Roads Design Engineer

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Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Roads Design Engineer based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to join our team operating within a Project Management Office (PMO). This role involves contributing to significant highway and infrastructure initiatives across Riyadh city.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate road and highway design documents crafted by external designers at concept and detailed stages with a focus on integration with structural, drainage, utility, traffic, and other related engineering disciplines.
• Generate and assess conceptual road, junction, and interchange designs, providing layout alternatives and geometric solutions to aid PMO and client decision-making.
• Participate in value engineering exercises to identify optimization opportunities in geometry, pavement strategies, and safety aspects, ensuring compliance with standards and project targets.
• Create engineering illustrations, sketches, and exhibits that explain design concepts, value enhancements, and clarifications.
• Review pavement design and road safety elements from third parties, validating their technical soundness and adherence to best practices and standards.
• Analyze third-party design submissions, supplier drawings, and technical documentation and prepare comprehensive technical feedback for approval processes.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including bridges, drainage, utilities, traffic, and landscape architecture to resolve design issues and develop integrated solutions.
• Deliver presentations on complex highway and interchange designs to internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.
• Support risk assessments, constructability reviews, and phasing plans for major road and interchange projects.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in road and highway design, with specific expertise in major highways and interchange projects.
• Strong background in geometric road design, including horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-section analysis, and junction layouts per international and local standards.
• Proven capability in critically reviewing designs from consultants and providing structured, technically rigorous commentary.
• Working knowledge of pavement engineering and road safety principles, able to assess and improve third-party design proposals.
• Experience supporting concept development and value engineering activities on highway projects.
• Proficiency in working within cross-disciplinary teams and coordinating effectively amongst multiple engineering disciplines.
• Result-oriented and collaborative mindset willing to engage fully with PMO workflows.
• Strong communication and presentation skills suited to convey technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Skills and Credentials

• Previous roles in design consultancy or Project Management Consultancy/Management Office (PMC/PMO) environments.
• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent qualification with a recognized engineering authority.
• Competence in road design software such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, InRoads, or related tools for drafting and concept visualization.
• Experience attending and contributing to design review workshops, value engineering sessions, or technical coordination meetings for significant infrastructure projects.

Additional Information

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