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# Senior Resident Engineer at Decima International

- **Company:** Decima International
- **Location:** Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/decimainternational/jobs/4696798006

## Job description

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 an accomplished and highly experienced Senior Resident Engineer to lead site supervision and construction delivery oversight for a large-scale building project in Dubai, UAE. This client-facing leadership role requires strong technical expertise in civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering, with proven experience supervising complex construction works, coordinating multidisciplinary site teams, and ensuring that project execution aligns with approved drawings, specifications, contract requirements, quality standards, safety expectations, and project objectives.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing supervision and construction activities for similar-sized buildings, preferably within data center, mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure, or large-scale commercial developments. The role also requires a strong awareness of construction contracts, contract administration, claims, variations, and contractual obligations.

You will play a key role in representing the client’s interests on site, coordinating with contractors, consultants, engineers, project managers, and stakeholders to ensure construction works are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with the project’s technical, commercial, schedule, and quality requirements.

## RESPONSIBILITIES

- Lead site supervision activities across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and related construction works, ensuring compliance with approved drawings, specifications, standards, and project requirements.
- Serve as the senior site representative and primary technical interface between the client, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and project stakeholders.
- Oversee construction progress, site activities, inspections, technical coordination, quality performance, and contractor execution.
- Monitor contractor performance to ensure works are completed safely, on schedule, within quality expectations, and in accordance with contractual obligations.
- Review construction methodologies, method statements, inspection and test plans, material submittals, shop drawings, technical submissions, and site execution plans.
- Coordinate with discipline engineers to resolve technical issues, design clarifications, RFIs, site constraints, and constructability challenges.
- Chair and participate in site coordination meetings, progress meetings, technical workshops, and contractor review sessions.
- Review contractor progress reports, site records, inspection results, NCRs, quality observations, and corrective action plans.
- Ensure that works are properly inspected, tested, documented, and accepted in line with project quality procedures and applicable codes and standards.
- Monitor project risks, delays, interface issues, and site constraints, escalating critical matters to project leadership with recommended corrective actions.
- Support contract administration activities, including review of variations, claims, delay events, change requests, contractual notices, and commercial documentation.
- Provide input on contractor payment applications, progress assessments, change orders, and claims from a technical and site execution perspective.
- Ensure proper coordination between construction, design, procurement, project controls, cost, quality, safety, commissioning, and handover teams.
- Support schedule monitoring by validating actual site progress against the approved construction schedule and identifying areas of delay or concern.
- Promote effective communication and coordination across all site stakeholders to support timely decision-making and issue resolution.
- Ensure that all site activities comply with applicable UAE regulations, local authority requirements, client standards, project specifications, and industry best practices.
- Support testing, commissioning, handover, snagging, closeout, and turnover activities to ensure project completion requirements are achieved.
- Mentor and guide site engineering teams, promoting accountability, technical excellence, quality, safety, and professional conduct.
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

## QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications:

- 20+ years of experience in resident engineering, construction supervision, project management, site engineering, or construction management for large-scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission-critical projects.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field.
- Senior-level engineering background in Civil or Electrical & Mechanical disciplines.
- Proven experience supervising and managing the construction of similar-sized buildings or complex large-scale developments.
- Prior experience working on data center, mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure, or large-scale commercial building projects is highly desirable.
- Strong technical understanding of multidisciplinary construction activities, including civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and building services works.
- Demonstrated experience leading site supervision teams and coordinating contractors, consultants, subcontractors, and client representatives.
- Strong awareness of construction contract law, contract administration, claims, variations, notices, change management, and contractual obligations.
- Ability to review and interpret drawings, specifications, contracts, method statements, shop drawings, material submittals, schedules, and technical documentation.
- Experience in monitoring contractor performance, site progress, quality compliance, safety practices, and construction deliverables.
- Strong understanding of quality assurance, site inspection processes, NCR management, testing, commissioning, handover, and closeout requirements.
- Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve technical, contractual, and site coordination issues in a timely manner.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and make sound decisions in a fast-paced, client-facing project environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Preferred qualifications:

- Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
- Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent professional registration.
- Professional certifications, such as PMP, RICS, CIOB, FIDIC, or other relevant credentials in construction/project management.
- Experience working on hyperscale data centers or other large-scale, mission-critical facilities.
- Experience working in a PMC, owner’s representative, consultant, or client-side supervision role.
- Previous experience working in Dubai, the UAE, or the wider GCC region.
- Familiarity with UAE authority requirements, permitting processes, inspections, and local construction regulations.
- Knowledge of FIDIC-based contracts and international construction contract administration practices.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Aconex, Procore, Oracle Primavera Cloud, or other project management and document control platforms.

