Chief Land Surveyor
Al Ashram Contracting · Dubai, UAE
Tailor my CV for this job — free- Lead and manage all land surveying activities across assigned construction projects.
- Establish and maintain project survey control networks, benchmarks and reference points.
- Review and verify survey requirements and procedures before commencement of works.
- Ensure accurate setting-out of buildings, structures, roads, utilities and foundations.
- Conduct and supervise topographical, as-built, boundary, level, alignment, and dimensional surveys.
- Carry out pre-pour, post-pour, structural, architectural, and MEP survey checks where required.
- Verify completed works against approved drawings and design requirements.
- Establish and maintain horizontal and vertical control points throughout the project.
- Ensure survey equipment is properly calibrated, maintained, and fit for purpose.
- Conduct regular checks on survey control networks to identify movement and discrepancies.
- Allocate survey resources according to project priorities and construction requirements.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching, and support to surveying personnel.
- Monitor team performance and ensure surveying activities are completed within project schedules.
- Promote high standards of accuracy, safety, quality, and professionalism within the survey team.
- Support construction teams in resolving issues relating to coordinates, levels and dimensions.
- Participate in technical and coordination meetings as required.
- Review survey reports, drawings, calculations, and records before submission to consultants.
- Maintain comprehensive survey records for project handover and final documentation.
- Manage the effective use of Total Stations, GNSS/GPS, Digital Levels, 3D Laser Scanners, drones/UAVs, and other modern surveying technologies, where applicable.
- Ensure survey equipment is regularly calibrated and maintained.
- Identify and report survey-related non-conformities and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain high standards of accuracy and quality in all survey deliverables.
- Ensure survey teams use appropriate PPE and follow approved safe working procedures.
- Participate in toolbox talks, risk assessments, and site safety initiatives where required.
- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Land Surveying, Geomatics, Survey Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Professional certification in surveying or geomatics is an advantage.
- Typically 10–15+ years of relevant surveying experience, preferably with major construction contractors in the UAE/GCC.
- Strong experience in large-scale building, infrastructure, roads, utilities, or civil construction projects.
- Proven experience managing a team of surveyors on major construction projects.
- Strong knowledge of construction surveying, setting-out, as-built surveys, and survey control systems.
- UAE/GCC construction experience is highly desirable.