Al Futtaim Jobs - Electrical Engineer | AFET | KSA (SA)

Job Requisition ID: 148281

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

What you will do:

•    Leads and Supervises the electrical section in maintenance related jobs, provides assistance in trouble shooting, issues reports on major failures and recommends suitable actions to minimize or eliminate recurrence of the problems, formulates preventive maintenance schedules and associated procedures and checklists, formulates training program for electrical technicians. 
•    Plans and prepares periodical preventative maintenance schedule at the beginning of each year and carries out duties mentioned therein in coordination with operations Manager.
•    Leads and Supervises electrical section in maintenance related activities and ensures that maintenance practices are carried out in accordance with accepted standard norms.
•    Oversees in trouble-shooting complex electrical problems and failures by working closely with his team whenever required. Assists in trouble shooting of problems of unknown cause, i.e. could be electrical, mechanical, process raw materials, etc.
•    Issues reports on major problems and failures, suggests suitable corrective actions to minimize or prevent recurrence of the problem.
•    Formulates preventive maintenance schedule with associated procedures and checklists, periodically reviews the programs to evaluate its efficiency and suitably makes changes to the schedule and procedures, if necessary, based on feedback and field experience.
•    Carries out stage and final inspection of repair jobs done by contractors either on site or in their facilities outside, evaluate their procedures and competency and witnesses the necessary tests before acceptance.
•    Keeps abreast with contemporary technology and maintenance practices and suggests up-gradation/modifications with the aim of improving reliability and maintainability, reducing maintenance costs, enhancing quality and safety.
•    Formulates training program and develops training materials.
•    Develops quality manuals, training manuals, preventive maintenance manuals and other quality standard documentation.
•     Assists Purchase Department in specification of items for purchase, spare parts details and other day-to-day jobs, as and when required.
•    Organizes daily routine checking and maintenance works.
•    Assists with specifications of new equipment, where appropriate.
•    Maintains stock of spare parts and electrical consumables.
•    Monitors electrical maintenance jobs during shutdowns/break downs to ensure quality and accuracy. Checks the calibration of protective relays and other regular tests performed on electrical equipment during shutdown
•    Checks completed work to ensure conformity to specifications and quality.
•    Provides work direction to electrical technicians.
•    Checks and takes stock level of all electrical and electronic spare parts, to have sufficient and adequate stock levels. Continuously reviews requirement of spares for various activities against availability and makes requisitions for changes or new stock for equipment and machinery in the plant.
 

Required Skills to be successful
Job-Specific Skills:

Knowledge of al MEP systems, Activities and processes

 

Behavioural Competencies:

Able to work under pressure and along with groups of people to achieve maximum efficiency
-Self-motivated with skills to motivate others
-Strong verbal and written communication skill

 

What equips you for the role
Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

Graduate in Electrical Engineering from a recognized college

 

Minimum Experience:

3 years of related maintenance work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

 

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. 

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