Senior ICT Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead ICT completion, testing, commissioning, and handover across water infrastructure assets and facilities.
• Oversee verification and acceptance of fiber, structured cabling, LAN/WAN, telecommunications, wireless, CCTV, access control, public address, and associated infrastructure.
• Coordinate technical issue, defect, punch-list, RFI, and NCR resolution; validate test and commissioning procedures, reports, and results.
• Ensure ICT integration with operational technologies and supporting infrastructure where required.
• Review and accept as-built drawings, asset registers, configuration records, warranties, and O&M documentation.
• Coordinate handover with client, operations, contractors, and commissioning stakeholders; support demonstrations, training, and knowledge transfer.
• Monitor contractor performance and close-out milestones; promote compliance with project standards, cybersecurity requirements, ICT governance, and regulations.

Requirements and experience

• Minimum 10 years of ICT engineering experience on major infrastructure, utilities, transportation, industrial, or construction projects, including commissioning and handover.
• Strong knowledge of structured cabling, fiber optic networks, LAN/WAN, telecommunications, wireless, CCTV, access control, public address systems, data centres, network architecture, and ICT integration.
• Experience delivering ICT systems for large-scale infrastructure, utility, water, transportation, or industrial projects.
• Experience with network monitoring tools, ICT platforms, Autodesk Construction Cloud, document management, BIM, and digital asset information platforms.
• Understanding of contractor management, project delivery, change and risk management, commissioning coordination, and project close-out.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, analytical problem-solving, and decision-making skills; able to coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA Network+, CISSP, or equivalent certification is preferred; Middle East water, utilities, or infrastructure experience is highly desirable.

Working arrangements