Design Engineer - Roads and Utilities

Role Overview

Design Engineer - Roads and Utilities at HILL International. This role leads the design and coordination of roads, drainage, utilities, and related infrastructure works for large-scale airport renovation projects.

Company Overview

HILL International is a global program, project, and construction management firm with more than 4,400 professionals in over 100 offices worldwide. The company provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and consulting services across multiple market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked HILL as one of the largest program management firms in the world. HILL is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, protecting client interests free of potential conflicts. HILL is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies.

Role Purpose

To lead the design and coordination of roads, drainage, utilities, and related infrastructure works while ensuring compliance with applicable standards, codes, safety requirements, and project specifications. The role involves preparing detailed engineering documentation, coordinating across multidisciplinary teams, supporting site activities, and providing technical solutions to maintain quality, safety, and regulatory compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Design Development and Documentation

• Prepare detailed engineering drawings, layouts, specifications, and technical documentation for roads and utilities infrastructure.
• Review road and utility designs, technical studies, calculations, specifications, drawings, and BOQs.
• Oversee and undertake the production of technical reports and construction documents including specifications and drawings.
• Review as-built drawings, testing and commissioning records, O&M manuals and technical handover documentation from an engineering-compliance perspective.

Design Reviews and Technical Verification

• Review road geometry, pavement design, intersections, access arrangements, drainage, traffic management, signage, road markings and safety barriers.
• Review utility networks, including stormwater, potable water, sewerage, irrigation, fire water, electrical and telecommunications systems.
• Conduct technical reviews and verification of projects and contracts.
• Identify design gaps, utility clashes and technical interfaces between roads, utilities, buildings, airfield facilities and other infrastructure packages.
• Review design changes, technical queries, value-engineering proposals and proposed deviations from approved requirements.

Compliance and Standards

• Ensure compliance with applicable Saudi regulations, aviation requirements, project specifications and relevant international standards.
• Inform themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures in place within HILL International and ensure continued compliance with these requirements while employed by the company.

Coordination and Stakeholder Management

• Communicate continuously with the Client's representatives regarding project progress and areas of concern.
• Coordinate with architectural, MEP, structural, and construction teams to resolve design interfaces and technical issues.
• Coordinate engineering requirements with consultants, designers, internal departments, airport stakeholders and relevant authorities.
• Liaise with industry and contractor partners and participants to assist them with strategy and direction in asphalt and pavement engineering, technology, and design.

Project Management and Administration

• Propose in-house project management procedures to comply with contract requirements and client procedures.
• Establish and maintain specific project procedures for Design/Construction Supervision Management as applicable.
• Maintain technical records, design-review comments and closure tracking through the applicable document-management system.
• Preparation of estimates, methodologies, and project reports as required.
• Liaise with clients and external and internal teams and schedules to ensure projects are undertaken and completed profitably and with appropriate technical content and timeliness.
• Project financial control and profitability, invoicing and reporting.

Construction Support and Technical Expertise

• Support site inspections, design reviews, and construction activities, providing timely technical solutions to ensure quality, safety, and compliance with project requirements.
• Provide technical clarification and engineering support to the project and construction teams while maintaining the contractor's and supervision consultant's contractual responsibilities.
• Oversee or undertake technical support activities on construction contracts and provide advice to staff employed in the inspection and management of civil engineering work.
• Pavement analysis and design of civil engineering and building works.
• Construction management of pavements on civil project works and planning and execution of pavement site investigations.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in large-scale airport renovation projects.
• Relevant experience in airport infrastructure and operational airport environments.
• Experience working internationally, with preference for the Middle East and KSA.

Skills & Competencies

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, GIS and BIM platforms.
• Expertise in flexible and rigid pavement design, including polymer-modified asphalt (PMA).
• Knowledge of asphalt and pavement engineering, technology, and design.
• Ability to conduct technical reviews and verification of projects and contracts.
• Capability to produce technical reports and construction documents.
• Project financial control and profitability management.