Lead Field Engineer – Electrical (Saudi National)

Role overview

Field engineering and delivery

• Lead field activities at construction, supplier, client, and project locations; provide technical direction for installation, maintenance, testing, and commissioning.
• Review drawings, specifications, calculations, submittals, method statements, inspection and test plans, and other construction documents.
• Inspect electrical work and verify compliance with approved designs, project specifications, codes, standards, client requirements, and quality requirements.
• Coordinate contractors, suppliers, consultants, clients, and engineering disciplines; resolve field issues and review technical requests, shop drawings, approvals, and field changes.
• Support equipment and material requisitions; monitor construction progress and provide schedule and milestone input.
• Participate in testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning, energization, and handover.
• Identify design conflicts, installation issues, non-conformances, and risks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare field, inspection, technical evaluation, progress, and as-built documentation; coordinate timely engineering deliverables.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers, designers, inspectors, and technicians; promote safety, quality, environmental, and document-control compliance.
• Attend project coordination, construction, technical, and client meetings; travel to or relocate at project sites and other locations as required.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 15 years of related professional experience, including significant field engineering experience.
• Experience leading electrical engineering and construction activities on major infrastructure, buildings, industrial, energy, utilities, or transportation projects.
• Strong knowledge of electrical engineering principles, construction practices, testing, commissioning, and power distribution systems.
• Ability to interpret electrical technical documents and review installations, submittals, and construction work for compliance.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary project stakeholders and resolving technical issues.

Electrical systems

• Systems include power distribution, substations, transformers, switchgear, generators, motors, lighting, grounding, and control systems.