Lead Electrical Engineer

Company Description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.

We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all

Job Description

1. Electrical Discipline Leadership

• Lead the electrical engineering team across assigned projects.
• Allocate engineering activities to electrical engineers and designers based on project priorities and competence.
• Provide technical direction, mentoring and support to electrical team members.
• Review workload and resource requirements and report requirements to management.
• Monitor engineering productivity and deliverable progress.
• Ensure consistent technical standards and engineering practices are implemented across projects.
• Support recruitment, technical interviews and assessment of electrical engineering candidates when required.
• Support professional development and competency improvement within the electrical team.

2. Electrical Design Management

Lead and oversee the development of electrical designs for buildings and infrastructure, including as applicable:

• Medium-voltage power distribution.
• Low-voltage power distribution.
• Utility electrical connections.
• Primary and secondary substations.
• Package and unit substations.
• Transformers.
• MV and LV switchgear.
• Main and sub-main distribution systems.
• Motor-control centres.
• Emergency power systems.
• Diesel generators.
• UPS systems.
• Battery systems.
• Automatic transfer systems.
• Lighting systems.
• External and street lighting.
• Emergency lighting.
• Small-power systems.
• Earthing and grounding systems.
• Lightning protection.
• Cable distribution systems.
• Cable containment systems.
• Infrastructure cable corridors.
• Electrical duct banks.
• Electrical manholes.
• Power distribution to utility and infrastructure facilities.
• Power interfaces with mechanical and process systems.
• Renewable-energy and photovoltaic-system interfaces where applicable.
• EV-charging infrastructure where applicable.

3. Electrical Engineering Calculations

Ensure preparation and independent technical review of calculations including:

• Electrical load schedules.
• Maximum-demand calculations.
• Diversity calculations.
• Transformer sizing.
• Generator sizing.
• UPS sizing.
• Cable sizing.
• Voltage-drop calculations.
• Short-circuit calculations.
• Protection coordination and selectivity.
• Arc-flash studies where required.
• Earthing-system calculations.
• Lightning-protection calculations.
• Lighting calculations.
• Emergency-lighting calculations.
• Harmonic assessments.
• Power-quality assessments.
• Motor-starting assessments where applicable.
• Capacitor-bank and power-factor-correction calculations.

Ensure appropriate engineering software and methodologies are used and calculations are independently checked before issue.

4. Design Deliverables

Lead preparation and review of:

• Design Basis Reports.
• Design criteria.
• Technical specifications.
• Electrical single-line diagrams.
• Electrical load schedules.
• Equipment schedules and data sheets.
• Electrical layouts.
• Lighting layouts.
• Earthing layouts.
• Lightning-protection layouts.
• Cable-routing drawings.
• Infrastructure electrical layouts.
• Utility interface drawings.
• Substation layouts.
• Equipment-room layouts.
• Cable schedules.
• Interface schedules.
• Bills of Quantities.
• Material specifications.
• Tender documentation.
• Technical reports.
• Authority submission packages.

5. Saudi Regulatory and Authority Compliance

Ensure designs comply with applicable requirements including:

• Saudi Building Code, including applicable requirements of SBC 401 – Saudi Electrical Code.
• Saudi Electricity Company requirements and engineering standards.
• Saudi Arabian Distribution Code where applicable.
• Saudi Grid Code where applicable.
• Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu standards where applicable.
• Project-specific authority requirements.
• Saudi Civil Defense requirements where applicable.
• SASO requirements are applicable to electrical equipment and products.

International standards shall be applied where applicable and where consistent with project and Saudi requirements, including:

• IEC
• IEEE
• NFPA
• NEC/NFPA 70 where contractually applicable
• BS/BS EN
• NEMA
• Relevant ISO standards.

The Lead Electrical Engineer shall identify any conflicts between standards and ensure that the governing project requirement is clearly established.

6. SEC and Utility Coordination

• Lead technical coordination with Saudi Electricity Company and other electricity providers.
• Determine electrical utility connection requirements.
• Coordinate load applications and utility demand requirements.
• Support development of utility connection strategies.
• Coordinate requirements for substations, metering and interface points.
• Lead responses to utility-provider technical comments.
• Attend technical meetings with SEC and other authorities.
• Monitor electrical approval status and support timely closure of outstanding comments.

