Technical Lead (Roads)

Job Purpose:

The Technical Lead, Roads Shop Drawings, shall lead the roads shop drawing team in the Egypt

Technical Centre for UAE infrastructure projects.

The role requires strong hands-on technical capability, Civil 3D knowledge, road shop drawing

experience, review authority, team leadership, and full ownership of road drawing production

from IFC review until consultant approval and site release.

The Technical Lead shall ensure all road drawings are accurate, constructible, coordinated with

utilities and structures, compliant with project requirements, and issued in line with the agreed

submission programme.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead the roads shop drawing team and distribute work to senior engineers, engineers,

junior engineers, draftsmen, and Civil 3D modellers.

2. Prepare, draft, amend, or correct road shop drawings directly when required, especially

for urgent submissions, critical details, complex grading, tie-ins, or consultant

comments.

3. Review and approve internal road shop drawings before submission to the project team.

4. Ensure proper preparation of road layout drawings, setting out drawings, grading

drawings, longitudinal profiles, cross sections, pavement drawings, kerb layouts,

signage drawings, road marking drawings, and tra ic interface drawings.

5. Review Civil 3D outputs, including alignments, profiles, surfaces, corridors, cross

sections, grading models, quantity outputs, and level data.

6. Check road geometry, chainages, coordinates, o sets, widths, slopes, crossfalls,

camber, superelevation, pavement build-up, tie-ins, and junction details.

7. Review road grading to avoid ponding, reverse slopes, incorrect low points, wrong gully

locations, and drainage conflicts.

8. Coordinate road drawings with stormwater, sewerage, irrigation, potable water,

electrical, telecom, street lighting, ITS, landscape, structures, tra ic diversions, and

existing services.

9. Check utility interface with road works, including cover levels, manholes, gullies, catch

basins, valve chambers, duct crossings, protection slabs, and clashes with pavement

layers.

10. Review road tie-ins with existing roads, bridges, underpasses, retaining walls, ramps,

accesses, and temporary diversions.

11. Identify design gaps, missing levels, conflicting details, authority issues, and

constructability risks before drawings are submitted.

12. Prepare or review RFIs related to road levels, grading conflicts, drainage issues, tie-ins,

missing details, and non-constructible design information.

13. Review consultant comments and ensure proper closure in the revised drawings without

creating new technical, authority, commercial, or programme risk.

14. Control the road drawing submission programme and align drawing priorities with site

sequence, authority approvals, procurement, tra ic diversions, and construction

requirements.

15. Maintain and review drawing trackers, comments logs, RFI logs, submission records,

approval status, and pending information registers.

16. Guide engineers and draftsmen on road detailing, Civil 3D production, CAD standards,

drawing presentation, revision control, and submission requirements.

17. Conduct internal quality checks to reduce consultant rejection, repeated comments,

and site rework.

18. Support the UAE project team with technical clarifications, sketches, revised levels,

revised tie-ins, road grading solutions, and coordination responses.

19. Coordinate with the tra ic diversion team to ensure road shop drawings align with

temporary access, lane closures, diversion stages, and site tra ic requirements.

20. Coordinate with the structures team where road levels interface with bridge decks,

approach slabs, underpasses, retaining walls, parapets, barriers, expansion joints, and

drainage outlets.

21. Review subcontractor and supplier drawings related to road furniture, signs, gantries,

barriers, guardrails, bollards, kerbs, pavers, and street furniture.

22. Identify technical, authority, commercial, and programme risks caused by late

information, design changes, clashes, utility conflicts, or approval delays.

23. Escalate critical issues to the Technical Manager with clear options, impact, required

decision, and target date.

24. Monitor team productivity and ensure each engineer and draftsman has clear daily and

weekly deliverables.

25. Train and develop junior engineers and draftsmen to improve technical quality,

production speed, and review accuracy.

26. Ensure no road drawing is submitted or issued to the site unless it is checked,

coordinated, traceable, and technically acceptable

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

2. 9 to 15 years of experience in road shop drawings, road design coordination, or

infrastructure technical o ice work.

3. Minimum 3 years in a senior review or team lead role.

4. UAE or GCC infrastructure project experience is preferred.

5. Strong experience in roads, highways, junctions, grading, pavement, utilities

coordination, and tra ic diversion interface is preferred.

Software Requirements:

1. AutoCAD, advanced level and mandatory.

2. Civil 3D, advanced level and mandatory.

3. Navisworks or other clash review software, preferred.

4. MS Excel for trackers, quantity checks, progress monitoring, and reporting.