مهندس كهرباء

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and audit contractors’ electrical works for dams and associated water facilities.
• Inspect electrical installations and verify compliance with approved drawings, specifications and method statements.
• Review electrical designs, calculations, drawings, single-line diagrams, equipment schedules and technical submissions.
• Prepare electrical technical specifications, scopes of work, bills of quantities and improvement recommendations.
• Review electrical load calculations, demand assessments, voltage-drop calculations, short-circuit studies and cable sizing.
• Verify compliance with applicable electrical specifications, Saudi Building Code requirements and relevant international standards.
• Review the design, installation, testing and maintenance of medium-voltage and low-voltage systems.
• Assess transformers, switchgear, distribution panels, motor control centres, cables, protection systems and earthing arrangements.
• Review power supplies and motor-starting systems for pumps, gates, valves, hoists and other electromechanical equipment.
• Review conventional, soft-starter and variable-frequency-drive systems.
• Assess normal, standby and emergency electrical supplies, including generators, UPS systems, batteries and automatic transfer systems.
• Review protection coordination, selectivity, grounding, lightning protection and surge-protection systems.
• Assess low-current systems, including fire alarms, security systems, access control and CCTV where applicable.
• Review communications, telemetry, instrumentation, SCADA and control-system interfaces.
• Evaluate clean and renewable energy solutions where technically and commercially appropriate.
• Review preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance plans for electrical assets.
• Analyze equipment failures, recurring faults, power interruptions and electrical-performance trends.
• Conduct or support root-cause analyses and recommend corrective and preventive measures.
• Identify critical electrical assets and recommend rehabilitation, upgrade or replacement priorities.
• Support electrical testing, inspection, commissioning, handover and return-to-service activities.
• Review test certificates, inspection records, as-built drawings, operation manuals and maintenance documentation.
• Monitor contractors’ performance and follow up defects, non-conformances and corrective actions.
• Provide technical input to project planning, maintenance scheduling, asset-management and risk-assessment activities.
• Coordinate electrical activities with mechanical, hydraulic, civil, instrumentation, control, safety and operations teams.
• Prepare technical reports for projects and O&M contracts covering power, MV/LV, clean energy, communications, low-current and pump-starting systems.
• Prepare clear daily, weekly, monthly, annual and technical reports as required by the assignment.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Attend meetings, inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required.
• Comply with Saudi laws, applicable codes, Client procedures, quality requirements and occupational health and safety obligations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent relevant discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in electrical engineering.
• Demonstrated experience with electrical loads, power distribution, communications and low-current systems.
• Relevant experience in dams, pumping stations, water facilities or comparable infrastructure assets.
• Sound knowledge of medium-voltage and low-voltage systems.
• Experience reviewing load calculations, cable sizing, voltage drop, short-circuit levels, protection coordination and electrical designs.
• Knowledge of pumps, motors, motor control centres, soft starters and variable-frequency drives.
• Experience reviewing contractors’ technical submissions, installations, testing and commissioning activities.
• Knowledge of applicable Saudi codes, electrical regulations and recognized international standards.
• Ability to interpret electrical drawings, single-line diagrams, schematics, control diagrams and equipment data sheets.
• Strong technical-reporting, analytical, coordination and problem-solving capabilities.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, reports or studies when requested.