Head of Engineering

ACWA Power; Dubai; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the power sector seeks a Head of Engineering to enhance fleet reliability and efficiency. The role involves managing engineering risks, developing maintenance strategies, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. This position is crucial for optimizing plant operations and driving continuous improvement across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing engineering risks and compliance.
• Strong background in plant operations and integrity management.
• Ability to develop and implement engineering procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk assessments and manage engineering systems.
• Develop outage plans and manage maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Skills

Risk Management

Plant Integrity

Engineering Compliance

Project Management

Communication

Education

Degree in Engineering

Job description

Head of Engineering, UAE

The Head of Engineering will be responsible for advancing and positioning the fleet in terms of reliability, cost, and efficiency, aiming to be within the top quartile globally over the project lifecycle while complying with applicable contractual documents. They will oversee the lifetime management and integrity of major capital assets, including Gas & Steam Turbines, HRSGs, pressure systems, generators, transformers, electrical distribution systems, desalination, pumps, pipework, tanks, and structural assets, collectively known as the assets.

The role requires developing and implementing local procedures and methods to ensure compliance with operator directives, manufacturer recommendations, and good engineering practices. The Head of Engineering is a member of the Senior Management Team within the cluster and is responsible for the assets assigned within this cluster.

Key Responsibilities

1. Risk assessment of plant operation effects on plant remnant life and integrity.
2. Implementation of management systems and development of local procedures to manage engineering risks, ensuring compliance with corporate technical procedures.
3. Development and implementation of inspection schemes to assess plant condition periodically.
4. Development of long-term outage plans and management of annual outages, including budgeting, procurement, and technical specifications.
5. Ensuring timely completion of outage activities, managing outages safely, on time, and within budget, and recording lessons learned.
6. Leading plant condition monitoring programs and collaborating with maintenance to optimize maintenance requirements.
7. Leading investigations into failures and implementing reliability improvements.
8. Liaising with operations to identify plant improvements related to operability, safety, environmental impact, efficiency, and flexibility.
9. Implementing safety integrity testing programs and communicating OEM TILs and notifications.
10. Managing plant modifications and overseeing change management processes.
11. Mapping team competencies and ensuring active participation in a global network of experts.
12. Reviewing KPIs and defining continuous improvement programs.
13. Supporting design reviews and supervising commissioning and performance tests.
14. Facilitating communication among engineering teams across power stations, sharing best practices and innovations.
15. Ensuring high reliability and resource efficiency, and implementing actions from RCA and fleet experience.
16. Reviewing scopes of work for major overhauls and refurbishments in coordination with site management.
17. Sharing lessons learned and implementing derived actions across the technology fleet.
18. Supporting O&M Readiness Assessment prior to plant takeover.

Accountabilities

• Considering health, safety, and environmental aspects in business decisions.
• Maintaining asset integrity regardless of cost.
• Implementing engineering risk management processes.
• Owning ROS, process safety, and change management processes.
• Responding to issues observed through monitoring software, working with the central team on new tools.
• Ensuring compliance with regulations, laws, and project agreements.
• Training and developing staff professionally.
• Establishing and maintaining engineering and quality standards.
• Controlling engineering budgets and contributing to business planning.

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