Senior Bridge Design Engineer (UAE)

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Your impact

We’re seeking an experienced Senior Bridge Design Engineer to join our growing Bridges team, in the UAE, to deliver upcoming projects and major bridge schemes across the Middle East. From long-span crossings to architecturally iconic structures, you’ll play a key role in shaping the region’s infrastructure.

We offer a full spectrum of services to a diverse range of clients, taking bridge solutions from initial concept through development, regulatory approvals, construction and commissioning to start-up and ongoing operational and maintenance support. We’ve worked on some of the longest cable-supported structures in the world, on the owner and construction side of the equation, serving as lead designer, technical advisor, independent design-checker and public-private partnership (P3) advisor. We also have extensive experience with multi-span viaducts, complex interchanges, moving bridges, arch, truss and other forms of bridges.

We’ve designed bridges spanning roads, railways and rivers, crossing valleys, estuaries and sea straits, connecting communities and creating opportunities for social change and economic development. Our bridge team has played lead roles planning, procuring, designing and delivering some of the world's most prestigious and technically demanding structures, not to mention beautiful.

In the role you’ll

• Input and contribute to the technical design and efficient high-quality delivery of major bridge projects.
• Collaborate with clients and global teams to develop innovative, compliant solutions.
• Oversee project workflows, ensuring quality, timelines, and technical excellence.
• Support team development, including mentoring junior engineers.
  
  
  

Bring your curiosity, talent for multi-tasking, and extreme attention to detail, and we’ll help you grow, pursue and fulfill what drives you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

Here's what you'll need

• Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of bridge design experience, with high speed rail and railway bridge experience being highly desirable
• Experience of design and build schemes in the Middle East, and internationally
• Thorough knowledge of international standards (e.g. Eurocodes, AASHTO, DMRB).
• Proficiency in structural design software (e.g., MIDAS, RM).
• Bilingual capabilities are a plus – but not essential (English required - plus Arabic)
• A positive, highly motived approach, with excellent communication and collaboration skills
  
  
  

This will be primarily an office-based role (based in Abu Dhabi, UAE), and we provide a hybrid working model (office & WFH), but please note travel to our client sites, or offices, and for business purposes, may also be required from time to time, depending on needs of the project therefore a flexible outlook is required.

From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions – we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share! By supporting one another, we all succeed.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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