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Job Description:
Technical Lead
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Parsons is seeking a highly experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership across a portfolio of wastewater network and pumping station projects within the Project Management Office (PMO). In this role, you will drive technical excellence, governance, and design assurance, ensuring successful delivery of critical infrastructure projects that support our client's long-term strategic objectives.
What You'll Be DoingLead the technical delivery and governance of wastewater network and pumping station projects within the PMO.
Develop and maintain technical standards, governance frameworks, and design assurance processes, ensuring compliance with stage-gate requirements and industry best practice.
Provide technical input to programme planning, business cases, feasibility studies, investment proposals, and portfolio prioritisation.
Lead multidisciplinary technical reviews across all project phases, validating designs, hydraulic modelling, capacity assessments, constructability, and regulatory compliance.
Identify and manage technical risks, monitor programme performance, and support continuous improvement across the capital programme.
Provide technical oversight of wastewater planning, hydraulic modelling, network assessments, and engineering standards to ensure consistency across projects.
Act as the technical lead between the client, PMO, operations, asset management, consultants, contractors, and regulatory authorities.
Support projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover, reviewing key technical deliverables and ensuring successful asset integration.
Drive innovation, value engineering, lessons learned, and continuous improvement in technical governance, digital delivery, and engineering practices.
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.
Minimum 20 years' experience delivering wastewater network and pumping station projects, including significant experience in capital programmes or programme management.
Strong expertise in wastewater planning, hydraulic modelling, sewer and pumping station design, and wastewater network operations.
Experience working within or alongside a PMO, with knowledge of project governance, stage-gate processes, portfolio reporting, and risk management.
Sound understanding of gravity sewers, rising mains, pumping stations, odour control, asset management principles, and relevant engineering standards.
Experience working within the Abu Dhabi/UAE wastewater sector and familiarity with local regulations and permitting processes (preferred).
Chartered or Professional Engineer status (preferred).
Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and organisational skills, with the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities.
Commitment to health, safety, quality, environmental compliance, and continuous improvement.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related discipline
- Minimum 20 years' experience delivering wastewater network and pumping station projects, including capital programmes or programme management
- Expertise in wastewater planning, hydraulic modelling, sewer and pumping station design, and wastewater network operations
- Experience working within or alongside a PMO, knowledge of project governance, stage-gate processes, portfolio reporting, and risk management
- Understanding of gravity sewers, rising mains, pumping stations, odour control, asset management principles, and relevant engineering standards
- Experience in the Abu Dhabi/UAE wastewater sector and familiarity with local regulations and permitting processes
- Chartered or Professional Engineer status
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and organisational skills
- Commitment to health, safety, quality, environmental compliance, and continuous improvement
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
