Senior Electrical Design Lead – Technical Office

DAR AL RIYADH; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR AL RIYADH is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Office Engineer to lead technical-office reviews for complex infrastructure, building, and landscape projects in Riyadh. You will coordinate with multiple disciplines, verify calculations, and review shop drawings to ensure compliance with Saudi standards and client specifications.

The role requires deep knowledge of MV/LV distribution, protection studies, and ELV systems, plus strong English communication and BIM capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 20 years of professional experience in electrical technical-office engineering, design review and design management.
• Demonstrated experience on major infrastructure, building, landscape or multidisciplinary development projects.
• Proven experience working for an engineering supervision consultancy, project-management consultancy or design consultant.
• Extensive knowledge of medium- and low-voltage power-distribution systems and substation design.
• Deep working knowledge of Saudi Electricity Company standards and technical-approval requirements.
• Experience coordinating complex external power-distribution networks with building electrical systems.
• Strong experience reviewing electrical calculations, protection studies, drawings and material submissions.
• Demonstrated experience with pump-station power systems, standby generators, VFDs and motor-control systems.
• Sound knowledge of fire-alarm, BMS, CCTV, access-control, public-address, Wi-Fi and structured-cabling systems.
• Advanced proficiency in ETAP, DIALux, AutoCAD and Revit MEP.
• Ability to review BIM models, coordinated services drawings and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Strong technical writing, engineering judgment and stakeholder-coordination skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical-office review and coordination of all electrical engineering packages
• Review electrical design criteria specifications drawings schedules calculations and technical submissions
• Verify fault-level and short-circuit calculations for MV and LV systems
• Review load schedules demand factors diversity factors and maximum-demand calculations
• Validate voltage-drop calculations cable sizing and current-carrying capacity
• Review protection-coordination studies relay settings selectivity analyses and time-current curves
• Verify earthing-system designs earth-fault calculations bonding arrangements
• Coordinate fire-alarm BMS CCTV access-control and other ELV systems interfaces
• Verify interfaces among irrigation, landscape, civil and electrical works
• Review Combined Services Drawings BIM clash-detection reports and shop drawings
• Witness testing and commissioning procedures for cables switchgear transformers and protection systems
• Prepare technical reports highlighting design risks and recommended actions
• Advise Project Manager on critical electrical matters affecting quality cost and schedule

Skills

Electrical engineering

Design review

Project coordination

BIM coordination

Engineering judgment

Stakeholder coordination

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

DIALux

AutoCAD

Revit MEP

Job description

DAR AL RIYADH is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Office Engineer to lead technical-office reviews for complex infrastructure, building, and landscape projects in Riyadh. You will coordinate with multiple disciplines, verify calculations, and review shop drawings to ensure compliance with Saudi standards and client specifications.

The role requires deep knowledge of MV/LV distribution, protection studies, and ELV systems, plus strong English communication and BIM capability.