Lead Mechanical Engineer📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Abdullah A. Al-Barrak & Son Co. is seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer to join our team in Al Khobar, Eastern Province. This full-time position requires a professional with over 10 years of experience to lead the mechanical discipline, with a primary focus on rotating equipment within an EPC environment. The role involves active daily participation in the engineering phase across one or multiple projects.

Role Context and Contribution

The Lead Mechanical Engineer will be instrumental in guiding mechanical engineering activities from proposals through to commissioning. This includes active participation in bidding processes, providing essential technical support during construction and commissioning, and ensuring engineering excellence. While specializing in rotating equipment, knowledge of static equipment is considered a significant advantage for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, monitor, and control all engineering activities within the Mechanical Discipline.
• Facilitate interdisciplinary coordination and support team building initiatives.
• Proactively identify and communicate issues or problems to management for timely resolution.
• Actively participate in progress review meetings, technical meetings, client meetings, and vendor meetings.
• Support Procurement activities, including raising Material Requisitions (MR), conducting Technical Bid Clarification/Evaluation (TBC/TBE), and drafting Purchase Requisitions.
• Assist the bidding team by raising Requests for Quotation (RFQs), performing technical evaluation of bids, and contributing to cost estimation.
• Provide technical support to construction teams by responding to site-related technical queries (TQ).
• Review and provide comments on GES plus engineering deliverables as required.
• Ensure the safety and quality of all deliverables.
• Participate in Value Engineering practices such as value engineering studies, lessons learned sessions, Risk Assessment/Management Studies and workshops, and Constructability studies and workshops.
• Strive for customer satisfaction and appreciation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (BS, BE, or B Tech).
• Completion of relevant training and certification courses.

Experience Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of combined experience in the Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, and Power Industries.
• Demonstrated experience working with GES plus/EPC Contractors on projects for Saudi Aramco, SABIC, and other reputable organizations.
• Experience attending Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) activities.
• Experience providing support for pre-commissioning activities.

Application Process

We invite qualified candidates to submit their applications for this Lead Mechanical Engineer position.