Electrical Project Manager

Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) branch; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Surbana Jurong seeks an experienced Electrical Project Manager to lead HV and MV substation projects in Saudi Arabia. You will guide design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover, coordinating with utilities, contractors, and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure successful outcomes.

The role requires strong project management, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with deep knowledge of substations, protection, and SCADA.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10–15 years of experience in electrical power or substation projects.
• Proven experience delivering HV and MV substation projects.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of HV and MV substation projects across Saudi Arabia.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
• Coordinate design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Manage client, utility, contractor, and stakeholder relationships.
• Ensure compliance with project requirements, standards and regulatory approvals.
• Monitor progress and provide regular reporting to clients and management.
• Lead project meetings and resolve technical and commercial issues.
• Support multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful project outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Client-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SCADA

Protection & control

Job description

About Surbana Jurong

About Surbana Jurong Surbana Jurong (SJ) is a leading global urban, infrastructure, and managed services consulting firm, driven by a vision to build cities and shape lives. Headquartered in Singapore, SJ is a diverse collective of experts delivering sustainable and high-impact solutions across the built environment.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Project Manager to join our team in Saudi Arabia. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of HV and MV substation projects, managing all phases from design and procurement through construction, testing, commissioning, and handover. The role requires strong technical expertise, project management capabilities, and the ability to effectively manage clients, contractors, utilities, and multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of HV and MV substation projects across Saudi Arabia.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
• Coordinate design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Manage client, utility, contractor, and stakeholder relationships.
• Ensure compliance with project requirements, relevant standards, and regulatory approvals.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular reporting to clients and management.
• Lead project meetings and resolve technical and commercial issues.
• Support multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful project outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in electrical power or substation projects.
• Proven experience managing HV and MV substation projects.
• Strong knowledge of substations, protection and control systems, SCADA, and associated infrastructure.
• Experience working with utilities, contractors, and major infrastructure clients.
• Strong project management, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of Saudi Arabia regulations, utility requirements, and approval processes is preferred.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.

Company Culture

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

About Our Team

SJ is a diverse collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create a smart and sustainable future. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 in its member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA, SMEC and Surbana Jurong, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to shape a better future. Its technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors including transportation, water, aviation, healthcare, hospitality and renewables. A global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery, SJ has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans in more than 60 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally. SJ is #23 in Engineering News-Record's 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms, #14 in World Architecture 100 2024, and Asia Pacific FM Technology Provider of the Year 2022, awarded by International Facility Management Association.