Principal Engineer - Electrical

Job Responsibilities

• Ability to manage/lead a design and approval process interfacing with the project team, clients, and stakeholders.
• In-depth and strong understanding of KSA Authority guidelines is a must.
• Lead the design from data collection validation to identify design gaps.
• Prepare concept master plan stage to detailed master plan in terms of utility corridor space proofing, ROW coordination with wet roads, transportation, landscape, and building teams.
• Full understanding of dry and wet utilities and infrastructure projects from concept to IFC stage.
• Strong infrastructure engineering background with previous experience on infrastructure projects.
• Thorough experience in power systems such as grid stations, primary substation requirements, and allocating HV corridors. Understanding of 132/220/400 KV overhead and underground lines relocation and protection requirements of dry utilities including power, telecom, and lighting.
• Design/review of street lighting for all types of roads, ROW lighting calculations, SLDs, load schedules, landscape lighting, branch wiring, etc.
• In-depth understanding of design and modeling works for wet utilities including potable water supply, firefighting, wastewater, and irrigation infrastructure projects.
• Review the technical deliverables as per local authority and town planning department requirements for each dry service.
• Attend client design meetings, kick-off meetings, progress meetings, workshops; prepare presentations and lead utilities design as front end when required.
• Able to work on multiple bids and proposals and assist the team lead and disciplines lead in terms of pricing methodology and options.
• Excellent knowledge and focus on quality of design review; take ownership of the deliverables produced and ensure design safety is followed in all projects including identifying risks, mitigation, and design assumptions registers update.

Minimum Requirements

• 15 years of experience in utilities sector covering both wet and dry utilities. Minimum 10 years in design.
• Construction supervision and building projects are not preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in relevant Engineering.
• Preferably Master's degree in relevant discipline.
• Chartered Professional (C.Eng.) and holding professional license/certification from internationally recognized bodies.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning, design, and engineering to program and construction management. Our public and private sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social, and governance priorities.

Additional Information

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location, or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, and pioneering mindset are championed. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm and we're in this together; your growth and success are ours too.

Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Contract