Plant Manager

siscojobs; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Sisco Jobs is seeking a Plant Manager for a major power and desalination facility in Saudi Arabia/Middle East. You will lead operations and maintenance for steam and gas turbines, desalination systems, and balance‑of‑plant equipment.

The ideal candidate has 12–18 years in power generation or utilities, a mechanical/electrical engineering degree, and proven supervisory experience; familiarity with HSE standards and regulatory requirements is essential.

Qualifications

• 12-18 years in power generation/utilities or desalination operations.
• Experience in supervisory or management roles within steam turbine, gas turbine, or integrated power-and-water facilities.
• Knowledge of safety systems, permit-to-work, risk controls, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead operations and maintenance for conventional power and desalination facilities.
• Direct safe and reliable operation of turbines, balance-of-plant equipment, and desalination systems.
• Develop preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize availability.
• Monitor plant efficiency, output, water production, and equipment reliability.
• Coordinate operations, maintenance, HSE, and engineering teams.
• Ensure compliance with procedures, HSE requirements, and environmental standards.
• Plan shutdowns, major maintenance, and contractor deployment.
• Review KPIs, incidents, and improvement initiatives with senior management.

Skills

Power Plant Operations

Turbine Systems

Water Desalination

Maintenance Planning

HSE Compliance

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical or Electrical

Postgraduate in Engineering/Operations

Tools

SCADA systems

Maintenance Management Systems

Job description

We are Sisco Jobs, a recruitment consultancy based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. We are hiring for the position of Plant Manager in Saudi Arabia / Middle East.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overall operations and maintenance activities for conventional power generation and water desalination facilities.
• Direct safe and reliable operation of steam turbines, gas turbines, balance-of-plant equipment, and desalination systems.
• Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize plant availability.
• Monitor plant efficiency, generation output, water production, equipment reliability, and operating performance.
• Coordinate operations, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, maintenance, HSE, and engineering teams.
• Ensure compliance with plant operating procedures, HSE requirements, environmental standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Plan shutdowns, overhauls, major maintenance activities, resource requirements, and contractor deployment.
• Review operational KPIs, plant incidents, technical problems, maintenance performance, and improvement initiatives with senior management.

Required Skills

• Power Plant Operations & Maintenance: Strong understanding of safe, reliable and efficient operation of utility-scale conventional power facilities.
• Steam & Gas Turbine Systems: Technical knowledge of turbine operation, auxiliaries, performance monitoring and maintenance requirements.
• Water Desalination: Familiarity with operation and maintenance practices associated with industrial desalination facilities.
• Plant Reliability & Maintenance: Ability to manage preventive, predictive, corrective and outage maintenance programs.
• HSE & Compliance: Strong working knowledge of plant safety systems, permit-to-work practices, risk controls and operational compliance.

Preferred Skills

• Experience managing integrated power and desalination facilities.
• Exposure to major plant shutdowns, turbine overhauls and performance-improvement programs.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary O&M teams in Saudi Arabia or the wider Middle East.

Work Experience Requirements

For a Plant Manager position of this scope, a typical experience range is approximately 12-18 years in power generation, utilities or desalination operations. Candidates would typically be expected to have several years of progressively responsible supervisory or management experience within a steam turbine, gas turbine, conventional power plant or integrated power-and-water facility.

Education

Minimum: Typically B.E./B.Tech or equivalent engineering degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Power, Chemical or a related engineering discipline. Preferred: Postgraduate qualification in Engineering, Operations, Energy or Management. Additional: Relevant HSE, plant operations, maintenance, reliability or project-management certifications are advantageous.