Quality & Testing Manager, Data Center | alfanar Electric

Group Overview

• Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we operate construction and manufacturing businesses, design & development centers and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries.
• alfanar is involved in:
• Electrical, Electromechanical and Civil Engineering Construction
• Manufacturing and Marketing Electrical Construction Products

Our Main Divisions:*

• alfanar electric
• alfanar Construction
• alfanar Building Systems

Job Purpose

Quality Governance & QA/QC Framework

• Establish and maintain the Quality Management System (QMS) aligned with ISO 9001, alfanar standards, and customer requirements.
• Define and enforce quality plans, Inspection & Test Plans (ITP), Material Inspection Plans (MIP), and work instructions
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• Act as final authority for quality acceptance of data center power modules and integrated systems.

Integrated Power System Validation

• Own end‑to‑end validation of the complete power train, ensuring seamless integration between RMU, transformers, MDBs, UPS systems, battery banks, and downstream loads
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• Ensure correct sequencing, protection coordination, interlocks, and operational logic across all subsystems.

Testing Strategy & Commissioning Authority

• Act as Commissioning Authority for factory‑built solutions, managing the 5‑Level Testing model (L1–L5).
• Own Level‑4 Functional Testing and Level‑5 Integrated Systems Testing (IST) prior to factory dispatch
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• Approve all test procedures, acceptance criteria, test reports, and final test dossiers.

Critical Systems Functional Testing

• Lead functional validation of UPS systems and battery banks including discharge testing, autonomy verification, impedance testing, alarms, and protections.
• Direct testing of thermal management systems (CRAC/CRAH), validating N+1 redundancy, airflow (CFM), refrigerant charge, and controller communication
• Own inspection and functional testing of life‑safety systems (fire alarm and gas suppression), including interlocking with power and HVAC systems.

Incoming Material Quality & Compliance

• Establish rigorous incoming inspection for all major bought‑out components (Transformers, UPS, Switchgear, CRAC units, Fire Panels).
• Ensure compliance with approved technical submittals, RoHS/REACH requirements, and EPD (ISO 14025) environmental standards.
• Prevent production delays by enforcing zero tolerance for non‑compliant materials.

Factory Witness Testing (FWT) & Customer Interface

• Lead Factory Witness Tests (FWT) as the primary technical interface with customers and consultants.
• Own punch‑list resolution, technical clarifications, and final sign‑off prior to dispatch.

Standards, Certifications & Audit Readiness

• Ensure compliance with IEC, IEEE, Uptime Institute Tier III/IV, TIA‑942, and EN 50600 / ISO/IEC 22237 standards.
• Lead customer, consultant, hyperscaler, and third‑party audits.
• Position quality and testing excellence as a competitive differentiator in bids and customer engagements.

Non‑Conformance & Risk Management

• Own NCR, deviation, waiver, and concession processes.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) using 8D, FMEA, and 5‑Why methodologies and ensure timely CAPA closure.

Testing Infrastructure & Calibration

• Ensure availability and 100% calibration compliance of all testing instruments including torque tools, hipot testers, power quality analyzers, and safety equipment.

People Leadership & HSE

• Build, lead, and develop a competent QA/QC and Testing team.
• Ensure strict compliance with Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE)

requirements

HR Proficiency

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
• Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
• Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility

• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery

• Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Making a Tangible Difference:
• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.

Business Planning and Performance

• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational Development

• Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business Process Improvements

• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.

Adaptation

• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Work Experience