Senior Control Systems Engineer - Street Lighting CMS Lead

Zutari; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Zutari seeks a Principal Control Systems Engineer to lead the control systems scope for a major street lighting project in Dubai. You will oversee design review, validation, testing, and commissioning support for PLMS, CMS, and related lighting control systems, ensuring robust architectures and fail-safe operations across an urban infrastructure environment.

The role requires a highly experienced engineer with strong network, gateway deployment, and central monitoring expertise, coordinating

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in control systems engineering with street lighting or urban infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience in PLMS and CMS and centralised control environments.
• Proven design review, validation, functional testing, and commissioning support.
• Experience with network planning and gateway deployment for distributed control systems.
• Strong logic, dimming sequences, and fail-safe design experience.
• Prior involvement in large municipal or infrastructure projects is preferred.
• Middle East/Dubai/UAE project experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead control systems engineering scope for a major street lighting project in Dubai.
• Review PLMS and CMS design, control centre integration, and lighting control systems.
• Validate network planning for PLMS gateway deployment across the street lighting network.
• Witness and evaluate functional testing to ensure alignment with requirements.
• Ensure reliable integration between field devices, gateways, and central monitoring systems.
• Provide technical leadership during installation, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Identify risks, gaps, and mitigation measures; review contractor submittals and FAT/SAT docs.
• Coordinate with electrical, ICT/communications, commissioning, and operations teams.

Skills

Control systems engineering

Street lighting

PLMS

CMS

Electrical engineering

Systems integration

Testing & commissioning

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree

Professional registration/ chartership

Tools

SCADA/CMS platforms

Networking

Job description

Zutari seeks a Principal Control Systems Engineer to lead the control systems scope for a major street lighting project in Dubai. You will oversee design review, validation, testing, and commissioning support for PLMS, CMS, and related lighting control systems, ensuring robust architectures and fail-safe operations across an urban infrastructure environment.

The role requires a highly experienced engineer with strong network, gateway deployment, and central monitoring expertise, coordinating