Electrical Supervisor NG Substation

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Project Overview:

The Ar Rjum Project comprises a green field gold project with three open pit mining operations with associated waste dumps and ore stockpile, a processing plant, tailings management facilities, and supporting infrastructure including water supply, power supply, maintenance facilities, offices, temporary and permanent accommodation village.
The Project is situated within the Central Arabian Gold Region, approximately 200 km north-east of Taif towards Riyadh and about 26 km South of Al Mouwayh, which is a small town situated on the Jeddah - Riyadh highway.

Job Summary:

The Electrical Supervisor is responsible for organizing and monitoring subcontractor electrical construction activities for the NG Substation. The role coordinates safety, quality, technical execution, materials, interfaces, and short-term planning so work is completed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, vendor requirements, project procedures, and the established schedule.
The position provides day-to-day field leadership, resolves construction constraints with engineering and stakeholders, verifies installation readiness and quality, and supports testing, energization, commissioning, and turnover.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide field supervision for safe installation, inspection, testing, pre-commissioning, and turnover of the NG Substation and associated electrical systems.
• Lead and coordinate installation of power transformers, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, motor control centers, protection and control panels, station service systems, battery chargers, DC systems, UPS systems, and auxiliary equipment.
• Supervise construction of grounding and lightning protection systems, cable trenches, ducts, conduits, cable tray, raceways, supports, and equipment bonding.
• Coordinate pulling, dressing, glanding, terminating, identification, and testing of power, control, instrumentation, communication, and fiber-optic cables.
• Verify equipment setting, alignment, anchorage, clearances, access, preservation, environmental protection, and compliance with manufacturer requirements.
• Monitor construction schedules, three-week look-ahead plans, work-front availability, manpower, productivity, materials, tools, and equipment requirements.
• Prepare or review construction work packages, installation methods, inspection and test plans, job hazard analyses, lift plans, manning forecasts, and subcontractor execution plans.
• Monitor installations for conformance with drawings, specifications, cable schedules, single-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, vendor documents, and applicable electrical codes and standards.
• Coordinate electrical interfaces with civil, structural, mechanical, piping, instrumentation, communications, utility, and commissioning teams.
• Work with Field Engineering to resolve technical queries, field changes, design conflicts, constructability concerns, and nonconforming conditions.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Materials Management, vendors, and subcontractors to confirm material availability, receiving inspections, storage, preservation, and release to construction.
• Ensure implementation of project quality requirements, inspection records, hold and witness points, test reports, red-line drawings, NCR resolution, punch-list closure, and turnover documentation.
• Plan and coordinate electrical testing including insulation resistance, continuity, grounding resistance, transformer testing, cable testing, protection relay testing, functional checks, and point-to-point verification.
• Support commissioning boundaries, systemization, lockout/tagout, energization plans, switching procedures, temporary power, and safe handover of completed systems.
• Enforce project Environmental, Safety & Health requirements, Permit-to-Work controls, electrical safe work practices, arc-flash controls, LOTO, work-at-height requirements, and housekeeping standards.
• Conduct routine field inspections and coordination meetings to assess safety, quality, work readiness, productivity, constraints, and schedule performance.
• Maintain accurate daily records for manpower, installed quantities, progress, equipment status, inspections, tests, constraints, and field issues.
• Provide clear direction to foremen, craft professionals, and subcontractor supervision; communicate priorities and verify completion against daily and weekly commitments.
• Coordinate planned outages, tie-ins, temporary energization, and interfaces with existing or adjacent systems as authorized by project procedures.
• Promote a collaborative field culture focused on safe execution, technical quality, respect, accountability, and predictable delivery.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or an international equivalent), with 8-10 years of relevant experience, or 12-14 years of relevant work experience in electrical construction and field supervision.
• Previous supervisory experience on substations, power distribution systems, process plants, heavy industrial facilities, or comparable EPC/EPCM construction projects.
• Minimum 10 years of experience constructing HV transmission lines.
• Previous proven experience installing HV GIS switchgear.
• Previous experience working in Saudi and or GCC region.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong technical knowledge of substation construction, power distribution, grounding, protection and control, cable systems, and electrical testing.
• Ability to interpret single-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, layout drawings, specifications, vendor manuals, and test procedures.
• Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes, project standards, quality requirements, and safe electrical work practices.
• Knowledge of construction planning, work packaging, progress measurement, productivity monitoring, and short-term scheduling.
• Understanding of subcontract administration and the field responsibilities defined in subcontract documents.
• Ability to identify constructability issues and coordinate practical solutions with engineering, quality, commissioning, and construction stakeholders.
• Effective leadership, communication, recordkeeping, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and construction reporting or completions systems.
• Ability to manage multiple work fronts, prioritize constraints, and maintain focus on safety, quality, schedule, and turnover readiness.

Physical and Site Requirements

• Ability to perform extensive field inspections in an active construction environment.
• Ability to walk long distances, climb ladders and scaffolding, work at height, and access restricted areas as required.
• Ability to work in hot, dusty, and variable climatic conditions typical of Middle East construction sites.
• Ability to use all required personal protective equipment associated with assigned construction activities.

Performance Focus

• Zero-harm execution and visible field leadership.
• Installation quality and compliance with approved technical requirements.
• Reliable short-term planning, constraint removal, and milestone achievement.
• Testing readiness, complete records, punch-list closure, and efficient system turnover.
• Effective coordination across disciplines, subcontractors, vendors, and commissioning.

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