Senior Electrical Engineer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Neom; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the closeout and handover of electrical systems across major water infrastructure assets at NEOM.

You will coordinate with contractors, commissioning teams, and operations to verify installations, testing, and documentation meet project requirements and safety standards. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in electrical engineering for infrastructure projects, experience with HV/MV/LV systems, and proficiency in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
• Experience with water infrastructure projects and electrical systems.
• Knowledge of IEC, IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ISO standards.
• Experience in closeout, commissioning, handover activities.
• Proficiency with ETAP/PowerFactory and BIM tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead completion, testing, commissioning, closeout, and handover of electrical systems.
• Review outstanding works, identify gaps, and coordinate recovery actions.
• Ensure compliance with designs, codes, standards and safety requirements.
• Close out technical queries, punch lists, non-conformances, and designs changes.
• Coordinate energization, testing, and handover documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project leadership

Multidisciplinary coordination

Regulatory compliance

Technical mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional engineering registration / chartership (advantageous)

Tools

ETAP

DiGSILENT PowerFactory

AutoCAD

Revit

BIM

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we push the limits of what is possible to make the world smarter and more connected. We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team at NEOM and provide technical leadership during the closeout and handover phase of a major water infrastructure programme.

About Opportunity

The Senior Electrical Engineer will lead the completion, commissioning, closeout, and handover of the electrical engineering scope across major water infrastructure assets. The role will focus on verifying that electrical installations have been completed, tested, documented, and handed over in accordance with approved designs, project specifications, safety requirements, and client expectations.

The successful candidate will coordinate with contractors, consultants, commissioning teams, operations representatives, and other engineering disciplines to resolve outstanding technical issues, close defects and non-conformances, verify project records, and support the safe and effective transfer of completed assets into operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the completion, testing, commissioning, closeout, and handover of electrical systems associated with water transmission infrastructure, pumping stations, treatment facilities, substations, and related assets.
• Review the status of outstanding electrical works, identify completion gaps and risks, and coordinate recovery actions to achieve project closeout milestones.
• Verify that electrical installations comply with approved designs, project specifications, applicable codes and standards, quality requirements, and electrical safety procedures.
• Review and close outstanding technical queries, punch-list items, non-conformance reports, design changes, concessions, and contractor action items.
• Coordinate the completion of factory and site acceptance testing, system energization, functional testing, integrated systems testing, reliability testing, and performance demonstrations.
• Review commissioning records, test results, electrical safety documentation, energization procedures, protection settings, inspection reports, and final acceptance evidence.
• Coordinate electrical interfaces with mechanical, process, civil, structural, instrumentation, control, SCADA, telecommunications, and operations teams to confirm that systems are fully integrated and ready for operation.
• Review and verify closeout documentation, including as-built drawings, approved design changes, operation and maintenance manuals, asset registers, spare-parts records, warranties, training records, and equipment certificates.
• Support final inspections, asset acceptance, contractor demobilization, operational readiness, and the formal transfer of electrical systems to the client and operations teams.
• Provide technical leadership, resolve complex electrical issues, mentor junior engineers, and maintain effective communication with contractors, consultants, vendors, utility providers, client representatives, and project stakeholders.

Here's what you'll need

• Education: A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Electrical Power Engineering, or related discipline is preferred. Professional engineering registration, chartership, or membership of a recognized engineering institution would be advantageous.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years of relevant electrical engineering experience, including construction completion, testing, commissioning, closeout, and handover of major infrastructure projects.
• Sector and Technical Expertise: Experience with water infrastructure, pumping stations, treatment facilities, utilities, or industrial assets, supported by strong knowledge of high-voltage, medium-voltage, and low-voltage systems, substations, transformers, switchgear, motor control centers, variable frequency drives, generators, motors, protection systems, cabling, earthing, and electrical distribution.
• Closeout and Commissioning: Demonstrated experience managing punch lists, non-conformances, technical queries, acceptance testing, energization, commissioning records, as-built documentation, operation and maintenance manuals, asset data, operational readiness, and final handover.
• Engineering Standards and Digital Capability: Strong knowledge of applicable IEC, IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ISO, local authority, and electrical safety requirements, with experience using electrical design and analysis software such as ETAP, DiGSILENT PowerFactory, or equivalent, and platforms such as AutoCAD, Revit, BIM, or Autodesk Construction Cloud.
• Leadership and Communication: Strong technical leadership, analytical thinking, problem-solving, professional judgement, stakeholder management, multidisciplinary coordination, communication, documentation review, and mentoring skills.

Jacobs. A world where you can. From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions, we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally, and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means, and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities to do good too, from participating in our global giving and volunteering program to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed, today and into tomorrow.

From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions – we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share! By supporting one another, we all succeed.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of their role.

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