Electrical Site Engineer

Job description / Role

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

Overview of the role :

Electrical Site Engineer is responsible for executing and overseeing all electrical-related activities on-site. Prepares estimates and allocates resources, including manpower, materials, equipment, and tools. Collaborates with Client/Consultant representatives to address site instructions and conduct inspections of completed tasks.

What you will do?
- Review the Electrical drawings, reports, and specifications and ensure completeness, correctness, constructability and compliance with the scope of work and agreed requirements.
- Prepare RFIs for any technical clarifications
- Make quantity take off for all material required.
- Coordinate with draftsmen for shop drawing preparation, Review shop drawing prior to submit to consultant
- Make quantity take off for all material required.
- Review material submittal prior to submit to consultant
- Participate where required in all aspects of the project management for the electrical works.
- Manage and supervises the on all site electrical works.
- Undertake the detailed short term planning and co-ordination at site in accordance with the master program.
- Control of the quality and technical correctness of the installation in accordance with the project quality assurance plan.
- Ensure that the works are carried out in a safe manner in accordance with the project safety plan
- Allocate the workforce to areas of the site based on the program, nature of the works and the skills required.
- Set targets and monitors the productivity of the workforce at site.
- Implements the inspection and test plan and obtains the supervising engineers approval at each stage of the works.

Requirements

Required skills to be successful :
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Attention to Detail
- Ability to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work-related issues.

What equips you for the role :
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- 8+ years of experience in large scale construction projects preferably hotels, resorts, missed use buildings

About Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies
Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies offers customers complete engineering and systems integration solutions.

The Engineering arm operates in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt providing a wide variety of products and services from air conditioning, scaffolding and access solutions, elevators and escalators, control and life safety, facilities management, building products, MEP, Energy Management, Technology Infrastructure and Digital Transformation.

The Technologies division provides complete business solutions to large, medium and small customers that include, contact centre solutions, business applications, business intelligence, data management, advanced analytics amongst others. The IT infrastructure portfolio comprises IP telephony, ELV systems, networking solutions, professional audio-visual solutions and managed services.

These solutions are further complemented by services that include project management, installation, testing, commissioning and after-sales maintenance contracts.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.