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Water DCS Projects Manager - Automation - alfanar Electric

alfanar
Riyadh, KSA
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 4 weeks ago
Water DCSIndustrial automationSCADAPLCRTUControl systems integration

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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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