Lead Electrical Engineer

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. 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.