Road Engineer (Operation and Maintenance)

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Road Engineer to join our team in Doha, Qatar, supporting our Client’s Roads Operation and Maintenance Division.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Understanding road operation and maintenance activities, scope, tasks and targets.
• Managing and overseeing the operation and maintenance of road assets, including asphalt works, street lighting, safety barriers, traffic and directional signs, highway structures, HVAC systems and passenger lifts.
• Coordinating with stakeholders, Management Consultants (MCs) and contractors to execute road network operation and maintenance activities.
• Planning and programming the operation and maintenance of road assets across the network.
• Administering, prioritising and overseeing O&M works and supervising assigned maintenance crews.
• Undertaking supervisory and inspection activities to ensure contract compliance, as assigned by Lead Engineers.
• Reviewing tender documents and developing scope of works for road maintenance contracts.
• Preparing cost estimates for maintenance contracts based on defined scopes of work.
• Reviewing tender submissions and evaluation reports and providing technical and financial recommendations to the relevant committees.
• Providing support on commercial matters and contract risks related to ongoing maintenance contracts.
• Supporting teams and contractors in complying with processes and procedures related to the Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS).
• Supporting the project team in ensuring road upgrading and maintenance works are carried out in accordance with specified technical standards and that corrective actions are implemented where required.
• Developing quarterly, annual and long-term preventive and routine maintenance plans to ensure road networks achieve the required operational performance in line with asset management standards and recommendations.
• Coordinating with the Design Department to develop and implement improvements to existing road networks.
• Monitoring the performance of maintenance contractors to ensure compliance with defined SLAs.
• Preparing project scopes of work for new and maintenance works for tendering and quotation purposes.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 10+ years of relevant experience, supported by a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline from an accredited university or college.

• Extensive experience in road networks, including a minimum of 3 years’ experience managing contractors and leading teams.
• Knowledge and experience in the operation and maintenance of road assets is mandatory.
• Experience with performance-based maintenance contracts would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of roadwork quality requirements, environmental policies, procedures and applicable regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to support and implement change.
• A valid Qatar Driving Licence would be an advantage.
• Ability to communicate effectively in Arabic, both verbally and in writing, would be preferred.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.