## POSITION DETAILS

- Location (On-site): Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Position: Senior Resident Engineer
- 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.

## About Decima International

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Decima International is a global professional services company providing integrated project management solutions, specializing in mission-critical facilities like hyperscale data centers and healthcare facilities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Founded in 2018)
- **Headquarters**: Allen, Texas, United States (with regional offices in Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia) [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/)
- **Founded**: 2018 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl)
- **Founders**: Alaaeldin El Hadary (Co-Founder & CEO) and Amro Elhadary (Co-Founder) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Construction & Project Management, with a specific focus on mission-critical facilities (data centers, healthcare)
- **Target Customers**: Developers, operators, and investors in the data center and mission-critical construction space; clients in NAM, LATAM, APAC, and EMEA [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/)
- **Mission/Purpose**: To help clients achieve their project goals through innovative, efficient, and high-quality project delivery, acting as a true partner built on trust and transparency [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/)

## Products & Services
- **Capital Program Advisory & Management**: Strategic oversight for large-scale capital programs.
- **Program Governance**: Project controls, schedule management, cost management, and earned value management.
- **Design Management**: Overseeing the design phase of complex construction projects.
- **Procurement & Contract Administration**: Managing vendor selection and contract lifecycle.
- **Construction Management**: On-site management to ensure projects are built on time and within budget.
- **Performance Assurance**: Quality and performance monitoring throughout project delivery [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/)
- **Risk Management**: Early identification and mitigation of project risks [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Headcount of 29 employees as of early 2026, with a significant growth trajectory (+38.5% YoY) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed. The firm partners with "leading developers, operators, and investors" [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth, recent expansion of global footprint with strategic hubs in KSA, UAE, and Egypt (announced Feb 2026), and a surge in job postings (+30.8% monthly increase) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Mission-Critical Specialization**: Deep expertise in hyperscale data centers and complex healthcare facilities, which require high precision and reliability.
- **Global Reach with Local Expertise**: Proven track record delivering projects from $5M to $6B across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/).
- **Hands-On, Partnership Approach**: Emphasizes a collaborative, proactive, and tailored approach to each client engagement, differentiating from more standardized project management firms [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/).

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Actively building out its presence in the Middle East & North Africa (KSA, UAE, Egypt) to serve a growing client base [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).
- **Data Center Growth**: Specifically targeting the "AI-ready" data center infrastructure market, focusing on power systems for high-performance GPUs and liquid cooling solutions [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across the US (Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania) and MENA region for roles like Senior Construction Project Managers, Estimators, and QA Inspectors [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).

## Why Work Here
- **Company Culture**: Described as proactive, responsive, and collaborative. The firm values strong fundamentals and a partnership ethos [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/). *However, current employee reviews on LinkedIn rate the company at 2.6/5.0, with low scores for Work-Life Balance (2.2), Compensation (2.2), and Culture (2.2)* [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).
- **Work Model**: The vast majority of positions are listed as **On-site** (e.g., Dallas, Detroit, Corsicana, Floydada), with no remote roles currently posted. Locations span the US and MENA region [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl).
- **Growth Opportunity**: Joining a rapidly expanding firm (high headcount growth, new offices) offers potential for career advancement in high-stakes project management. The company notes it manages projects ranging from $5M to $6B.
- **Team**: A lean team of ~29 people with a high proportion of senior-level staff, allowing for direct exposure to leadership and complex projects. Founders are actively involved in the company [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/).

## Sources
1. [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/) - Official Site, Locations, and Description
2. [decimaintl.com](https://decimaintl.com/about/) - About Page, Story, Vision, and Values
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/decima-intl) - Company LinkedIn Profile, Headcount, Growth Data, Job Postings, and Reviews
4. [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Decima-International) - Indeed Company Profile and Description

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