Electrical Project Engineer

Aramco; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 337,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy company in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced Electrical Project Engineer. You will lead capital projects, ensuring compliance with schedules, costs, and safety standards. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, alongside project management expertise. This role offers a dynamic and challenging working environment focused on world-scale engineering projects.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Investment in employee development

Global project experience

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in project management.
• Chartered Engineer Certification or equivalent is required.
• Strong understanding of international projects and engineering phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of capital projects ensuring compliance.
• Develop plans and schedules for project design and reporting.
• Implement technology solutions in the field.
• Identify and resolve project issues proactively.
• Review and approve contractors' work and agreements.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Electrical Engineering

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Aramco energizes the world economy. Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a ’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Responsibilities

We are seeking an Electrical Project Engineer to join our Power Systems Projects and Technical Support Department. Power Systems Projects and Technical Support Department (P&TSD) is one of five departments within power systems in Saudi Aramco – its mission is to provide best in class power engineering services to internal and external clients through competent workforce and viable technologies.

Your primary role will be to lead the execution of capital projects. You will ensure that engineering design, procurement, construction and project completion is completed in compliance with the project objective and contractual requirements i.e. project schedule, cost, HSE, company standards and procedures.

• Lead and recommend new continuous improvement solutions for installations or modifications to improve existing facilities and standardization within specific fields of endeavor. Estimate costs, prepare justifications and complete expenditure requests as required.
• Develop Plans, schedules and provides work direction for preparation of designs, processes, reports, correspondence and related data and assures the efficiency, adequacy and conformance to overall objectives of challenging engineering problems.
• Develops scope and description of technology items, and leads the implementation and operation of developed solutions in the field.
• Proactively identify, develop solutions and implement for any issues that may affect cost, schedule, safety or quality. Ensure timely resolution of project issues arising in all phases of the project development.
• Reviews work of junior engineers directed.
• Negotiate agreements and change orders with design and execution contractors.
• Ensure safety measures are implemented in the projects’ execution.
• Be fully familiar with company Key Performance Indices (KPIs) and proactively identify actions to ensure those KPIs are achieved.
• Review weekly and monthly reports on the status and progress of the contracts, including project costs and schedule. Attend project meetings e.g. progress, stakeholders, design review, value improvement, etc.

Minimum Requirements

• As the successful candidate you will must a Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering.
• You should have a minimum of 8 years’ experience. Chartered Engineer Certification or Certification as Professional Engineers is . Additionally, formal qualification in Project Management is .
• You should have a robust understanding of international procedures of Projects Phases, Engineering Phases, Bidding procedures, Procurement Processes, Construction Requirements and up to date Best Practices.
• Flexible to work in multinational teams and mobilize to different locations including remote areas as needed.

Job Post Duration

Job posting start date: 07/03/2025

Job posting end date: 12/31/2025

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.