Mechanical Engineer

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy; Dammam; On-site; SAR 374,000 - 525,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced engineer to manage mechanical field service activities for rotating equipment. Your role involves ensuring compliance and troubleshooting during emergencies while leading and training junior personnel. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering and 8-10 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. The position requires extensive travel, including emergency deployments, and proficiency in troubleshooting power generation equipment.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Competitive salary package

Opportunities for global teamwork

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of related engineering experience in Oil & Gas and Power Generation.
• Hands-on experience with commissioning and servicing power generation equipment.
• Willingness to travel extensively for work.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical service activities for rotating equipment on site.
• Provide technical support and training to junior engineers.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure mechanical tasks meet specifications.

Skills

Mechanical expertise

Fault finding

Strong communication skills

Team leadership

NDT knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering

Tools

Power generation equipment

Job description

A Snapshot of your day

Your day involves leading and managing the mechanical field service activities for SGT-A35/A20 and SGT-A05 rotating equipment on complex projects in the Middle East, ensuring compliance, successful handovers to customers, and troubleshooting during emergencies. Additionally, you provide technical support, guidance, training, and leadership to junior engineers and customer personnel, while assisting sales and project management teams with technical clarifications and estimations.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Perform mechanical activities and implement hardware engineering modifications to ensure customer plants meet specifications.
• Review complex plans, drawings, and schematics, providing ongoing guidance and collaborating with the Site Manager and Project Engineer to protect the company’s commercial interests during mechanical activities.
• Represent the company in formal customer meetings to provide updates on mechanical progress, ensuring the company’s position is safeguarded, and attend debrief meetings to relay issues and design changes to engineering and production teams.
• Conduct specialized troubleshooting activities worldwide, perform complex site surveys, and produce detailed design plans and technical reports for modifications, upgrades, and system reliability improvements.
• Provide onsite training to junior Field Service Engineers and customer operators, staying updated on new products, vendor equipment, and commissioning procedures while contributing to root cause analysis and fault diagnostics.
• Work safely in alignment with company protocols, participate in product training programs for skill development, and produce professional site visit reports for customer submission.

What You Bring

• A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aeronautical, or equivalent education, or vocational qualifications with 8-10 years of related engineering experience in similar roles, particularly in Oil & Gas and Power Generation industries.
• Proven expertise in commissioning, fault finding, maintenance, and servicing of power generation equipment, with hands‑on experience in AGT, GG & PT, and GN systems, as well as SGT certification being a merit.
• Strong technical competency in new unit installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting for products like SGT-A35, A05 MGT600, and MGT-800, including NDT knowledge, rotating equipment field alignment, and supervision of lube oil & auxiliaries systems.
• Ability to lead engine swap activities, independently manage 8K, 16K, 24K, and 40K inspections, interpret engineering and piping drawings, and report job results as required.
• Highly motivated, proactive, and flexible with excellent communication skills, strong work ethic, and the ability to work independently or as part of a team, while demonstrating professionalism in customer interactions.
• Willingness to travel extensively (70% domestic and international), including emergency mobilizations and extended periods away from home, with offshore working certificates and a KSA driving license (or willingness to obtain one) as added requirements.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low‑emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one‑sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150‑year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

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Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Opportunities to work with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Medical benefits
• Access to a variety of employee resource groups
• Competitive Salary Package

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The job posting will remain open for applications for 14 days from the posting date.