Project Lead📣 إعلان

Company Overview

Founded in 1997, GulfNet Solutions Company Limited (GNS), known by its brand GNS, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ali Zaid Al Quraishi & Brothers (AZAQ). Headquartered in Ad Dammam, GNS specializes in providing consultation, solutions, services, and manpower across the GCC region. The company's expertise spans information security, mobility, cloud computing, big data, governance, risk management, and compliance.

About the Role

GNS is seeking a Project Lead to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading the end-to-end execution of industrial automation and digital transformation projects. The Project Lead ensures successful delivery from project initiation through commissioning and handover, requiring strong technical expertise, project leadership, customer engagement, and coordination across multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the complete project lifecycle, including planning, detailed engineering, procurement support, implementation, commissioning, testing, training, and close-out.
• Manage multiple automation and digitalization projects to achieve schedule, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction objectives.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, subcontractors, OEMs, and suppliers throughout project execution.
• Translate customer operational requirements into technical deliverables and ensure alignment between customer expectations and execution teams.
• Review and approve engineering deliverables such as system architecture, control philosophy, P&IDs, network architecture, I/O lists, FAT/SAT procedures, and technical documentation.
• Provide technical leadership for Industrial Automation and Digital Solutions, including PLC, SCADA, DCS, RTU, Instrumentation, Industrial Networks, IIoT, Connectivity Solutions, and MES execution.
• Plan and supervise site surveys, installation activities, Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), commissioning, and customer training.
• Identify project risks, develop mitigation plans, and proactively manage technical and commercial issues.
• Ensure compliance with company standards, customer specifications, cybersecurity requirements, and applicable international standards.
• Support sales and pre-sales teams during project handover, technical clarifications, change orders, and customer meetings as required.
• Prepare and monitor project schedules using Microsoft Project and/or Primavera, providing regular progress reports to management.
• Manage project resources efficiently to achieve project profitability and contractual commitments.
• Foster strong customer relationships and identify opportunities for additional services, upgrades, modernization, and lifecycle support.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5-10 years of proven experience in delivering or managing projects involving SCADA, PLC, RTU, Instrumentation, IIoT, or Digital Transformation for utilities or industrial customers.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Experience with leading automation platforms such as Schneider Electric, Siemens, Rockwell Automation, ABB, Honeywell, or AVEVA is an advantage.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of industrial automation solutions for Water & Wastewater, Utilities, Infrastructure, and Process Industries, with awareness of operational processes in both light and heavy industries.
• Ability to understand customer business challenges, define problem statements, and translate business requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Solid knowledge of MV/LV electrical systems and their applications in industrial environments.
• Strong understanding of instrumentation, electro-mechanical systems, and process control.
• Ability to review engineering drawings, P&IDs, single-line diagrams, technical specifications, and project documentation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and team coordination skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management tools.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, requiring active collaboration with engineering, procurement, and site execution teams to ensure project success.