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Site Office, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Overview
The Lead Electrical Engineer is responsible for leading the design, engineering, coordination, installation, testing, commissioning, and delivery of all electrical systems for the Mixed use Project. The role involves managing multidisciplinary coordination, ensuring compliance with project specifications, international standards, local authority regulations, and client requirements. The Lead Electrical Engineer will provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, oversee electrical engineering teams, support construction activities, and ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality project execution within schedule and budget requirements.
Your role
- Lead the electrical engineering design and technical delivery for the project from concept through commissioning.
- Manage the preparation, review, and approval of electrical design calculations, drawings, reports, and technical specifications.
- Coordinate with architects, structural, mechanical, ELV, ICT, and infrastructure disciplines to ensure integrated project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with applicable international standards, local regulations, and project-specific requirements.
- Review contractor submittals, material approvals, shop drawings, RFIs, and method statements.
- Provide engineering support during construction, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover phases.
- Conduct design reviews, value engineering studies, and technical risk assessments.
- Monitor project progress and provide solutions to technical challenges affecting cost, schedule, or quality.
- Support procurement activities including technical bid evaluations and vendor assessments.
- Lead site inspections and ensure electrical works are executed in accordance with approved designs and quality standards.
- Liaise with clients, consultants, contractors, utility authorities, and stakeholders on electrical engineering matters.
- Supervise and mentor junior engineers and technical staff.
- Prepare engineering reports, project updates, and presentations for management and client meetings.
- Ensure adherence to health, safety, environmental, and quality management requirements.
- Participate in testing, commissioning, snagging, and final project close-out activities.
Location
Site Office, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-171061
Salary range
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About you
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university.
- Minimum 15+ years of experience in electrical engineering, with significant experience on large-scale building, infrastructure, mixed-use, cultural, educational, or mega projects.
- Proven experience in leading electrical engineering teams throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Strong knowledge of LV/MV power distribution systems, substations, transformers, generators, UPS systems, lighting systems, grounding, and lightning protection systems.
- Experience with electrical load calculations, power studies, fault analysis, and system coordination studies.
- Familiarity with international standards such as IEC, IEEE, NFPA, BS, and local authority requirements.
- Proficiency in engineering software such as ETAP, SKM, AutoCAD, Revit MEP, and BIM platforms.
- Experience in reviewing and coordinating multidisciplinary BIM models.
- Strong understanding of testing, commissioning, and handover requirements for electrical systems.
- Excellent project management, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and technical report-writing abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple project priorities and deliver under tight deadlines.
- Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), or equivalent professional certification is preferred.
- Experience working on high-profile government, cultural, educational, or giga projects is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of sustainability standards, energy-efficient design, and smart building technologies is an advantage.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Medical insurance.
- Annual leave balance.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Transportation & housing allowances.
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
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Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
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About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
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