Site Engineer

Company Overview

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the Role

The role holder will be responsible for ensuring that work is completed safely, on time, to budget, and to the required quality. In addition, the incumbent will be responsible for managing individual areas of work to assist in the completion of the whole project.

What you will do

Main Role

• Control the works of the labour teams and issue works to firemen, gangs, and sub-contractors in a structured and organised manner.
• Ensure that all site works are conducted in a safe manner.
• Champion the Al-Futtaim values.
• Produce documentation on work performance.
• Deal with site problems to ensure the project remains on plan.
• At all times be aware of the value and cost of the materials being used and adopt a suitable approach.
• Manage subcontractors’ performance.

Operations

• Accountable for the completion of standard or non-standard tasks within the scope of the function.
• Deliver activities to support operational objectives for their role.
• Input to planning activities with horizons of typically up to 6 months.
• Make decisions within parameters set by the line manager, using job/specialist experience.
• Interact with clients or users around specific work efforts and deliverables.
• Support the activities of others to meet deadlines and quality standards, taking account of impact outside area of responsibility.
• Focus work on the completion of a set of related tasks for a particular section or service with the ability to accommodate new tasks.

Safety, Quality & Environment

• Ensure that all relevant safety, quality, and environmental procedures, instructions, and controls are adhered to so that safety, quality of services, and environmental compliance can be guaranteed within Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of processes and practices, taking into account the interests and benefits to Al-Futtaim and its employees.

Other Tasks

• Any other reasonable request of work or task as allocated by the Line Manager.

Required Skills to Be Successful

Behavioural Competencies:

• Delighting our customers
• Working across boundaries
• Managing complexity
• Influencing others
• Taking initiative
• Driving for results
• Engaging leadership
• Developing talent
• Situational adaptability
• Demonstrating self-awareness

What Qualifies You for the Role?

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

• Degree in Engineering.
• Be a minimum part-qualified professional and have a certificate level of qualification as a minimum.
• Experience in relevant industry.

Minimum Experience:

• Likely to have 2-5 years business experience.

About Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate

The real estate development and operations arm of Al-Futtaim, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate is responsible for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio across MENA. With high-quality residential, business, retail, tourism, educational, and healthcare developments, the master developer caters to the diverse needs of cities and communities in the region. From origination, conception, development, sales, procurement, and construction of mega-projects to the leasing, operation, and management of these projects after completion, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate (AFGRE) has been developing and managing owned landbanks, unlocking the economic potential of the region, and contributing to future development for more than 40 years.

Our focus is to enable and invest in meaningful relationships to make our properties the best places to live and work, build additional products and services, and enable partnerships to create true value to our customers throughout their entire experience with us. AFGRE is responsible for master planning of all projects in its portfolio, including two large scale mixed-use destinations: Dubai Festival City and Cairo Festival City.