Survey Engineer

About Parsons Corporation

Join Parsons in Riyadh as a Survey Engineer and become part of a visionary team driving a landmark development project. Parsons fosters a culture valuing people, agility, and continual growth. You will contribute to a large-scale destination development featuring iconic assets, hospitality, and infrastructure, all delivered under strict governance emphasizing quality, safety, and sustainability standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead surveyor for all site surveying and setting-out verification, reporting directly to the Resident Engineer or Construction Director.
• Oversee Parsons' survey team while evaluating the accuracy and compliance of contractor survey work against project specifications.
• Validate control points, benchmarks, and reference coordinates established by contractors to ensure alignment with project datum and grid systems.
• Examine and confirm contractors' setting-out data for roads, utilities, structures, and landscaping elements including alignments, levels, and coordinates.
• Perform independent spot-check surveys to verify constructed works adhere to approved plans and tolerances.
• Review contractors' survey deliverables such as reports, layout drawings, as-built surveys, and topographic data for completeness and consistency.
• Identify discrepancies between design documents and site conditions, supporting the team to resolve setting-out conflicts.
• Coordinate survey inputs with engineering disciplines to manage interfaces and avoid clashes across roads, structures, utilities, and landscapes.
• Ensure maintenance, proper calibration, and secure storage of all survey equipment including total stations, GPS/GNSS units, levels, and laser instruments.
• Organize both digital and physical survey records, field notes, and as-built data for future reference and client handover.
• Assist in quantity verification for earthworks and volumetric calculations aiding commercial and quantity surveying teams.
• Participate in progress and coordination meetings providing survey-related insights and recommendations.
• Adhere strictly to health, safety, and environment guidelines alongside Parsons’ quality protocols during all surveying activities.
• Contribute to preparing and reviewing as-built drawings and final survey documentation for client and regulatory submissions.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in Surveying Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Extensive experience in land or engineering surveying on significant infrastructure or urban development projects, including senior or lead surveyor responsibilities.
• Expertise with modern surveying tools and software such as total stations, GPS/GNSS devices, digital levels, and data processing applications.

Preferred Skills and Attributes

• Deep knowledge of surveying fundamentals, coordinate and leveling systems, and construction setting-out across civil, structural, and landscape domains.
• Proven site-based construction supervision experience validating contractor setting-out and as-built survey data.
• Ability to interpret civil, architectural, and utility drawings and accurately translate these into field layouts.
• Strong detail orientation, analytical capabilities, and diligent record management ensuring high-quality outputs.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills facilitating effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and contractors.
• Prior experience working in Saudi Arabia or the Gulf Cooperation Council region is advantageous.

Diversity and Inclusion

Parsons is committed to equal employment opportunity irrespective of race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, nationality, age, disability, or genetic information.

Additional Information

Parsons strongly discourages fraudulent recruitment efforts and provides guidance to identify and report such activities. The company emphasizes career growth and employee well-being, promoting limitless opportunities within a supportive environment.