Director Power Management City Asset Management📣 Job Ad

About Jacobs and the Project

Jacobs (KSA) is a key delivery partner for one of Saudi Arabia’s flagship giga-projects, a central pillar of Vision 2030, located approximately 45 km southwest of Riyadh. This landmark development aims to diversify the economy and enhance quality of life through world-class attractions, residential communities, and natural landscapes, while generating significant employment and enabling long-term, sustainable growth.

The Role of Director – Power Management

Jacobs is seeking a Director – Power Management - City Asset Management to provide strategic leadership for the city’s power and electrical asset portfolio. This full-time role ensures electrical infrastructure, networks, systems, services, and commercial arrangements are effectively planned, governed, and optimised throughout their lifecycle. The position involves developing long-term strategies, lifecycle investment plans, performance frameworks, regulatory assurance, and asset management standards to support safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective power services. The Director oversees electrical distribution, substations, transformers, switchgear, renewable energy, energy storage, street lighting, and associated control and monitoring systems, while promoting energy efficiency, decarbonisation, and digital enablement, aligning with city objectives, Saudi regulations, Vision 2030 priorities, and global best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction, governance, operating model, policies, and performance framework for the city-wide power and electrical asset portfolio.
• Develop long-term power asset strategies, service models, load forecasts, capacity plans, and lifecycle investment programmes aligned with city growth and operational requirements.
• Drive energy efficiency, renewable energy, demand-side management, carbon reduction, and energy optimisation initiatives in line with ESG objectives and Vision 2030.
• Establish asset information, digital systems, smart-grid technologies, advanced metering, data governance, performance dashboards, and analytics to support informed decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with applicable electricity regulations, electrical codes, grid requirements, permits, licensing obligations, and regulatory reporting through engagement with relevant authorities.
• Oversee asset lifecycle management for power infrastructure, including substations, transformers, switchgear, distribution networks, street lighting, renewable energy assets, energy storage systems, and associated control systems.
• Lead health, safety, and environmental management, ensuring electrical safety, system reliability, regulatory compliance, network resilience, emergency response, and business continuity.
• Develop commercial, procurement, investment, and service-provider governance strategies, including power supply arrangements, contracts, KPIs, SLAs, budgeting, and lifecycle cost optimisation.
• Build strong relationships with developers, utility providers, network operators, facility managers, regulators, government authorities, and major energy users to support power service and sustainability objectives.
• Lead organisational capability development, fostering a culture of safety, operational excellence, innovation, sustainability, continuous improvement, and workforce development.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Energy Engineering, Utilities Management, Asset Management, or a related field. A Master’s degree and relevant professional certifications are preferred.
• A minimum of 18 years of experience in power systems, electrical utilities, energy management, infrastructure operations, asset management, or city-scale service delivery.
• At least 8 years of experience in senior leadership roles within the specified fields.

Required Skills and Expertise

• Proven expertise in electrical distribution networks, substations, transformers, switchgear, protection systems, street lighting, renewable energy, energy storage, and smart-grid technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Saudi electricity regulations, electrical and grid codes, utility governance, energy efficiency, ESG frameworks, regulatory compliance, and power-sector requirements.
• Experience leading power strategy, procurement, operational readiness, service mobilisation, performance management, audits, lifecycle planning, OPEX/CAPEX management, and contractor oversight.
• Advanced capabilities in smart-grid technologies, SCADA, IoT, GIS, advanced metering, digital twins, data analytics, renewable energy integration, and energy management systems.
• Strong experience in load forecasting, capacity planning, network resilience, electrical safety, outage management, emergency preparedness, and business continuity.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver reliable, sustainable, and commercially viable power management operations within a complex city, destination, or mixed-use development.

Location

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with responsibilities spanning all regions of the Kingdom.