7. Multidisciplinary Coordination

Coordinate electrical requirements with:

• Architecture.
• Structural.
• Civil.
• Mechanical.
• HVAC.
• Public Health.
• Fire & Life Safety.
• Telecom and ICT.
• Security.
• Infrastructure.
• Utilities.
• Landscape.
• Process engineering where applicable.

The Lead Electrical Engineer shall ensure:

• Electrical rooms are appropriately sized and located.
• Equipment access and maintenance requirements are considered.
• Required penetrations, trenches, shafts and containment systems are coordinated.
• Electrical loads from other disciplines are captured.
• Utility corridors are coordinated.
• Electrical systems are properly integrated with mechanical, telecom, security and control systems.

8. BIM and Digital Design Coordination

• Support implementation of BIM requirements within the electrical discipline.
• Coordinate with BIM Managers and BIM Coordinators.
• Ensure electrical models comply with project LOD/LOI requirements.
• Participate in multidisciplinary clash-detection reviews.
• Review model-based design issues affecting electrical systems.
• Ensure alignment between models, drawings, calculations and schedules.

9. Technical Assurance and Quality

• Perform technical reviews of electrical designs.
• Ensure designs undergo appropriate checking and approval before issue.
• Review engineering calculations and assumptions.
• Conduct interdisciplinary design reviews.
• Participate in technical assurance and project gateway reviews.
• Identify design risks and ensure they are mitigated.
• Ensure technical comments are properly addressed before final submission.
• Promote lessons learned and standardization across projects.
• Maintain compliance with Assystem's Quality Management System.

10. Client and Stakeholder Interface

• Represent the electrical discipline during Client meetings.
• Present electrical design concepts and recommendations.
• Respond to Client technical comments.
• Coordinate with Client technical teams.
• Attend authority and stakeholder meetings.
• Support the Project Manager in resolving electrical-related stakeholder issues.
• Provide clear technical recommendations where multiple solutions are available.

11. Tender and Construction Support

When included within project scope:

• Respond to bidder technical queries.
• Review electrical technical submissions.
• Assist with tender technical evaluations.
• Review of contractor design proposals.
• Review material and equipment submissions.
• Review shop drawings.
• Respond to RFIs.
• Support technical resolution of site issues.
• Participate in design-change reviews.
• Review proposed substitutions and value-engineering proposals.
• Support testing and commissioning teams when required.

12. Value Engineering and Innovation

• Identify opportunities to optimize electrical systems.
• Evaluate alternative design solutions considering CAPEX, OPEX, maintainability and reliability.
• Promote energy-efficient electrical solutions.
• Support sustainability and low-carbon objectives.
• Encourage appropriate use of digital engineering tools.
• Support standardization of electrical designs across projects.

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from a recognized university.
• 12–15 years of relevant electrical design experience.
• Strong experience in both building and infrastructure electrical design.
• Demonstrable experience leading electrical engineering teams.
• Significant experience with multidisciplinary engineering consultancy or design organizations.
• Experience with Saudi Arabian projects is strongly preferred.

Professional Registration

• Valid or eligible professional registration with the Saudi Council of Engineers.

Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer or equivalent international professional registration is advantageous.

Additional Information

Software and Digital Skills

Working knowledge of relevant tools such as:

• AutoCAD
• Revit
• Navisworks
• Microsoft Visio
• BIM collaboration platforms
• Network planning/design tools
• Wi-Fi survey/design software where applicable
• CCTV design tools where applicable
• Microsoft Office

Required Competencies

The candidate shall demonstrate:

• Strong telecommunications engineering knowledge.
• Strong ICT and ELV design capability.
• Knowledge of both building and infrastructure telecom systems.
• Team leadership.
• Technical problem solving.
• Design coordination.
• Technical checking and review.
• Client-facing communication.
• Service-provider coordination.
• Authority coordination.
• Planning and organization.
• Quality awareness.
• Risk awareness.
• Ability to manage several design packages simultaneously.

Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.