Inspector Civil / Structural

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 51^st 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 Inspector - Civil / Structural to join our team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Traveling independently across the three designated community mall sites using a valid UAE driving license to attend scheduled inspection requests and conduct routine surveillance.

• Attending to contractor Inspection Requests (IRs/WIRs) across all three sites to inspect various civil works against approved drawings.

• Confirming site coordination with MEP inspectors to ensure all civil works occur correctly and inline with the project timelines.

• Witnessing routine field testing with third-party laboratories across all sites as needed.

• Inspecting delivered civil materials against approved Material Inspection Requests (MIRs) at each site’s laydown area.

• Verifying various civil works across all sites to ensure the project scope and timeline is being followed.

• Supervising the contractor and various subcontractors as needed with relation to civil works.

• Documenting defective or unauthorized civil installations with clear photo logs and specific project map references, alerting the Consultant Civil Engineer for formal escalation.

• Conducting random site surveillance patrols across all three locations to monitor physical site safety.

• Maintaining separate daily inspection logs and photographic records for each mall site, detailing contractor workforce counts, active equipment, weather impacts, and civil works outputs.

• Performing preliminary civil snag walks across completed shell-and-core units, common public areas, and external service yards to generate defect punch lists for contractor rectification.

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