Control Room Operation and Maintenance Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate the control room and continuously monitor dams, water facilities, equipment and associated infrastructure.
• Monitor SCADA systems, control panels, instrumentation, telemetry and communication systems.
• Track the operational status of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and electromechanical equipment.
• Identify, acknowledge and assess alarms, abnormalities, equipment failures and operational deviations.
• Record alarms, faults, response times, escalations and corrective actions in the relevant systems and logs.
• Prioritize alarms according to their operational, safety and environmental impact.
• Escalate critical events promptly in accordance with approved communication and emergency-response procedures.
• Coordinate planned, preventive, corrective and emergency maintenance activities.
• Issue and follow up maintenance notifications and work requests through the approved maintenance-management system.
• Coordinate with field engineers, technicians, contractors and emergency-response teams.
• Monitor the isolation, shutdown, restart and return-to-service of equipment in accordance with approved procedures.
• Support emergency operations during flooding, equipment failure, power interruption, communication loss or other abnormal conditions.
• Maintain accurate shift logs, operating records, incident registers and equipment-status reports.
• Participate in shift handovers and ensure that outstanding alarms, risks and maintenance activities are clearly communicated.
• Monitor contractor activities and verify compliance with approved operating procedures, response times and service-level requirements.
• Track operations and maintenance KPIs, including equipment availability, alarm frequency, response time, downtime and maintenance completion.
• Analyze operational trends and recurring faults and recommend corrective or preventive actions.
• Support the testing of SCADA, instrumentation, communication, backup-power and emergency systems.
• Assist in reviewing and updating control-room procedures, operating manuals, emergency plans and alarm-response instructions.
• Participate in drills, simulations and emergency-response exercises.
• Prepare clear daily, weekly, monthly, annual and technical reports as required by the assignment.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Attend meetings, inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required.
• Comply with Saudi laws, applicable codes, client procedures, quality requirements and occupational health and safety obligations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Instrumentation, Control, Civil Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in the operation and maintenance of dams, water stations, pumping stations, water facilities or infrastructure networks.
• Demonstrated control-room operations and SCADA monitoring experience.
• Sound knowledge of electrical, mechanical and hydraulic systems associated with dams and water infrastructure.
• Experience responding to alarms, equipment faults, operational deviations and emergency situations.
• Familiarity with preventive, corrective and emergency maintenance processes.
• Ability to interpret operating parameters, system trends, technical drawings, alarms and equipment-status information.
• Strong operational reporting, documentation and shift-handover skills.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, reports or studies when requested.

Preferred Experience:

• Previous experience operating or monitoring dam control rooms.
• Experience with dam gates, valves, pumps, instrumentation, telemetry, reservoir-monitoring and flood-warning systems.
• Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP PM, Maximo or an equivalent platform.
• Experience working with government or public-sector water authorities in Saudi Arabia.
• Knowledge of emergency action plans, incident management and business-continuity procedures.
• Familiarity with operational KPIs, service-level agreements and contractor-performance monitoring.
• Registration with the Saudi Council of Engineers where applicable.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English; Arabic proficiency is advantageous.