Power Services Tech Specialist

About the Role

Saudi Aramco is seeking a Power Services Tech Specialist to join its Power Operations Departments. These departments are responsible for delivering electrical energy to customers safely, reliably, and economically, supported by a workforce committed to excellence and customer satisfaction. This full-time role requires over 10 years of experience.

Role Overview

The primary responsibility of the Power Services Tech Specialist involves installations, diagnoses, and repairs across various electrical systems. This includes supporting commissioning, fault diagnosis, testing, repairing, and performing preventive and routine maintenance on transformers, large circuit breakers, and ancillary equipment for substations, switching stations, power plants, and large motor controls. The role also covers underground power cable work, including fault locating, and frequently involves providing work direction to lower-classified Power Services Unit personnel.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance, installation, commissioning, testing, repairs, and troubleshooting on equipment ranging from 480 voltages through 230 kilovolts switchgear, circuit breakers, transformers, disconnect switches, reclosers, cooling fans, and substation systems.
• Utilize various testing equipment such as transformer turns ratio, insulation resistance, and dielectric testers.
• Install and maintain high voltage cables, including solid dielectric, paper insulated lead covered (PILCA), low pressure oil filled (LPOF), and submarine cables, and perform testing of high-pressure oil filled (HPOF) cables, splicing, and terminations.
• Repair electrical and mechanical components of oil circuit breakers, including compressors, pumps, springs, and linkages.
• Conduct commissioning tests on new equipment, recommend final acceptance by the Power Distribution Department, and document any exception items.
• Perform high-skilled diagnostic tasks, diagnose and locate equipment, system, and cable faults through tests and analysis, and determine necessary repairs and parts.
• Install, repair, and maintain specialized power distribution equipment, including line wash equipment, lifts, and digger-derricks.
• Supervise cable excavation, ensure de-energization and safety grounding, and oversee cable laying for high and medium voltage cables.
• Perform potential testing and High-Potential testing on Power Cables.
• Revise existing equipment and systems to conform to verbal instructions, revised drawings, and work orders, then conduct operational test runs for satisfactory repair and acceptance.
• Coordinate and schedule power outages with affected organizations as required for routine maintenance or repairs on power distribution facilities.
• Acquire clearances, perform switching, receive work permits, and restore equipment to service when required for timely work execution.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Thorough knowledge of equipment and underground cable safety requirements, including * and Saudi Electrical Codes.
• Ability to read work orders, work permits, vendor manuals, and schematic diagrams.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues on technical aspects of the job.
• Good knowledge of Safety Management Systems.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.