Senior Site Engineer - Electrical

Khatib & Alami

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Posted on: 4 Jan 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Any Nationality
Salary: Not Specified
Gender: Not Specified
Arabic Fluency: Not Specified
Job Function: Engineering - Civil & Construction
Company Industry: Engineering Services

The ELV Electrical Engineer is a member of the supervision services team. He supports supervision teams with the management of construction sites, including conducting quality and HSSE inspection and monitoring the contractors’ daily activities and resources allocation against construction programs. He supports the commissioning and testing activities during the Hand-Over and Defects Liability Period in coordination with senior supervision team members as needed.

• Support Project Managers with managing client relations and expectations, as needed
• Support Project Managers with responding to client clarifications on technical and contractual issues, as needed
• Support Project Managers with organizing inspections by third parties, as needed
• Shop Drawing Review and Site Supervision, ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contract documents, coordinating with various stakeholders, and overseeing construction site activities to ensure adherence to approved plans and specifications.
• Ensure responsibilities are fulfilled with a high quality and in a cost-effective manner
• Closely work with the project team for the review of the contractors work program during the pre-construction phase.
• Support the Associate Project Manager and Planning Engineer with the review of contractors ‘submittals, including staffing proposals, organization charts, shop drawings, method statements, project procedures, traffic management plans, etc.
• Closely work with Planning Engineers for monitoring contractors ‘daily activities and resource allocation against plans.
• Monitor contractors ‘and subcontractors’ activities on sites (e.g. concrete pouring, installations, etc.) and maintain a daily site diary accordingly.
• Assist Project Managers with the assessment and management of changes in projects’ scope of work, as needed
• Support project teams with the review, assessment and response to all claims raised by the contractor regarding scope, schedule and cost changes of projects, as needed
• Assist with reviewing contractors’ Requests for Information (RFIs) in coordination with local design support teams to obtain required information on queries related to design documents
• Conduct quality inspections on contractors and subcontractors with the QA / QC Engineer and identify and raise quality issues, as needed
• Closely work with the QA / QC Engineer on the development and implementation of quality non-conformities action plans
• Closely work with the HSSE Engineer on enforcing and monitoring the implementation of HSSE procedures on construction sites and recording and raising HSSE non-conformities

Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Minimum Experience:

• 15-20 years of experience in a similar role.

Job-Specific Skills (Generic / Technical):

• Knowledge of construction supervision services
• Understanding of international engineering standards and codes
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills
• Good communication skills
• Good planning and organization skills
• Strong attention to details
• Strong time management skills
• Proficiency in spoken and written Arabic and English

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Khatib & Alami, a multidisciplinary urban regional planning, architectural and engineering consulting company, offers clients an integrated approach toward the ever-increasing need for reliable project delivery systems. In-house expertise and the continuous recruitment of bright and innovative professionals enable us to meet the challenges of development with due consideration to environmental protection, social and economic characteristics of society. In close concert with clients, we have been able to consolidate factors that make the resultant project coincide with the client's vision within the time frame and budget set out for implementation.

K&A started its consulting services in Lebanon and extended the areas of its professional activities in accordance with the growth of its experience, and its human and financial resources. The company operates in various countries including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Sudan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belgium, Gabon and USA. K&A employs around 4,000 professionals and technicians. Since 1984, K&A has continuously ranked among the top 100 International Design firms as published by Engineering News Record (ENR). K&A has also obtained the ISO 9001:2000 certification for its Quality Management System (QMS).

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