Site Manager - Data Center

Schneider Electric - UAE; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric - UAE is seeking a Site Manager to lead electrical, mechanical, and critical infrastructure installation and testing for data center projects. You will coordinate commissioning teams, subcontractors, and vendors, ensure safety, quality, and on-time delivery, and report progress to regional leadership.

Responsibilities include IST coordination, SOO validation, and client handover, with emphasis on zero-harm safety and regulatory compliance across projects.

Qualifications

• Must have a degree in electrical engineering or equivalent and at least 10 years of site supervision/commissioning experience.
• Strong leadership and ability to coordinate multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Proven track record in data center or critical national infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for site construction, testing, commissioning and handover activities.
• Ensure delivery within budget, schedule, quality and contract requirements.
• Manage site teams, supervisors, subcontractors and vendors.
• Act as primary site representative toward client, consultant and authorities.
• Report performance, risks, and commissioning status to Project Manager and Site Works Regional Leader.
• Lead Level 4 IST activities and coordinate with multiple systems (Electrical, Mechanical, BMS, EPMS, Fire & Security).
• Oversee L5 performance testing and operational readiness prior to handover.
• Maintain commissioning matrix, risk register, and turnover packages.

Skills

Site leadership

Project management

Team management

Client liaison

HSE leadership

Commissioning & IST

Risk & issue management

Reporting & docs control

Budget & schedule control

Education

Electrical engineering degree

10 years+ site supervision/commissioning

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

AutoCAD

Outlook

Omicron testing software

Protection relays software

Job description

Purpose

• Define the responsibilities authority and accountability of the Site Manager for successful execution of Data Center projects from installation through integrated systems testing operational readiness handover and warranty support

Scope

• Covers all site activities related to Electrical Mechanical ELV ICT Security BMS EPMS SCADA Fire Alarm Fire Suppression Controls Commissioning Integrated Systems Testing IST and client handover

Main Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for all site construction installation testing commissioning and handover activities
• Ensure delivery within budget schedule quality contractual and performance requirements
• Manage site teams commissioning teams supervisors subcontractors and vendors
• Act as primary site representative toward client consultant and authorities
• Report project performance risks schedule recovery plans and commissioning status to the Project Manager and Site Works Regional Leader

Safety Health amp Environmental HSE Responsibilities

• Promote a zero-harm safety culture across the project site
• Ensure compliance with company HSE policies local regulations client requirements and international standards
• Lead toolbox talks safety walks hazard identification and risk mitigation activities
• Verify Permit-to-Work implementation LOTO procedures energized work controls and confined-space requirements
• Investigate incidents near misses and unsafe conditions and implement corrective actions
• Ensure environmental compliance including waste management spill prevention pollution control energy efficiency and environmental reporting
• Coordinate emergency response drills and ensure site emergency preparedness

General L1-L2 Installation Management

• Oversee FAT follow-up equipment delivery storage preservation and installation readiness
• Coordinate installation of MV LV systems UPS generators transformers STS RPPs busways cooling systems fuel systems and data hall infrastructure
• Ensure quality inspections punch-list management and construction completion requirements

L3 Pre-Functional Testing

• Control equipment startup calibration loop checks point-to-point verification and functional testing
• Ensure all pre-functional checklists and test records are completed prior to integrated testing

L4 Integrated Systems Testing IST Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all Level 4 Integrated Systems Testing activities
• Validate complete Sequence of Operations SOO for all critical systems
• Manage integrated testing between Electrical Mechanical BMS EPMS Fire Alarm Security and Network systems
• Lead failover testing redundancy testing utility loss scenarios generator transitions UPS battery autonomy tests and cooling failure scenarios
• Coordinate client witnesses consultants OEM representatives and commissioning agents during testing
• Manage deficiency tracking issue resolution and retest activities
• Ensure all L4 test scripts reports and signoffs are completed and approved

L5 Performance Testing amp Operational Readiness

• Lead Level 5 testing and operational validation activities
• Manage full-load and partial-load testing load bank operations and reliability demonstrations
• Oversee black building tests endurance testing integrated emergency response testing and mission-critical failure simulations
• Validate Tier requirements resilience objectives and operational performance criteria where applicable
• Ensure operations team training knowledge transfer and readiness assessments are completed
• Confirm all systems operate reliably under normal degraded and emergency conditions before handover
• Obtain final client acceptance and operational readiness certification

General Documentation Claims amp Reporting

• Maintain commissioning matrix event tracker risk register and issue logs
• Document all delayed activities disrupted testing and resource impacts for claim support
• Record all L4 and L5 testing durations client-caused delays and additional resource requirements beyond contractual allowances
• Ensure turnover packages O amp M manuals as-built drawings and training records are complete
• Provide weekly and monthly reports to the Project Manager and Site Works Regional Leader covering safety quality schedule commercial risks commissioning progress and client satisfaction

Level of education required

• Mandatory schooling Vocational education SGCP Opsialized school Undergraduate University degree PhD
• Team management Flexibility amp Reliability Focus on technical details amp Customer focus Team player
• Ability to communicate written verbal in clear and synthetic manner on technical issues topics
• Good Software tools literacy MS Office MS Project Acrobat AutoCAD Outlook Testing device software Omicron Protection Relays Setting software
• Advanced Knowledge of Medium voltage Low voltage equipment Power stations and principles The latest technologies and commissioning test principles
• Confirmed experience or litteracy with any of Schneider Equipment for MV Premset MCSET PIX Protection Relays SEPAM Micom Easergy UPS APC Symmetra and LV Distribution panels Blokset Okken Prisma is advantage
• Experience - Total number of years of professional experience necessary prior to the job entry10 years minimum as a Site Supervisor Commissioning SupervisorBaccalaureate 2 years of study of Electrical Engineering qualification
• Team managementFlexibility & ReliabilityFocus on technical details & Customer focusTeam playerAbility to communicate (written, verbal) in clear and synthetic manner on technical issues/topics.Good Software tools literacy: MS Office (MS Project), Acrobat, AutoCAD, Outlook, Testing device software(Omicron), Protection Relays Setting softwareAdvanced Knowledge of Medium voltage/Low voltage equipment, Power stations and principles, The latest technologies and commissioning test principlesConfirmed experience or litteracy with any of Schneider Equipment for MV (Premset, MCSET, PIX), Protection Relays (SEPAM, Micom, Easergy), UPS APC Symmetra and LV Distribution panels(Blokset, Okken, Prisma) is advantage