Civil Supervisor

Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International's founders established a simple yet powerful formula:

Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Civil Supervisor to support the day-to-day supervision of civil construction works for a large-scale project in Dubai, UAE. This site-based role requires strong civil engineering knowledge, practical construction supervision experience, and the ability to coordinate daily site activities to ensure work is executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, quality standards, and project requirements.

The ideal candidate will have experience supervising civil works on large-scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission-critical projects, preferably including data center or technically complex construction environments.

You will play a key role in monitoring contractor performance, supervising civil activities, tracking progress, identifying site issues, supporting inspections, and ensuring that civil works are completed in line with project quality, safety, and schedule expectations.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day civil construction activities on site, ensuring works are performed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and project requirements.
• Monitor civil works, including excavation, backfilling, concrete works, foundations, structural elements, blockwork, finishes, external works, roads, drainage, utilities, and related site activities.
• Coordinate with contractors, subcontractors, site engineers, consultants, QA/QC teams, HSE teams, and project management representatives.
• Review daily site activities and ensure that manpower, materials, equipment, and work fronts are properly coordinated.
• Monitor contractor progress against approved schedules, look-ahead plans, and daily work targets.
• Identify site constraints, quality issues, coordination gaps, and construction risks, and escalate them to project leadership when required.
• Support inspections by coordinating with QA/QC teams and ensuring civil works are ready for inspection and testing.
• Verify that civil works are completed in compliance with approved inspection and test plans, quality procedures, and applicable codes and standards.
• Monitor site safety practices and ensure civil activities are carried out in accordance with project HSE requirements.
• Review and comment on civil method statements, shop drawings, inspection requests, material deliveries, and site documentation as required.
• Assist in resolving technical queries, RFIs, design clarifications, and site coordination issues related to civil works.
• Maintain accurate daily site records, including progress updates, manpower reports, site observations, inspection status, and issue logs.
• Support the preparation of progress reports, site updates, punch lists, NCR follow-up, and closeout documentation.
• Coordinate with other disciplines, including structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, ICT/ELV, and commissioning teams, to ensure proper interface management.
• Support testing, handover, snagging, and closeout activities for civil works.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, accountability, and timely issue resolution across site activities.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in civil supervision, site engineering, construction supervision, or civil construction management within large-scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission-critical projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Strong experience supervising day-to-day civil works on active construction sites.
• Solid understanding of civil construction methods, site execution, quality requirements, safety standards, and construction sequencing.
• Experience supervising works such as earthworks, concrete, foundations, structural elements, blockwork, finishing works, drainage, external works, utilities, and roads.
• Ability to read and interpret civil drawings, structural drawings, specifications, method statements, shop drawings, inspection requests, and technical documents.
• Experience coordinating with contractors, subcontractors, consultants, QA/QC teams, HSE teams, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Ability to monitor progress, identify delays or site constraints, and support corrective actions.
• Strong awareness of site quality control, inspection processes, NCR follow-up, punch list management, and handover requirements.
• Good understanding of construction safety practices and the ability to reinforce safe working conditions on site.
• Strong communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage daily site priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working on data center, mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure, or large-scale commercial building projects.
• Previous experience working in Dubai, the UAE, or the wider GCC region.
• Experience working in a PMC, consultant, owner's representative, or client-side supervision environment.
• Familiarity with UAE authority requirements, local construction regulations, and international construction standards.
• Knowledge of document control and project management platforms such as Aconex, Procore, Oracle Primavera Cloud, BIM 360, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project for reviewing site progress and look-ahead schedules.
• Additional training or certifications in construction safety, QA/QC, or site supervision are preferred.
  
  

POSITION DETAILS

• Location (On-site): Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Position: Civil Supervisor
• Position Classification: Salary-based full-time hours
  
  

Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.