Water DCS Projects Manager - Automation - alfanar Electric
Role Overview
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex water DCS and automation projects, integrating control systems, software, hardware, and third-party packages.
Ensure safe delivery in line with contractual requirements, budgets, schedules, quality standards, profitability targets, and customer expectations.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex water DCS and automation projects, integrating control systems, software, hardware, and third-party packages.
Ensure safe delivery in line with contractual requirements, budgets, schedules, quality standards, profitability targets, and customer expectations.
Project delivery
- Lead projects from contract handover through engineering, procurement, production, integration, testing, commissioning, acceptance, and warranty support.
- Set execution plans, schedules, responsibilities, governance, and performance targets across sites and teams.
- Oversee DCS, SCADA, PLC, RTU, communications, control panels, instrumentation, and third-party package integration.
- Manage brownfield migration, phased cutover, redundancy, minimum downtime, and operational continuity.
- Monitor project revenue, costs, profitability, billing, cash collection, and forecasts; manage contracts, variations, claims, change orders, and commercial risks.
- Lead customer meetings, steering committees, risk reviews, escalations, design changes, and acceptance requirements.
- Coordinate Engineering, Procurement, Planning, Production, Quality, Finance, Project Controls, Testing, and Commissioning teams and external partners.
- Manage project risks and compliance; maintain documentation, risk registers, progress reports, and management updates.
- Oversee FAT, SAT, integrated testing, commissioning, issue closure, training, documentation, spare parts, customer acceptance, and warranty handover.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or another relevant field.
- 6–10 years of experience.
- Skills include project control, project change management, project engineering, and project management.
General management responsibilities
Recruit, develop, assess, and guide staff; maintain appropriate delegation of authority.
Translate corporate goals into business plans, monitor performance, control budgets, and report progress.
Develop organizational structures and job descriptions; improve written systems, procedures, automation, and use of relevant IT solutions.
Promote quality and adapt to new techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
Maintain a safe, secure, and legal work environment in accordance with applicable regulations.
About alfanar
alfanar is a Saudi company with international operations in electrical products, energy solutions, oil and gas, water treatment, infrastructure, technical services, and digital solutions.
Its manufacturing hub in Riyadh includes a 700,000-square-meter complex with manufacturing facilities and laboratories.
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