I&C Supervisor

Job Summary ACWA Operations is seeking experienced Instrumentation Supervisors for upcoming opportunities across RO desalination and CCGT power plants in Saudi Arabia. The role is responsible for supervising preventive, corrective, and condition-based instrumentation maintenance activities, ensuring reliable plant instrumentation, accurate process measurements, safe work execution, and effective deployment of maintenance personnel during routine operations, planned outages, and overhauls. Roles & Responsibilities • Supervise preventive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance of instrumentation and control systems. • Oversee inspection, calibration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of pressure, flow, level, conductivity, and pH instruments, analysers, actuators, and control valves. • Coordinate instrumentation maintenance across RO desalination systems or CCGT turbines, HRSGs, steam-water systems, and balance-of-plant equipment. • Lead instrumentation technicians in troubleshooting, calibration, loop checks, functional testing, planned outages, and equipment overhauls. • Supervise approved interlock testing and ensure control logic or setpoint changes follow established authorization and change-control procedures. • Ensure proper implementation of equipment isolation, permit-to-work requirements, and safe return-to-service procedures. • Manage maintenance work orders through CMMS/SAP, review P&IDs, loop and logic diagrams, and coordinate spare parts, tools, and maintenance resources. • Provide technical guidance, on-the-job training, and performance supervision while ensuring compliance with HSE and quality standards. Job Specifications Minimum Education • Diploma in Instrument Engineering. • Degree in Instrumentation or Electronic Engineering is preferred. Minimum Experience • Minimum 10 years of experience in Instrumentation & Control maintenance, including installation, maintenance, and repair of instrumentation and control systems within a plant environment. • Extensive experience as an Instrumentation Supervisor in RO desalination or CCGT power plants is preferred. Required Skills • Strong knowledge of industrial instrumentation, calibration, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance. • Experience with field instruments, transmitters, analysers, actuators, control valves, and associated control systems. • Ability to interpret P&IDs, loop diagrams, logic diagrams, wiring diagrams, and protection drawings. • Knowledge of preventive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance, loop checks, and functional testing. • Understanding of permit-to-work systems, equipment isolation, hazard assessments, and HSE requirements. • Strong leadership, technician supervision, problem-solving, planning, communication, and organizational skills. Job Specifications Minimum Education • Diploma in Instrument Engineering. • Degree in Instrumentation or Electronic Engineering is preferred. Minimum Experience • Minimum 10 years of experience in Instrumentation & Control maintenance, including installation, maintenance, and repair of instrumentation and control systems within a plant environment. • Extensive experience as an Instrumentation Supervisor in RO desalination or CCGT power plants is preferred. Required Skills • Strong knowledge of industrial instrumentation, calibration, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance. • Experience with field instruments, transmitters, analysers, actuators, control valves, and associated control systems. • Ability to interpret P&IDs, loop diagrams, logic diagrams, wiring diagrams, and protection drawings. • Knowledge of preventive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance, loop checks, and functional testing. • Understanding of permit-to-work systems, equipment isolation, hazard assessments, and HSE requirements. • Strong leadership, technician supervision, problem-solving, planning, communication, and organizational skills. Work Conditions • Plant-based position in Saudi Arabia. • Availability to support planned outages, equipment overhauls, and emergency maintenance activities.