Senior Electrical Engineer Technical Office

Dar Al Riyadh Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Dar Al Riyadh Group is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (Technical Office) in Riyadh. The role requires oversight of electrical packages, validation of calculations, and coordination across disciplines to ensure compliant, high-quality designs for major infra, building, or landscape projects.

The ideal candidate has 20+ years of experience, strong English, and proficiency in ETAP, DIALux, AutoCAD and Revit MEP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.
• Minimum 20 years of professional experience in electrical technical-office engineering, design review and design management.
• Advanced proficiency in ETAP, DIALux, AutoCAD and Revit MEP.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical-office review and coordination of all electrical engineering packages.
• Review design criteria, drawings, calculations and submissions for compliance.
• Verify fault-level and short-circuit calculations for MV/LV systems.
• Review load schedules, demand factors and maximum-demand calculations.
• Coordinate with disciplines and stakeholders to ensure integrated designs.

Skills

Leadership

English fluency

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

DIALux

AutoCAD

Revit MEP

Job description

Senior Electrical Engineer Technical Office

Job Ref. 2294

Experience: 20

Riyadh

Sep 15, 2026

Job Overview

Date Posted

Sep 15, 2026

Location

Riyadh

Expiration Date

Sep 30, 2026

Experience

20 Years

Job Skills

Key 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 medium- and low-voltage systems.
• Review load schedules, demand factors, diversity factors and maximum-demand calculations.
• Validate voltage-drop calculations, cable sizing, current-carrying capacity and cable-derating factors.
• Review protection-coordination studies, relay settings, selectivity analyses and time-current curves.
• Verify earthing-system designs, earth-fault calculations, touch and step voltage criteria and bonding arrangements.
• Review lightning-protection and surge-protection calculations and layouts.
• Evaluate power-factor-correction requirements, harmonic studies and electrical power-quality considerations.
• Review and recommend approval of shop drawings for medium- and low-voltage distribution networks.
• Review substation arrangements, transformers, ring-main units, switchgear, distribution boards and feeder layouts.
• Verify electrical designs for irrigation pump stations, lake systems, utility buildings and auxiliary facilities.
• Review motor-control centres, variable-frequency drives, soft starters, motor protection and local-control panels.
• Review standby generators, automatic transfer switches, synchronization panels and emergency-power arrangements.
• Verify that equipment ratings, fault withstand capacity, ingress protection and environmental classifications are suitable for the intended installation.
• Coordinate power requirements for irrigation pumps, lake aeration, water features, lighting and other landscape systems.
• Review specialized schematics for golf-course two-wire irrigation decoders, field controllers, solenoid valves and central-control systems.
• Verify interfaces among irrigation controllers, weather stations, flow sensors, pump controls and communication networks.
• Review communication-cable routes, field-device requirements, surge protection and control-panel interfaces.
• Coordinate electrical and control-system requirements with irrigation, mechanical, landscape and civil disciplines.
• Validate lighting designs and photometric calculations for driving ranges, practice greens, pathways, roads, car parks and landscape areas.
• Review glare control, uniformity, illumination levels, pole locations, luminaire selection and lighting-control strategies.
• Coordinate external lighting with landscape features, irrigation networks, underground utilities and site operations.
• Review clubhouse electrical systems, including normal, essential, emergency and uninterruptible power supplies.
• Review clubhouse lighting, small power, distribution, metering, earthing and lightning-protection systems.
• Review fire-alarm, Building Management System, CCTV, access-control, public-address, Wi-Fi, structured-cabling and other low-current systems.
• Verify ELV system architecture, equipment compatibility, containment, power supplies and integration requirements.
• Coordinate fire and life-safety systems with mechanical smoke-control, emergency-power and building-management systems.
• Review electrical interfaces with architectural, structural, mechanical, civil, irrigation and landscape works.
• Coordinate equipment-room layouts, electrical rooms, service corridors, risers, trenches, duct banks and cable routes.
• Review Combined Services Drawings, coordinated shop drawings and BIM clash-detection reports.
• Verify requirements for builders’ work, sleeves, openings, embedded items, equipment bases and maintenance clearances.
• Evaluate electrical material and equipment submittals, including transformers, switchgear, distribution boards, cables, VFDs, luminaires, control panels and lightning-protection components.
• Confirm compliance with approved specifications, calculations, datasheets, schedules and relevant standards.
• Review manufacturers’ technical data, type-test certificates, factory-test procedures, warranties and spare-parts recommendations.
• Respond to technical queries and RFIs and develop technically justified recommendations.
• Review contractor design alternatives, deviations and value-engineering proposals.
• Assess the technical and operational consequences of proposed changes before recommending acceptance.
• Coordinate with Saudi Electricity Company and other authorities regarding connection requirements, technical approvals and energization.
• Support resolution of SEC comments and monitor closure of outstanding technical requirements.
• Conduct site visits to verify that installed systems comply with approved drawings and coordinated designs.
• Provide technical support to the Senior Electrical Site Engineer during inspections, testing and problem resolution.
• Review field changes and ensure that approved modifications are captured in redline drawings and final as-built documentation.
• Review electrical testing and commissioning procedures, inspection and test plans, and commissioning schedules.
• Witness or review tests for cables, switchgear, transformers, protection systems, generators, earthing, lighting and ELV systems.
• Support integrated systems testing involving emergency power, fire alarm, BMS, security and life-safety systems.
• Review testing results, commissioning reports, outstanding defects and corrective-action records.
• Review electrical sections of operation and maintenance manuals, training materials, asset registers and handover packages.
• Maintain technical review logs and monitor contractor responses, resubmissions and approval status.
• Prepare technical reports highlighting design risks, noncompliance, outstanding decisions and recommended actions.
• Advise the Project Manager on critical electrical matters affecting quality, cost, schedule, safety and system performance.
• Ensure compliance with the Saudi Building Code, Saudi Electricity Company standards, Civil Defense requirements, Client procedures and applicable international standards.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited and recognized 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.