Senior Power Generation Equipment Design Lead

KBR; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR in Saudi Arabia seeks a Principal Equipment Design Engineer - Power Generation to lead a design team for large-scale power projects. The role emphasizes FEED, detailed engineering, and procurement support while ensuring safety, reliability, and cost optimization across multiple projects.

You will guide equipment selection, vendor reviews, and technical assurance, coordinating with stakeholders to maintain quality, schedule, and technical integrity throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in power generation projects, involving FEED, detailed engineering and procurement support is required.
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale power generation projects (700 MW and above).
• Experience in combined-cycle, cogeneration, or conventional thermal power plants is required.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), or equivalent professional certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and mentor a team of mechanical engineers and designers.
• Develop engineering execution plans, deliverable registers, manpower plans, and schedules.
• Ensure compliance with project requirements, applicable codes, standards, specifications, and company procedures.
• Review and approve equipment data sheets, technical specifications, calculations, and engineering deliverables.
• Lead technical bid evaluations and provide procurement support for mechanical equipment and packages.
• Review, coordinate, and approve vendor drawings and documentation.
• Coordinate mechanical engineering activities with other engineering disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering guidance to project teams, clients, and vendors.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, constructability reviews, and value engineering studies.
• Drive initiatives related to safety, reliability, maintainability, sustainability, and cost optimization.
• Monitor engineering progress and ensure timely completion of project deliverables.
• Manage technical risks and resolve complex engineering issues.
• Support client meetings, audits, and technical presentations.
• Ensure quality assurance requirements are implemented and maintained throughout project execution.
• Be accountable for the technical integrity, completeness, quality, and schedule performance of all assigned mechanical engineering work and personnel.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team mentoring

Mechanical design

Project execution

Codes & standards

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

PE/CEng desirable

Tools

Thermoflow

GT PRO

GateCycle

PEPSE

Job description

KBR in Saudi Arabia seeks a Principal Equipment Design Engineer - Power Generation to lead a design team for large-scale power projects. The role emphasizes FEED, detailed engineering, and procurement support while ensuring safety, reliability, and cost optimization across multiple projects.

You will guide equipment selection, vendor reviews, and technical assurance, coordinating with stakeholders to maintain quality, schedule, and technical integrity throughout the project lifecycle.