Structural Engineer - Bridges

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Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Structural Engineer - Bridges to join our team! In this role you will get to coordinate with RTA, Dubai Municipality, and other authorities during inspections and approvals of structural works.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Supervise bridge substructure works pile foundations (bored piles, barrettes), pile caps, piers, abutments, and bearing shelves.
• Supervise bridge superstructure works precast/cast-in-situ girders, segmental box girders, deck slabs, stitch pours, parapets, and crash barriers.
• Witness post-tensioning operations: duct installation, strand threading, stressing, elongation checks, grouting, and anchor block protection.
• Supervise bearing installation, expansion joint installation, deck waterproofing, and asphalt overlay.
• Verify heavy-lift operations including girder launching, segmental erection, and use of launching gantries.
• Supervise cut-and-cover works diaphragm walls, secant pile walls, base slabs, walls, and roof slabs.
• Supervise TBM-related structural activities: segment delivery checks, ring build, annular grouting, and as-built ring geometry.
• Witness NDT activities — UPV, rebound hammer, half-cell potential, GPR — and concrete cube/cylinder testing.
• Review and provide technical comments on Contractor's method statements, ITPs, shop drawings, material submittals, and mix designs for structural works.
• Review temporary works submittals (formwork, falsework, shoring, lifting plans) and escalate to the ARE for sign-off.
• Verify survey setting-out, levels, alignment, camber, and geometric tolerances against IFC drawings.
• Raise non-conformance reports (NCRs); investigate structural defects and review the Contractor's remedial proposals before recommending them to the ARE.
• Review IFC drawings, design clarifications, and Contractor's technical queries (RFIs); coordinate with the design team for resolution.
• Review Contractor's value engineering proposals and design change submissions; provide structural assessment to the ARE.
• Support the ARE in reviewing post-tensioning design submissions, segment design submissions, and specialist subcontractor proposals.
• Support the ARE in administering structural works under FIDIC conditions — preparing site instructions, observations, and notices.
• Assist in measurement, valuation, and review of the Contractor's payment applications for structural items.
• Gather records and prepare technical input to support evaluation of EOT requests and claims related to structural works.
• Maintain accurate site records, daily inspection reports, and contractual correspondence within the document control system.
• Enforce the project HSE plan on all structural activities particularly focus on heavy lifts, post-tensioning, working at height, confined space, and underground works.
• Review Contractor's risk assessments and HSE method statements for structural activities; act on unsafe conditions.
• Coordinate with RTA, Dubai Municipality, and other authorities during inspections and approvals of structural works.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports covering structural supervision, quality, HSE, progress, and key issues.
• Support the ARE in preparing technical input for the Engineer's monthly report to the Employer.
• Maintain photographic logs, inspection records, and as-built documentation for structural works.
• Support testing and commissioning activities on structural systems.
• Lead snagging and de-snagging on structural elements; support taking-over i