CV bullets for a civil site engineer, from duties written in Arabic
Who wrote it
Anas Barghouti has been a site engineer in Ramallah for six years. He wrote his duties in Arabic and wants English bullets for project engineer jobs in the Gulf.
The writer and every detail about them are fictional.
What went into the template
- Your role, organisation and dates
- Site Engineer, Al-Bina Contracting, Ramallah, 2020–2026
- Your duties, as you would list them
- الإشراف على أعمال الموقع اليومية
متابعة المقاولين الفرعيين
إعداد جداول الكميات
مراقبة الجودة والسلامة
التنسيق مع الاستشاري - Results and numbers you know
- Two residential buildings (48 apartments) and a three-storey school; the school handed over 3 weeks early
9 subcontractors, weekly look-ahead plan; kept the school’s critical path on time through two supply delays
Quantity take-offs for 6 tenders, 4 won
Concrete waste from about 8% to 3% by ordering each pour against a shared site log
1,100 days without a lost-time injury; toolbox talks and inspections
120 requests for information closed with the consultant through a tracked weekly meeting - The job you are applying for
- Project Engineer with an international construction firm in the Gulf
The writer’s facts, as typed into the template’s form. The example uses nothing else.
The example
CV achievement bullets: Engineering
Numbered notes in the margin explain each choice.
Site Engineer, Al-Bina Contracting, Ramallah, 2020–2026
Role line
- Supervised daily site work on two residential buildings (48 apartments) and a three-storey school, handed over three weeks ahead of schedule1
Scale and delivery
Note 1: The result a project employer cares about most comes in the first bullet.
- Coordinated nine subcontractors through a weekly look-ahead plan2, keeping the school’s critical path on time through two supply delays
Coordination
Note 2: A named method shows how he coordinates, which is the real skill behind “متابعة”.
- Prepared quantity take-offs for six tenders, four of which the company won3
Commercial
Note 3: Linking his work to tenders won shows commercial value, rare in an engineer’s CV.
- Reduced concrete waste from about 8% to 3%4 by ordering each pour against a shared site log
Cost and quality
Note 4: “About” keeps an estimated figure honest. Precise-looking guesses are easy to catch in an interview.
- Led toolbox talks and inspections that kept the site at 1,100 days without a lost-time injury5
Safety
Note 5: Safety in the vocabulary large contractors use. A recruiter in the Gulf will recognise it at once.
- Closed 120 requests for information with the consultant through a tracked weekly meeting
Coordination with the consultant
Structure
How it is built
Each part in order, with its share of the words.
Checklist
Before you send
Go through your own draft line by line.
Before and after
Common mistakes and how to fix them
Lines like these turn up in many drafts by Arabic speakers. Each fix keeps the meaning and changes only the English.
Supervision of the daily works in the site.
Supervised daily site work on two residential buildings (48 apartments) and a three-storey school.
Follow up the sub-contractors.
Coordinated nine subcontractors through a weekly look-ahead plan.
Making the BOQ.
Prepared quantity take-offs for six tenders, four of which the company won.
Questions people ask
Can I write my duties in Arabic in the template?
Yes. Paste them as you would write them, in Arabic or English, and add the results and numbers you know. The template writes English bullets and keeps a [number] wherever a figure is still missing, so nothing is invented.
How many bullets should each job have?
Three to six for recent or relevant jobs, one or two for older ones. Six is the most here because this is his main job and closest to the target role.
Should I change my bullets for each application?
Reorder them, and sometimes rephrase them, so that the most relevant achievement for each job comes first. The facts stay the same; the order follows the job advert.
Every writer in this library is fictional, and so is every detail about them. Universities and companies appear only as places someone applies to; the professors, papers and facts mentioned around them are invented for teaching. Use the examples to learn the moves, never as text to copy: committees notice, and your own facts are stronger.