no utility drawing is submitted or issued without checking, coordination, traceability, and technical acceptance.

Requirements

Requirements

Software Requirements

1. AutoCAD – Good level (Mandatory)
2. Civil 3D – Basic level (Preferred)
3. MS Excel
4. Navisworks or clash review software (Preferred)

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
2. 10–15 years of experience in utilities shop drawings, utility coordination, or infrastructure technical office work.
3. Minimum 3 years in a senior review or team lead role.
4. UAE or GCC infrastructure experience (Preferred).
5. Strong experience with road interface.