Head of Electrical Department / HOD II

Wood

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Ref: SP124-194

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Overview / Responsibilities
Wood is currently recruiting for a principal Electrical Engineer for the role of Head of Department for electrical engineering department with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry.

This is a corporate role looking after an engineering discipline and will report directly to Engineering Manager.

OVERVIEW / RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manages all administrative activities for his engineering department.
- Providing technical expertise to support and lead complex projects at a technical level as well
- Handle portfolio of smaller projects as lead with junior engineers
- Responsible for resource planning, recruiting, idle hours management and vacations
- Responsible for improving and supporting localization / saudization in terms of head count as well as in terms of technical skill enhancement of locals
- Responsible for competency assessment of existing employees and planning for future trainings and skill growth areas for department
- Responsible for performance appraisals, promotions and salary upgrade recommendations
- Assigns resources for new projects including Lead engineers
- Supports less experience engineers and lead engineers
- Man-hour estimation for new proposals and providing technical execution plan
- Performs technical audits for projects for discipline
- Liase with other Wood office across the globe for discipline level support
- Future skills review and capability development plans preparation for future growth support



Requirements

Skills / Qualifications
Experience
- Minimum 20 years of experience required in Electrical engineering
- Construction, commissioning or operation background is optional, but minimum 15 years should be in design field, otherwise application will not be considered

Degrees/Certification
- Bachelors of engineering in Electrical (mandatory)
- Masters or PHD in relevant field is recommended
- Charted or Profession engineering in recommended

Mandatory Skill set
- Power system analysis via ETAP (mandatory)
- PLS-CADD for Overhead transmission lines (mandatory)
- High voltage design (mandatory)

Recommended/Optional Skill sets
- Harmonic analysis
- Transient Recovery Voltage (TRV) Study
- Modular substation design
- Smart Plant Electrical/3D
- Cathodic protection design
- Load shedding and Reacceleration
- Air (AIS) and Gas (GIS) insulated substations
- Arc flash study
- Solar / Photvoltaic power
- Substation ground potential studies
- Induction motors > 500 HP
- Fire detectors
- Fiber optic cable

Standards awareness
- SEEC requirements
- Saudi Electric company agreements
- Aramco standards
- NEC requirements
- IEEE requirements

Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

About the Company

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

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PA salaries in Saudi Arabia

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