Head of Operations and Maintenance Department

DAR AL RIYADH; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR AL RIYADH seeks an experienced O&M leader to drive the development and implementation of the department's strategy across dam assets in Saudi Arabia. You will set objectives, budgets, KPIs and governance for planning, approval, execution, inspection and close-out of maintenance activities.

Responsibilities include directing maintenance across civil, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and control systems, overseeing all maintenance programs, coordinating shutdowns, and ensuring compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• CMRP certification or equivalent.
• Minimum 16 years of professional O&M experience.
• Experience managing major O&M contracts and leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of dam/water infrastructure O&M requirements.
• Experience in preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of department O&M strategy.
• Oversee preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance programs.
• Monitor asset availability, reliability and maintenance KPIs.
• Coordinate planned shutdowns, backlogs and resource allocation.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi laws, standards and contractual requirements.
• Develop annual/long-term O&M plans and budgets.

Skills

O&M management

Leadership

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Maintenance planning

Condition-based maintenance

Risk assessment

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Eng

CMRP certification

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Lead the development and implementation of the department s O amp M strategy Establish departmental objectives annual plans budgets KPIs and performance targets Develop and maintain O amp M policies procedures manuals workflows and technical standards Establish consistent maintenance and reporting practices across the assigned dam portfolio Develop operating philosophies covering normal abnormal emergency shutdown and restart conditions Define governance arrangements for planning approval execution inspection and close-out of maintenance activities Review O amp M practices against recognized international standards and recommend improvements Identify critical assets and establish risk-based maintenance priorities Ensure emergency plans business-continuity arrangements and operational-response procedures are maintained and tested Direct the operation and maintenance of dams and their associated civil mechanical electrical hydraulic instrumentation and control systems Oversee preventive predictive corrective emergency and condition-based maintenance programs Supervise repair rehabilitation replacement installation testing and commissioning activities Ensure maintenance plans are aligned with asset condition operational priorities and available resources Monitor equipment availability reliability downtime failure rates and maintenance completion Review recurring failures and ensure root-cause analyses and permanent corrective actions are completed Coordinate planned shutdowns isolations restoration and return-to-service activities Ensure maintenance backlogs are prioritized and controlled Monitor spare-parts availability critical inventory and long-lead equipment requirements Promote lifecycle asset management and sustainable maintenance practices Administer O amp M contracts and ensure compliance with scope service levels specifications and contractual conditions Participate in contractor kick-off coordination progress and performance-review meetings Review contractors work programs maintenance plans method statements technical submissions and resource schedules Monitor consultants contractors engineers and technicians and verify the quality and timeliness of their work Evaluate contractor performance against contractual KPIs and service-level agreements Review variations claims additional-work requests and extensions of time in coordination with the Contracts team Confirm that completed work is properly inspected documented and accepted Monitor defects non-conformances and corrective actions through to closure Provide technical input to new O amp M scopes of work specifications bills of quantities and tender documents Develop annual and long-term O amp M plans for the dam portfolio Monitor approved schedules budgets commitments expenditure and forecasts Review actual performance against planned maintenance and project milestones Identify schedule delays cost variances resource constraints and delivery risks Develop recovery plans and corrective measures for activities performing below target Coordinate with Planning Finance Contracts Procurement and Project Controls Prioritize expenditure according to asset criticality safety risk and operational need Review maintenance cost trends and identify efficiency and optimization opportunities Support lifecycle cost assessments and capital replacement planning Lead multidisciplinary O amp M managers engineers technicians planners and support staff Define roles responsibilities reporting lines and performance expectations Review workforce capacity and identify recruitment deployment training and succession requirements Develop technical competencies through coaching training and knowledge transfer Coordinate with Engineering Asset Management Risk Quality HSE Procurement and other departments Promote accountability collaboration and timely decision-making Ensure department resources are deployed effectively across projects and locations Ensure all O amp M activities comply with Saudi laws applicable codes Client procedures and contractual requirements Promote safe systems of work permit-to-work isolation and lockout tagout practices Ensure risk assessments method statements and emergency procedures are approved and implemented Monitor compliance with quality environmental and occupational health and safety requirements Participate in audits inspections incident investigations and management reviews Ensure lessons learned are communicated and incorporated into procedures and maintenance plans Establish and monitor O amp M KPIs including Asset availability and reliability Preventive-maintenance compliance Planned versus reactive maintenance Equipment downtime Mean time between failures Mean time to repair Maintenance backlog Work-order completion Contractor SLA compliance Budget and schedule performance Safety and environmental performance Prepare clear daily weekly monthly annual and technical reports as required by the assignment Present asset performance contract status operational risks and improvement recommendations to senior management Coordinate with government stakeholders consultants contractors and multidisciplinary teams Attend meetings inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or an equivalent relevant discipline from a recognized university.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification or an equivalent internationally recognized qualification.
• Minimum 16 years of professional experience in operations and maintenance.
• Substantial experience administering and managing major O&M contracts.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and maintenance teams.
• Strong knowledge of dam, water-infrastructure or comparable asset-intensive O&M requirements.
• Experience managing preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance programs.
• Advanced capability in SAP maintenance management and project-management systems.
• Experience preparing O&M strategies, procedures, budgets, schedules and management reports.
• Sound understanding of contract administration, service-level management and contractor-performance evaluation.
• Strong leadership, commercial awareness, analytical thinking and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, reports or studies when requested.