Electrical Engineer

About the Role

Acwa is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join their team in Al Khafji. This full-time position involves planning and supervising maintenance activities on plant electrical equipment, working under the direction of a Section Head. The role requires 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Assign preventive and corrective maintenance jobs as directed by the Section Head, supervising and coordinating maintenance staff activities.
• Maintain records, prepare reports, and compose correspondence related to work.
• Execute work orders through CMMS (SAP) and coordinate with the planning engineer for job completion and technical matters.
• Maintain necessary communications and relations to report on the status of matters requiring action and ensure corrective action is undertaken.
• Assist the Maintenance Manager in executing corrective and planned maintenance in line with the annual scheduled maintenance plan.
• Perform technical evaluation of quotations received from the purchase department and recommend appropriate choices.
• Prepare purchase requisitions for spare parts and consumables, ensuring budgetary constraints and arranging strategic spares availability.
• Review and recommend new maintenance procedures and work instructions.
• Supervise, direct, and coordinate the activities of all personnel assigned to the area.
• Ensure Environmental Aspect-Impact and Hazard Risk Assessments are carried out, controlled, and updated.
• Implement, monitor, and report IMS objectives, targets, and programs.
• Provide necessary resources for effective implementation and sustenance of IMS.
• Report IMS performance to management periodically and ensure legal compliance with respect to scope of activities.
• Ensure identification of root causes for non-conformances/deviations and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Identify competency gaps for subordinate personnel and implement necessary actions.
• Carry out annual performance evaluations of reporting employees.
• Provide on-the-job training to new employees and evaluate their OJT performance.
• Identify, document, and control hazards in the assigned work area.
• Ensure identified aspects are monitored and operational controls are followed.
• Report deviations in the Integrated Management System, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Report emergencies, incidents, and near misses, ensuring effective resource utilization.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience in a relevant electrical engineering role.

Work Environment

The role involves working near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions. Occasional exposure to high precarious places, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or chemical risks, and electrical shock may occur. The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate but can be very loud at times.