Lighting and Control System Engineer (Roads O&M)

Overview

Position Summary

Decorative And Architectural Lighting

• Plan and supervise operation and maintenance of decorative and architectural lighting on bridges, interchanges, landmark structures and feature installations.
• Manage DMX512 and RDM controlled fixtures, scene programming, colour change sequences and show schedules; verify addressing, universes and data integrity across controllers.
• Diagnose data line, driver and node faults; maintain controller backups, scene libraries and as built control documentation.
• Smart Lighting and Control Networks (Planned Future Scope)
• Support the planning, trial and future rollout of smart lighting control based on LoRaWAN, including gateways, nodes, network servers and a central management system (CMS). This scope is not yet implemented on the contract.
• Configure DALI and DALI-2 drivers, dimming profiles, calendar and astronomical time scheduling, and fault and energy telemetry as systems are introduced.
• Support feeder pillar monitoring, remote switching and metering integration, including device commissioning, provisioning and firmware updates.
• Develop performance, energy and fault reporting from CMS data to support contract KPI and SLA reporting once the system is operational.

Underpass And Tunnel Lighting

• Operate and maintain underpass and tunnel lighting in line with CIE 88 and BS 5489, covering threshold, transition, interior and exit zones.
• Manage daytime and night time stage dimming, luminance controllers, photometric (L20) sensors and traffic linked control logic.
• Verify emergency and standby lighting, UPS supported circuits, and, where applicable, integration with tunnel SCADA, ventilation and incident management systems.
• Confirm luminance levels, uniformity and the absence of flicker through scheduled measurement and inspection.

General Operations, Quality and Safety

• Lead fault finding, planned preventive maintenance and corrective works across street, decorative and tunnel lighting assets on the 29 expressway network.
• Supervise subcontractor and in house teams, review work orders in the asset management system, and enforce quality and SLA compliance.
• Prepare technical reports, method statements, risk assessments and as built records; support trials, retrofits and the HPS to LED conversion programme.
• Apply electrical safety, permit to work and Ashghal HSE requirements at all times.

Dmx512 And Rdm

Lorawan (Desirable)

Dali And Dali-2

Tunnel Lighting

Photometrics

Electrical Systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum six years of relevant experience in street, decorative and tunnel lighting.
• Hands on experience with DMX512 and RDM decorative lighting control is required.
• Familiarity with LoRaWAN, DALI and CMS based smart lighting platforms is desirable, given planned future scope.
• Working knowledge of BS 5489, CIE 115, EN 13201 and CIE 88 tunnel lighting recommendations.
• Experience on performance based or highways maintenance contracts is preferred.
• MMUP / UPDA registration in the electrical category is an advantage.
• Valid Qatar driving licence is preferred.
• Strong reporting skills and proficiency in asset management and data analysis tools.

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