Summary
Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a Land Surveyor for a high-rise hotel renovation in Madinah. The role covers survey control, precision measurements, 3D scanning, setting-out verification, and structural movement monitoring, as well as survey reports and as-built records. Applicants need at least 15 years of relevant experience, a surveying-related diploma or degree, and valid Saudi Council of Engineers registration. Experience with high-rise surveying, structural retrofitting, Leica or Trimble instruments, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D is required; English is required and Arabic is an advantage.
The posting
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Key Responsibilities:
- Perform surveying activities for the civil, structural modification, and facade-remediation phase of a high-rise hotel renovation.
- Establish, verify, and protect primary and secondary survey control points connected to the approved Madinah municipal geodetic network.
- Conduct high-precision verticality, plumbness, alignment, elevation, and dimensional surveys of the high-rise tower.
- Survey existing structural elements before demolition, modification, strengthening, or off-site fabrication.
- Perform 3D laser scanning of existing brownfield conditions and identify dimensional deviations.
- Verify the contractor’s setting-out works for structural underpinning, slab openings, elevator shafts, facade brackets, and other structural modifications.
- Check coordinates, gridlines, levels, floor elevations, openings, anchor points, and construction tolerances.
- Establish and maintain structural deformation, settlement, deflection, and building-movement monitoring systems.
- Analyse monitoring results and immediately report any unusual movement or deviation.
- Review contractor survey calculations, setting-out records, reports, and as-built information.
- Coordinate survey requirements with structural, civil, architectural, facade, and contractor teams.
- Prepare survey reports, sketches, coordinate schedules, monitoring records, and as-built drawings.
- Ensure all surveying instruments are correctly maintained and supported by valid calibration certificates.
- Maintain accurate survey records in accordance with project quality and document-control procedures.
- Follow all applicable project safety, quality, and municipal requirements.
Minimum Requirements:
- Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Surveying Engineering, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Valid Saudi Council of Engineers registration in the appropriate professional category is mandatory.
- Minimum 15 years of land, engineering, and building-surveying experience.
- Proven experience in high-rise building verticality control, structural retrofitting, and brownfield verification.
- Strong experience in setting out structural modifications, elevator shafts, facade systems, and high-precision construction works.
- Practical experience in structural deformation, settlement, deflection, and movement monitoring.
- Advanced proficiency with Leica or Trimble total stations, digital levels, 3D laser scanners, and GPS/GNSS equipment.
- Strong knowledge of geodetic control networks, coordinate systems, survey adjustments, and construction tolerances.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and recognised surveying or data-processing software.
- Ability to interpret architectural, civil, structural, and facade drawings.
- Previous experience working with an engineering consultancy or construction supervision consultant.
- Knowledge of instrument calibration, survey-control protection, and accurate record management.
- Familiarity with Madinah Central Area survey benchmarks and municipal requirements is preferred.
- Good written and spoken English is required; Arabic is an advantage.