Mohammed Samir Mohamed Moussa

Mohammed Samir Mohamed Moussa

Survey Manager / Chief Surveyor

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Profile summary

Chief Surveyor | Survey Management Adaptable professional transitioning from sustainability training to Senior Land Surveyor and Chief Surveyor with 32 years shaping infrastructure outcomes. Brings 32 years of GCC experience in survey management, team leadership, and civil infrastructure quantity measurement across multiple organizations. Known for survey planning, quantity verification, and technical training delivery. Committed to maintaining operational accuracy and cross-cultural team coordination.

Career highlights

Survey Management Progression: Advanced through 9 distinct roles spanning land surveying, chief surveyor positions, and technical training delivery across multiple organizations.

Infrastructure Survey Operations: Managed survey control and quantity verification for major earthworks projects including the Jubail 2 Stage 2 project under contract number 202-C17.

Technical Training Delivery: Delivered specialized Civil 3D infrastructure modeling and BIM training programs across 3 distinct cohorts totaling 50 hours of instruction.

Key skills

ProfessionalSurvey Management Team Leadership Civil / Infrastructure Quantity Measurement Roads / Bridges / Highways Survey Planning / Work Prioritization Quantity Take-Off / Verification Control Points / Benchmarks Setting-out / As-built Verification Earthworks / Excavation / Backfilling Cross Sections / Profiles / Surfaces Shop Drawing / RFI / SCR / IR Review Coordinates / Levels / FGL Review Progress Measurement / Quantity Verification Civil 3D / Volume Reports / Excel Consultant / Contractor Coordination AutoCAD Civil 3D Surfer AutoCAD Excel GPS Total Station levelling instruments InfraWorks Trimble Business Center Leica Infinity GIS

Professional experience

Senior Land Surveyor / Chief Surveyor - Survey Management & Quantity MeasurementJan 2009 - Jan 2026
Dar Al-Handasah Consultancy Group / DarRiyadh and Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Directed survey management and quantity verification operations across multiple major infrastructure and building packages, overseeing technical teams and resource allocation for large-scale developments. Steered survey coordination, grading verification, and quantity take-off processes for complex regional projects.

  • Directed survey supervision, manpower planning, and work prioritization across major Dar projects while concurrently providing civil and infrastructure quantity measurement and technical verification.
  • Reviewed control points, benchmarks, setting-out, coordinates, levels, grading, and as-built verification, and used verified survey data and Civil 3D surfaces to check cut and fill volumes.
  • Examined shop drawings, RFIs, SCRs, inspection records, and contractor submissions for dimensional, level, and quantity discrepancies before execution.
  • Coordinated survey and quantity interfaces with construction managers, multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and client representatives to resolve level conflicts and site execution constraints.
  • Applied AutoCAD Civil 3D, Surfer, and Excel for surfaces, alignments, profiles, sections, grading models, coordinate tables, and quantity take-offs.
Chief Surveyor / Quantity Surveyor - Roads & BridgesJan 2007 - Jan 2009
EGZALA Contracting Company for Roads & BridgesSaudi Arabia

Shaped the surveying and quantity verification strategy for major civil infrastructure works, steering cross-functional technical teams on multi-million riyal bridge and highway developments.

  • Directed survey control and quantity verification for road alignments, bridge interfaces, earthworks, pavement levels, cross sections, progress measurements, quantity take-off, and as-built verification from field and design data.
  • Controlled road formation, subgrade, subbase, and asphalt rehabilitation levels while calculating and checking earthwork, pavement, and completed-work quantities for maintenance and bridge-related operations.
Chief Surveyor - Earthworks & Quantity MeasurementJan 2006 - Jan 2007
Al-Harbi Trading & Contracting Co. Ltd.Riyadh / Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Steered survey operations for major civil works, reporting to project leadership and directing site measurement teams across large-scale infrastructure projects. Defined measurement strategy and controlled earthwork quantities for multi-million riyal developments in Riyadh and Jubail, maintaining alignment with client specifications and engineering requirements.

  • Managed survey control for the Girls University site rough grading project involving sixty-eight million riyals of earthworks, and prepared cross sections, excavation measurements, and cut-fill calculations.
  • Approved by the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu as key personnel and chief surveyor for Jubail 2 Stage 2 earthworks under contract number 202-C17.
Chief Surveyor - Survey & Quantity Measurement SupportJan 2003 - Jan 2006
Sadatra Contracting EstablishmentRiyadh / Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia

Defined survey and quantity measurement strategy, steering site measurement accuracy, topographic verification, and progress support across defense and security infrastructure projects. Managed alignment, setting out, levels, and as built records while overseeing earthworks, excavation, backfilling, and road quantity support functions.

  • Controlled excavation and foundation levels, grading, road, and infrastructure interfaces, converting verified field measurements into quantity records and progress support data.
  • Delivered surveying, setting out, levels, site measurements, and as built records concurrently with earthworks, excavation, backfilling, and road quantity support for military and security facilities, roads, gates, and site development works.
Land Surveyor - Survey & Quantity Measurement SupportJan 1993 - Jan 2002
Al Nemer Group for General ContractingEgypt
  • Executed precise setting out and level control for residential towers and compounds, including a 24 Residence Medium Tower project and 45 Villas in Al Shorouk City.
  • Managed field measurements and quantity documentation for major hospitality and healthcare developments, covering the International Medical Center, Nabaq Resort, and Al Salam Residence Compound.
BIM for Infrastructure (Civil 3D + InfraWorks)Jan 2017 - Present
Autodesk Authorized Training Center
  • Taught specialized technical programs totaling 50 hours of instruction.
BIM for Infrastructure / Civil 3D 2020Jan 2020 - Present
Autodesk Authorized Training Center
  • Delivered 50 hours of structured training covering advanced infrastructure modeling and Civil 3D 2020 software functionalities.
  • Instructed 3 distinct cohorts of professionals on project delivery standards and drawing production workflows.
Cert Prep: AutoCAD Civil 3D Certified ProfessionalJan 2019 - Present
LinkedIn Learning
  • Studied surface creation, grading workflows, and corridor modeling techniques.
  • Reviewed civil engineering documentation standards and data management practices.
Sustainability TrainingJan 2025 - Present
Dar
  • Delivered sustainability training modules for internal teams.
  • Evaluated educational materials to ensure compliance with company standards.

Education

DiplomaJan 1993
Surveying Institute, Egypt

General Surveying / Surveying and Mapping

Certifications

Autodesk Certified Professional: AutoCAD Civil 3DAutodesk2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Languages

Arabic · Native

English · Professional