Road Engineer (Shop Drawings)

Job Purpose:

The Road Engineer, Shop Drawings, shall prepare, coordinate, check, and revise road shop

drawings for UAE infrastructure projects.

The engineer shall be able to work independently on assigned drawings with guidance from the

Senior Road Engineer or Technical Lead. He shall prepare road layouts, profiles, cross sections,

grading drawings, pavement drawings, kerb drawings, signage, road markings, and related

coordination drawings.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Prepare road shop drawings based on IFC drawings, specifications, standard details,

project requirements, and senior engineer instructions.

2. Prepare road layout drawings, setting out drawings, grading drawings, longitudinal

profiles, cross sections, kerb layouts, pavement drawings, road marking drawings, and

signage drawings.

3. Prepare and update Civil 3D data, including alignments, profiles, surfaces, corridors,

sections, and basic quantity outputs.

4. Check road levels, coordinates, chainages, o sets, slopes, crossfalls, pavement build

up, tie-ins, and interfaces with existing roads.

5. Coordinate road drawings with stormwater, sewerage, irrigation, potable water,

electrical, street lighting, telecom, structures, landscape, and tra ic diversion works.

6. Check that manhole covers, gullies, catch basins, valve chambers, inspection

chambers, and utility crossings match the proposed road levels.

7. Identify grading conflicts, ponding risks, reverse slopes, low point issues, kerb conflicts,

cover level issues, and tie-in problems.

8. Prepare shop drawing revisions based on consultant comments, internal comments,

RFI responses, site comments, and revised IFC drawings.

9. Prepare technical markups for draftsmen and coordinate the required updates.

10. Support the Senior Road Engineer in preparing RFIs for missing information, design

conflicts, or non-constructible details.

11. Support the site team with sketches, clarifications, level checks, and coordination

inputs when required.

12. Maintain drawing files, markups, revision records, trackers, and submission status in

proper order.

13. Ensure no assigned drawing is issued for internal review without checking dimensions,

levels, references, and coordination points

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

2. 4 to 8 years of experience in road shop drawings or road design coordination.

3. UAE or GCC infrastructure experience is preferred.

4. Contractor-side experience is preferred.

5. Strong AutoCAD and Civil 3D experience is required