Engineering Manager
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Job Summary
ENGIE group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Together with our 96000 employees our customers partners and stakeholders we are committed to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally friendly solutions. Inspired by our purpose (raison dĂȘtre) we reconcile economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet building on our key businesses (gas renewable energy services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers.
About the job:
- For the construction of this project in the region ENGIE is seeking an Engineering Manager to manage all technical and engineering-related matters and ensure the successful execution and delivery of utility-scale projects in the Middle East.
- The Engineering Manager will lead follow up and coordinate all basic and detailed design review activities on behalf of the Owner during the construction of utility-scale facilities.
Responsibilities (Two sites 300Km Distance):
- Lead and coordinate the basic and detailed engineering design review for utilityscale projects in coordination with the Owners Engineer EPC (BOP&OEM) Contractor Project Company and O&M team.
- Act as the single technical authority for all this project engineering matters during design construction and commissioning phases.
- Review and approve BOP&OEM engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with project specifications grid codes safety standards and ENGIE engineering requirements.
- Define and validate system architecture including technology protection schemes auxiliary systems and control philosophy.
- Perform and validate system sizing configuration redundancy philosophy and layout to meet performance availability and lifecycle requirements.
- Coordinate and oversee grid integration engineering
- Support procurement activities through technical evaluation of vendor offers review of specifications compliance matrices and participation in technical clarifications.
- Coordinate technical interfaces between BOP contractors OEM grid operators consultants and authorities to ensure alignment across all engineering disciplines.
- Monitor engineering progress identify technical risks and interface issues and implement mitigation measures to avoid schedule cost or performance impacts.
- Maintain and update the engineering risk register including risks related to safety constructability grid compliance operability and longterm performance.
- Lead technical oversight of Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and ensure equipment compliance with contractual and technical requirements.
- Provide engineering support during installation commissioning testing and performance validation to ensure compliance with approved design.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable safety fire protection environmental cybersecurity and regulatory requirements relevant to projects.
- Develop and implement engineering best practices standards and review processes to ensure consistency quality and efficiency across projects.
- Prepare and present technical reports engineering assessments and design review summaries to internal and external stakeholders.
Project Company Management and site supervision team Employees Owner Engineering team Contractors & Subcontractors
Head of Engineering MENA
Internal Stakeholders representatives & visitors
SPPC and SEC
Lenders Engineer and other external inspectors / auditors.
BOP and Supplier
External consultants
Government and administrative authorities
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in utilityscale power or renewable energy projects including design integration testing or commissioning activities.
- Proven experience leading the engineering of largescale or hybrid projects from concept and detailed design through construction commissioning and handover.
- Solid knowledge of applicable international standards and codes
- Excellent communication interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Experience working in the Middle East region.
- Experience working with SEC for substation.
- Expertise to deal with Chinese EPC player for large solar projects are a plus.
- Fluency in English is required; Arabic or Chinese language skills are a plus.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
We are ENGIE, a supplier of energy for homes and businesses, both in the UK and abroad. Our name might be new to you, but we've been around for quite a while. And in that time, we've achieved some pretty big things here in the UK