Senior Engineer Testing & Commissioning

About Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. focuses on solving critical global problems across various sectors, including urban development, environmental resilience, and scientific discovery. The company aims to transform abstract ideas into realities that benefit the world.

Role Overview

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Engineer - Testing & Commissioning to join the team in Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is available across All SA Regions, specifically in Neom, Tabuk, and Riyadh. The role involves providing contractual leadership for a major program, focusing on electrical and ICT commissioning for water assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Review testing, commissioning, and handover deliverables, including T&C plans, method statements, procedures, Inspection and Test Plans, test records, and O&M documentation, against contractual and technical requirements.
• Support the resolution of review comments by tracking outstanding items and following up with Contractors to ensure timely and compliant close-out.
• Identify gaps in Contractor submissions and assess their impact on testing, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness.
• Assess potential constraints and risks to achieving full contract-compliant testing and commissioning, providing practical and well-justified recommendations to address identified gaps.
• Review commissioning programs and sequencing, covering pre-commissioning, functional testing, performance testing, integrated systems testing, and trial operations.
• Witness or support the verification of key tests and commissioning activities as required, ensuring results are properly recorded and accepted.
• Support the preparation and review of punch lists, defect close-out, completion certificates, and acceptance documentation.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Construction, Operations & Maintenance, and Asset Management teams to ensure handover requirements and operational readiness needs are met.
• Support the transfer of as-built documentation, O&M manuals, spares, training records, and asset data to the receiving Operator.
• Provide technical input for engineering-related change requests, variations, non-conformances, and queries concerning testing and commissioning.
• Report on T&C and handover progress, outstanding issues, and risks to project leadership.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in testing, commissioning, and handover of major infrastructure, utilities, building, or industrial projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of commissioning processes across mechanical, electrical, ICT, and Instrumentation & Control systems, including integrated systems testing.
• Proven experience in reviewing Contractor T&C and handover deliverables against contract and technical requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to identify gaps, assess risks and constraints, and recommend practical solutions where full contract compliance may be challenging.
• Sound understanding of operational readiness, asset handover, completion, and acceptance processes.
• Knowledge of relevant international codes, standards, and commissioning guidelines (*, IEC, NFPA, ASHRAE, CIBSE).
• Experience on major programs or giga-projects in the GCC is preferred.

Required Skills

• Good stakeholder management and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively with Contractors, Engineering, Construction, and Operations teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear review comments, technical assessments, and reports.
• Proficiency in document management platforms (*, Aconex), commissioning management tools, and MS Office.

Application Information

This is a full-time position. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.