Resident Engineer / Construction Manager

WS Atkins & Partners Overseas Engineering Consultants

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QA - Qatar Until 9/26/2026 15+ years exp First posted July 2, 2026 Last posted July 28, 2026
Job description

Job Description

Overview

Experienced Senior Resident Engineer / Construction Manager with 15+ years of experience in supervising and managing large-scale, MEP-intensive, and mission-critical projects, including data centers. Responsible for ensuring successful project delivery through effective site leadership, quality assurance, stakeholder coordination, and construction management while maintaining compliance with client, consultant, and regulatory requirements.

Your role

  • Lead and manage the consultant site supervision team for data center construction projects.
  • Monitor and oversee civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), and ELV works to ensure compliance with approved drawings and specifications.
  • Coordinate with clients, contractors, authorities, designers, and specialist vendors to ensure smooth project execution.
  • Review contractor submissions, method statements, shop drawings, material approvals, and work procedures.
  • Conduct regular site inspections and audits to verify quality, safety, and progress against project requirements.
  • Monitor project schedules and construction milestones, identifying risks and recommending corrective actions where necessary.
  • Ensure all mission-critical systems, including power, cooling, fire protection, and ICT infrastructure, are installed according to design and operational requirements.
  • Lead multidisciplinary coordination meetings and resolve technical, interface, and constructability issues.
  • Review testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and handover activities.
  • Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
  • Monitor contractor performance, resource allocation, productivity, and adherence to project schedules.
  • Prepare and present progress reports, risk assessments, quality observations, and project updates to senior management and clients.
  • Escalate critical quality, safety, and interface issues that may impact project delivery.
  • Support final inspections, snagging, punch-list closeout, and project handover documentation.
  • Mentor and manage resident engineers, inspectors, and discipline leads to ensure consistent supervision standards.

About you

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • UPDA/MMUP Grade A Data Center Experience [at least 1 project is delivered in the last 5 years] Mandatory.
  • 15+ years Experiences.
  • Site supervision and construction management on large-scale, MEP-intensive or mission-critical projects; leading site teams, coordinating disciplines, managing inspections, monitoring progress and escalating quality/interface issues.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

  • Tax-free salary.
  • Life insurance coverage.
  • Medical insurance.
  • Annual leave balance.
  • Company gratuity scheme.
  • Discretionary bonus program.
  • Annual flight contribution.
  • Transportation & housing allowances.
  • Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.  

About this role

Summary

Supervise large-scale data center projects, ensure quality, safety, and schedule adherence

Job title

Resident Engineer / Construction Manager

Experience level

15+ years

Minimum experience

15+ years exp

Industry

engineering

Location requirements

Qatar, on-site; remote not allowed

Salary

Not specified in the posting

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

civil engineeringMEP supervisionproject managementsite inspectionregulatory compliance

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

civil engineeringMEPproject managementconstruction supervision
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Qatar

On-site Country