Surveyor

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct topographic, boundary, control, setting-out and as-built surveys.
• Survey land parcels and document their legal, physical and geographical characteristics.
• Establish and maintain horizontal and vertical survey-control networks.
• Verify benchmarks, coordinates, elevations and reference points before commencing fieldwork.
• Survey dam crests, embankments, abutments, spillways, reservoirs, outlet structures, channels and access roads.
• Carry out level surveys to verify slopes, profiles, gradients and drainage arrangements.
• Support reservoir-capacity, sedimentation and bathymetric surveys where required.
• Monitor settlement, displacement, deformation and movement of dam structures and surrounding ground.
• Take accurate readings from survey monuments and monitoring points.
• Compare current survey results with baseline and historical information.
• Immediately report abnormal movement, settlement or dimensional deviation.
• Prepare survey drawings, plans, profiles, cross-sections and contour maps.
• Produce accurate site layouts, land-parcel plans and engineering survey records.
• Prepare graphical outputs, schedules and final survey documentation for stakeholders.
• Validate and document all field-survey data.
• Download, process, adjust and verify data collected through survey instruments.
• Perform independent checks to confirm the accuracy and completeness of survey results.
• Review contractors’ survey data, calculations, drawings and setting-out records.
• Verify contractors’ coordinates, levels, alignments, dimensions and completed quantities.
• Check that construction and maintenance works comply with approved survey information and drawings.
• Identify survey discrepancies and coordinate corrective actions with contractors and engineers.
• Support quantity verification and measurement of completed works.
• Maintain survey field books, raw data, instrument files, calculation sheets and digital records.
• Maintain an organized register of benchmarks, control points and monitoring stations.
• Protect survey monuments and arrange their reinstatement where damaged or disturbed.
• Ensure survey instruments are calibrated, maintained and suitable for the required accuracy.
• Coordinate with civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, environmental and GIS teams.
• Support land acquisition, right-of-way and boundary-verification activities where required.
• Participate in joint surveys, site inspections, handover and completion verification.
• Prepare clear daily, weekly, monthly, annual and technical reports as required by the assignment.
• Present survey findings, discrepancies, movement trends and recommendations to project management.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Attend meetings, inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required.
• Comply with Saudi laws, applicable codes, Client procedures, quality requirements and occupational health and safety obligations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Surveying Engineering, Geomatics, Civil Engineering or an equivalent relevant discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 8 years of professional surveying experience.
• Previous experience with water facilities is required.
• Demonstrated experience conducting topographic, control, setting-out and as-built surveys.
• Experience establishing and maintaining survey-control networks and benchmarks.
• Strong practical knowledge of total stations, GNSS/GPS equipment, digital levels and related survey instruments.
• Experience processing and validating field data and preparing survey drawings and records.
• Ability to review contractors’ survey submissions and independently verify site measurements.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D and relevant survey-processing software.
• Knowledge of coordinate systems, survey adjustments and quality-control procedures.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, layouts, profiles and cross-sections.
• Strong field-documentation, reporting, coordination and problem-solving skills.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, drawings, records or reports when requested.