Senior Electrical Engineer

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At Jacobs, we push the limits of what is possible to make the world smarter and more connected. We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team at NEOM and provide technical leadership during the closeout and handover phase of a major water infrastructure programme.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will lead the completion, commissioning, closeout, and handover of the electrical engineering scope across major water infrastructure assets. The role will focus on verifying that electrical installations have been completed, tested, documented, and handed over in accordance with approved designs, project specifications, safety requirements, and client expectations.

The successful candidate will coordinate with contractors, consultants, commissioning teams, operations representatives, and other engineering disciplines to resolve outstanding technical issues, close defects and non-conformances, verify project records, and support the safe and effective transfer of completed assets into operation.

• Lead the completion, testing, commissioning, closeout, and handover of electrical systems associated with water transmission infrastructure, pumping stations, treatment facilities, substations, and related assets.
• Review the status of outstanding electrical works, identify completion gaps and risks, and coordinate recovery actions to achieve project closeout milestones.
• Verify that electrical installations comply with approved designs, project specifications, applicable codes and standards, quality requirements, and electrical safety procedures.
• Review and close outstanding technical queries, punch‑list items, non‑conformance reports, design changes, concessions, and contractor action items.
• Coordinate the completion of factory and site acceptance testing, system energization, functional testing, integrated systems testing, reliability testing, and performance demonstrations.
• Review commissioning records, test results, electrical safety documentation, energization procedures, protection settings, inspection reports, and final acceptance evidence.
• Coordinate electrical interfaces with mechanical, process, civil, structural, instrumentation, control, SCADA, telecommunications, and operations teams to confirm that systems are fully integrated and ready for operation.
• Review and verify closeout documentation, including as-built drawings, approved design changes, operation and maintenance manuals, asset registers, spare‑parts records, warranties, training records, and equipment certificates.
• Support final inspections, asset acceptance, contractor demobilization, operational readiness, and the formal transfer of electrical systems to the client and operations teams.
• Provide technical leadership, resolve complex electrical issues, mentor junior engineers, and maintain effective communication with contractors, consultants, vendors, utility providers, client representatives, and project stakeholders.

• Education:
  
  A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electrical Power Engineering, or related discipline is preferred. Professional engineering registration, chartership, or membership of a recognized engineering institution would be advantageous.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum 10 years of relevant electrical engineering experience, including construction completion, testing, commissioning, closeout, and handover of major…