Senior Electrical Engineer – FM Operations

We are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership and operational governance for electrical engineering activities within a large-scale Facilities Management environment.

The role will act as the technical authority for electrical infrastructure and systems
, ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of critical assets including substations, switch gear, generators, UPS systems, emergency power, lighting, earthing, and lightning protection systems.

• Provide technical leadership and governance for electrical engineering operations across the project.
• Act as the technical authority for substations, switch gear, generators, UPS, emergency power, lighting, earthing and lightning protection systems
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• Ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of electrical assets in compliance with statutory requirements, standards, and best practices.
• Lead electrical asset lifecycle planning
  , condition assessments, reliability initiatives, and renewal recommendations.
• Oversee planned preventive maintenance (PPM), testing, inspection, and maintenance of specialist electrical systems.
• Manage and coordinate civil works
  , including planning, execution, site inspections, quality monitoring, and progress reporting.
• Lead and develop engineers, supervisors, and technicians, including providing on-the-job technical training
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• Allocate resources and manage workloads across electrical and civil disciplines.
• Manage specialist contractors and vendors, ensuring compliance with scope, SLA/KPI requirements, timelines, safety, and quality standards.
• Support emergency response and business continuity planning related to electrical infrastructure and power failures.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, electrical safety requirements, IEC/NFPA/NEC standards
  , and FM best practices.
• Utilize CAFM/CMMS systems such as Maximo for asset management, PPM, maintenance tracking, and reporting.

Employment Type: FTE – Direct Hire

Salary: AED 17,000–19,000 per month

Reporting to: Engineering Operations Manager

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
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• Minimum 5 years of relevant electrical engineering experience
  , preferably within Facilities Management, Building Services, or large-scale property/infrastructure operations
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• Strong hands-on and technical experience with LV/MV electrical systems, substations, switch gear, generators, UPS, emergency power, lighting, earthing, and lightning protection
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• Experience managing PPM, asset lifecycle planning, condition assessments, and reliability programme
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• Experience leading technical teams comprising engineers, supervisors, and technicians.
• Must know either Arabic/Tagalog/Sinhala
• Knowledge of SFG
  20, CAFM/CMMS and preferably Maximo
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• Good knowledge of statutory requirements and international electrical standards.
• Experience coordinating civil works within an FM environment is desirable.
• Strong communication, reporting, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.