# Lead Electrical Engineer

> ABIS · Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia · Full-time · Posted 2026-07-30

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** ABICON ( Civil)

## Description

**Job Summary:** Leading the Electrical discipline. Active participation and involvement in proposal and bidding processes. Technical support during construction and commissioning phases as deemed required. Engineering being the core expertise, active involvement on a daily basis during the engineering phase in an EPC Environment on single/multiple projects on shared basis as the case may be.

**Duties & Responsibilities:**

-   Responsible for planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling all engineering activities of the Electrical discipline
-   Interdisciplinary coordination and support team building exercise
-   Proactive rather than reactive. Highlight any issues or problems in front of the management so as to help take remedial action on time
-   Active participation in progress review meetings, technical meetings, client meetings, and vendor meetings
-   Support Procurement-related activities such as raising Material requisitions (MR), Technical Bid Clarification/Evaluation (TBC/ TBE), Draft Purchase Requisitions
-   Support bidding team by raising RFQs, Technical evaluation of bids, and cost estimate
-   Support construction by responding to construction site-related technical queries (tQ)
-   Review and comment on GES plus engineering deliverables on a case-by-case basis
-   Ensuring safety and quality of deliverables.
-   Participate in Value engineering practices such as value engineering, lessons learned sessions, and Risk Assessment/Management Studies and workshops, Constructability studies and workshops
-   Ensure Customer satisfaction and appreciation, thereby enhancing the company's reputation and image, and facilitating repeated orders and goodwill

## Requirements

**Experience:**

-   +10 years combined experience in Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Power Industry
-   Experience working with GES plus/ EPC Contractors on Saudi Aramco jobs, SABIC and other reputed organizations
-   Experience of attending FAT/SAT activities.
-   Experience in support of pre-commissioning activities

**Education:**

-   Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BS, BE or B Tech) in Electrical
-   Training and certification courses

**Required Skills & Abilities:**

**1- Core Competencies:**

-   Good Leadership and Effective Communication
-   Fostering and instilling team spirit among colleagues
-   Ability to learn from mistakes
-   Good planner and executor. Punctual, disciplined, and giving high importance to timelines and schedules
-   Resourceful and Presentable.
-   Abreast with the present developments in Industry and ready to learn, accept and change accordingly for the common good.
-   Logical and Analytical
-   Good Mentor and open to sharing knowledge

**2- Technical Skills:**

-   Comprehensive knowledge of Electrical Requirements and their interfaces for the Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Power, and Water Industries
-   Knowledge and sound command over Saudi Aramco, Sabic, SEC, DEP, Royal Commission Standards, Codes and Practices. HCISS Standards and Regulations
-   Knowledge and sound command over International Codes and Standards such as ASME, ANSI, API, ATEX, JIS, CSA, NEC, NFPA, IEC, IEEE, FM, UL
-   Develop and prepare technical specifications and Data sheets for Switchyards, Transformers, Switchgears, MCCs, Reactors (Capacitors/capacitor bank and Inductors/ Inductor bank, Motors (Induction/Synchronous) UPS, Lighting System, DC Battery Banks, Power System Automation (PSA), ERMS, Fire Alarm and detection systems, cathodic protection systems, grounding systems, Power and Control Cables, Grounding cables, Cable trays and conduits.
-   Prepare Layouts such as Grounding, Lighting, Substation Equipment Layout, Power and Control Cable routing (Tray and Conduit), Fire Alarm and Detection, Cathodic Protection
-   Prepare Electrical equipment Installation details, including cable tray installation, Cable termination, lighting pole, Junction Boxes and, panels and such
-   Prepare schedules such as Load List/ Schedule, Cable and Conduit schedule, Lighting and small power schedule, UPS Panel board schedule
-   Prepare single-line diagram, three-line Diagram, Power and Motor schematics
-   Calculations such as grounding, lighting illumination and lux, voltage drop and cable sizing (Grounding, power and control)
-   ETAP Study covering for load flow analysis, short circuit, motor starting, arc flash, relay coordination, harmonics, grounding grid and cable system
-   Sound knowledge of Process, Mechanical, Civil/Structural, instrumentation and Control requirements while establishing interdisciplinary interface and engineering.
-   Actively participated in Safety Studies such as QRA, Envid, Hazid, Hazop and SIL

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