Electrical Supervisor

ACWA Power; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 183,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the United Arab Emirates seeks an Electrical Supervisor to lead day-to-day electrical maintenance activities. The role involves supervising a maintenance team, troubleshooting electrical issues, and managing outage maintenance for critical equipment. Candidates should have a diploma in Electrical maintenance and 10-12 years’ experience in the field, particularly in Power and Water desalination plants.

Qualifications

• 10 – 12 years’ experience in electrical maintenance such as installation, maintenance and repair of electrical equipment used in Power and Water desalination plants.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day electrical maintenance activities in the plant.
• Assign resources for scheduled preventative maintenance and breakdowns.
• Troubleshoot and conduct root cause analysis on electrical equipment.
• Test and validate equipment condition upon completion of repairs.
• Perform regular inspections on work progress of electrical technicians.
• Coordinate annual outage maintenance of critical electrical equipment.

Skills

Practical Knowledge of relevant plant equipment

Awareness of HSE & quality standards

Knowledge of downtime analysis and problem-solving tools

Knowledge of preventative/predictive maintenance theory

Mentoring, coaching and people management skills

Strong planning, organizing, and integration skills

Teamwork and effective collaboration skills

Education

Diploma in Electrical maintenance

Job description

Electrical Supervisor

will supervise the day-to-day electrical maintenance activities in the plant including preventive and corrective maintenance, planned outages and overhauling work activities for all electrical equipment in accordance with overall maintenance plans, HSE guidelines and quality standards to ensure effective functionality, plant availability and equipment reliability.

Maintenance Management

• Assign resources for the scheduled preventative maintenance / breakdowns, and major repair jobs in the plant to enable optimal functionality of electrical equipment in line with quality standards and provide timely completion of all jobs while reporting any deviations to the Electrical Engineer for action.
• Troubleshoot and conduct root cause analysis on all electrical equipment to ensure smooth and trouble-free operations.
• Test and validate the condition of equipment upon completion of repairs to confirm readiness in compliance to quality standards.
• Perform inspections on regular basis to follow-up on work progress of all electrical technicians ensuring that work progress is carried out as per approved work schedule and appropriate resources are allocated while highlighting any non-conformances to the Electrical Engineer to ensure prompt action.
• Participate in the investigation and specification of modifications to existing systems; assist the Electrical Engineer in the preparation of preliminary submissions including technical specifications and materials for modifications together with accompanying drawings, process diagrams and cost estimates.

Outage Management

• Coordinate the planning and execution of the annual outage maintenance of critical electrical equipment, as per the recommendation of the OEM, and provide technical support to ensure the EHS, scope, cost, and timeline objectives are met.

People Management

• Supervise the activities and work of the team members to ensure that targets and objectives are achieved and the business plan is delivered in line with the required policies, processes, procedures and systems.

Requirements

• A Diploma in Electrical maintenance.
• 10 – 12 years’ experience in electrical maintenance such as installation, maintenance and repair of electrical equipment used in Power and Water desalination plants.

Skills

• Practical Knowledge of relevant plant equipment.
• Awareness of HSE & quality standards.
• Knowledge of downtime analysis and good knowledge of problem-solving tools.
• Knowledge of preventative/predictive maintenance theory.
• Mentoring, coaching and people management skills.
• Strong planning, organizing, and integration skills.
• Teamwork and effective collaboration skills.