About the Role
The Electrical Technical Engineer is responsible for providing technical engineering support for electrical systems, equipment, and infrastructure across projects and operational activities. The role supports the design, review, installation, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance of electrical systems to ensure compliance with project specifications, operational requirements, safety standards, and regulatory guidelines.
This position works closely with engineering teams, project management, construction, operations, vendors, and consultants to ensure efficient execution of electrical engineering activities, technical problem resolution, system reliability, and continuous improvement of electrical performance across the organization.
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Job Responsibilities
- Manage and liaise with the MEP coordinators, main contractor technical teams, consultants, etc.
- Ensure discipline shop drawings are prepared in accordance with the relevant design drawings, specifications, details in coordination with other disciplines.
- Ensure that the drawings submission schedule is efficient within the target schedule and maintains the highest quality.
- Ensure shop drawings are executed in compliance with local authorities that have jurisdiction over the discipline scope of work i.e. KM, QCDD, Ooredoo, Health and Safety, and all standards applicable to the project such as QCS2014 and the project specifications.
- Ensure adherence to the relevant company's policies and procedures.
- Ensure the satisfaction of the client, consultant, main contractor, and MEP project manager/CM at all times.
- Guide the technical engineers/draftsmen through the work activities management process throughout the duration of the project engineering phase.
- Assign specific targets to the various work activities.
- Plan and allocate responsibilities to team members.
- Review and approve Electrical shop drawings and design calculations before submission.
- Review and sign-off Electrical material technical submittals before issuance to the consultant.
- Review and approve method statements in compliance with project specifications, authorities, etc.
- Liaise with other technical departments for the relevant reviews, approvals, etc.
- Support the implementation of HSE initiatives, participate in safety awareness activities, and contribute to incident reporting and resolution in alignment with company and IMS policies.
Job Knowledge & Skills
- Strong knowledge of the construction field
- Electrical codes and standards
- NFPA standards
- Local regulations
- UPDA Certified Engineer or certification with attestation
- ERP knowledge, preferably SAP functional skills are a requirement for success in this role.
Job Experience
- Minimum 8 years working experience, with 5 years relevant working experience, and 2 years in GCC being a plus.
Competencies
- Agility
- AI Fluency
- Electrical load diagrams/schedules and calculation L4
- Electrical power design L4
- Electrical wiring L4
- ELV cabling L4
- Leadership capabilities
- Quality assurance skills
- Voltage drop calculation L4
- Boldness
Education
- Professional degree in MMUP Engineer Registration (UPDA)
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
