Resident Engineer

Siemens Energy; Dammam; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking an experienced on-site engineer to support gas turbine systems across Saudi Arabia. You will lead commissioning, startup, testing, and maintenance outage activities at high-priority sites, coordinating with global teams to implement improvements and ensure top-tier reliability.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or control engineering with 5–8 years of field service or turbine commissioning experience, CCP certification, and NEBOSH General

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or control engineering (or equivalent technical qualification).
• 5-8 years of field service or gas turbine commissioning experience.
• CCP certification and NEBOSH General Certificate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site engineering support for gas turbines and auxiliary systems, ensuring rapid resolution of issues and maximum equipment availability.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and fault-finding on complex mechanical and electrical system failures.
• Lead commissioning, startup, testing, and maintenance outage activities in compliance with specifications and quality standards.
• Coordinate site modifications and collaborate with global engineering teams on sustainable solutions and performance improvements.
• Serve as the primary customer-facing technical expert, delivering progress reports and ensuring EHS compliance.

Skills

Field service experience

Outage management

Stakeholder communication

Technical reporting

EHS compliance

Troubleshooting

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Control Engineering

Tools

SPPA-T3000 control systems

Job description

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa are becoming Omterra. "We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

Your day involves providing on-site engineering support for gas turbine systems, leading commissioning activities, and troubleshooting complex electrical and mechanical issues to ensure maximum plant reliability and minimal downtime. You work closely with customers and service teams to resolve technical challenges, optimize equipment performance, and deliver high-quality execution of critical service operations at high-priority sites across Saudi Arabia.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Provide on-site engineering support for gas turbines and auxiliary systems, ensuring rapid resolution of technical issues and maximum equipment availability.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and fault-finding on complex mechanical and electrical system failures.
• Lead commissioning, startup, testing, and maintenance outage activities while ensuring compliance with technical specifications and quality standards.
• Coordinate site modifications and work closely with global engineering teams to implement sustainable technical solutions and performance improvements.
• Serve as the primary customer-facing technical expert, delivering progress reports, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring compliance with all EHS requirements.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Electrical, or Control Engineering (or equivalent technical qualification), with 5-8 years of field service or gas turbine commissioning experience.
• Certified Commissioning Professional (CCP) and NEBOSH International General Certificate preferred.
• Proven experience supporting gas turbine power plants, including commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and SPPA-T3000 control systems.
• Strong background in outage management, site supervision, technical reporting, and Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage customer relationships, communicate with stakeholders, and solve complex technical issues under pressure, preferably within Saudi Arabia or the Middle East region.

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, wedevelop energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energydemand of the global communityis 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.

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.

• Opportunities to work with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Access to a variety of employee resource groups