Electrical Supervisor NG Substation

About Bechtel Corporation and the Project

Bechtel Corporation is seeking an Electrical Supervisor NG Substation to join the team in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is integral to the Ar Rjum Project, a greenfield gold project that includes three open-pit mining operations, a processing plant, tailings management facilities, and extensive supporting infrastructure such as water and power supply, maintenance facilities, offices, and accommodation villages. The project is situated within the Central Arabian Gold Region, approximately 200 km northeast of Taif.

Role Summary

The Electrical Supervisor is responsible for overseeing and coordinating subcontractor electrical construction activities for the NG Substation. This position involves providing daily field leadership, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards, and resolving construction constraints. The supervisor will coordinate technical execution, material management, and short-term planning to ensure all work aligns with approved drawings, specifications, vendor requirements, project procedures, and the established schedule. The role also supports testing, energization, commissioning, and turnover processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide field supervision for the safe installation, inspection, testing, pre-commissioning, and turnover of the NG Substation and associated electrical systems.
• Lead and coordinate the installation of power transformers, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, motor control centers, protection and control panels, station service systems, battery chargers, DC systems, UPS systems, and auxiliary equipment.
• Supervise the construction of grounding and lightning protection systems, cable trenches, ducts, conduits, cable tray, raceways, supports, and equipment bonding.
• Coordinate pulling, dressing, glanding, terminating, identification, and testing of power, control, instrumentation, communication, and fiber-optic cables.
• Verify equipment setting, alignment, anchorage, clearances, access, preservation, environmental protection, and compliance with manufacturer requirements.
• Monitor construction schedules, three-week look-ahead plans, work-front availability, manpower, productivity, materials, tools, and equipment requirements.
• Prepare or review construction work packages, installation methods, inspection and test plans, job hazard analyses, lift plans, manning forecasts, and subcontractor execution plans.
• Monitor installations for conformance with drawings, specifications, cable schedules, single-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, vendor documents, and applicable electrical codes and standards.
• Coordinate electrical interfaces with civil, structural, mechanical, piping, instrumentation, communications, utility, and commissioning teams.
• Work with Field Engineering to resolve technical queries, field changes, design conflicts, constructability concerns, and nonconforming conditions.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Materials Management, vendors, and subcontractors to confirm material availability, receiving inspections, storage, preservation, and release to construction.
• Ensure implementation of project quality requirements, inspection records, hold and witness points, test reports, red-line drawings, NCR resolution, punch-list closure, and turnover documentation.
• Plan and coordinate electrical testing including insulation resistance, continuity, grounding resistance, transformer testing, cable testing, protection relay testing, functional checks, and point-to-point verification.
• Support commissioning boundaries, systemization, lockout/tagout, energization plans, switching procedures, temporary power, and safe handover of completed systems.
• Enforce project Environmental, Safety & Health requirements, Permit-to-Work controls, electrical safe work practices, arc-flash controls, LOTO, work-at-height requirements, and housekeeping standards.
• Conduct routine field inspections and coordination meetings to assess safety, quality, work readiness, productivity, constraints, and schedule performance.
• Maintain accurate daily records for manpower, installed quantities, progress, equipment status, inspections, tests, constraints, and field issues.
• Provide clear direction to foremen, craft professionals, and subcontractor supervision; communicate priorities and verify completion against daily and weekly commitments.
• Coordinate planned outages, tie-ins, temporary energization, and interfaces with existing or adjacent systems as authorized by project procedures.
• Promote a collaborative field culture focused on safe execution, technical quality, respect, accountability, and predictable delivery.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in electrical supervision within a construction environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate complex electrical construction activities.
• Strong understanding of electrical codes, standards, and safety practices.
• Proficiency in interpreting technical drawings, specifications, and vendor documents.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

The role requires extensive field inspections within an active construction environment. Candidates must be able to walk long distances, climb ladders and scaffolding, work at height, and access restricted areas as needed. The ability to work effectively in hot, dusty, and variable climatic conditions typical of Middle East construction sites is essential. All required personal protective equipment must be used in association with assigned construction activities.

Performance Focus

• Commitment to zero-harm execution and visible field leadership.
• Ensuring installation quality and compliance with approved technical requirements.
• Reliable short-term planning, constraint removal, and achievement of milestones.
• Readiness for testing, complete record-keeping, punch-list closure, and efficient system turnover.
• Effective coordination across disciplines, subcontractors, vendors, and commissioning teams.