Project Engineer - Real Estate - AFET - Al-Futtaim

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

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:

The project engineer focuses on implementing a previously designed system at the customer location, under the direction of the project manager, based on the contract. Has a supervisory role over the project onsite team, as dictated by the project and scope.

The project engineer works under a project manager's supervision, the operations head. The assigned person carries out the project activities as outlined.

What you will do:

Perform basic and detailed implementation of a PLC/BMS project at the customer's location:

• Control and supervise all PLC/controls related operations and maintenance activities in all Siemens Logistics customer service sites assuring overall target of system availability as well as all other contractual KPIs.
• Proactively ensure the maintenance of the system is done technically with close coordination of the field team to reduce or negate issues that may contribute to operational impact.
• Comply with any QHSE standard of both client and Siemens internally.
• Troubleshoot all PLC/controls related issues in all customer service sites, including logic, communication, and hardware about the PLC system.
• Drive minor and major modification of the system with respect to high and low-level electrical controls, including hardware and software, e.g., PLC, drives, HMIs, etc. (2nd and 3rd level PLC backup).
• Suggest and implement PLC/controls improvements.
• Prepare technical reports related to system improvements, incidents (RCA), and liaise with the client.
• Control and monitor material flow within the system SCADA.
• Ensure proper communication from the control room to field supervisors and technicians and vice versa for appropriate fault finding.
• Perform analysis on issues raised by the operations team and suggest adequate solutions to resolve the problem permanently.
• In the case of system anomaly, provide technical advice to field staff as the basis for any operational decisions. Identify and coordinate training requirements.
• Ensure proper handover process on-site and in the control room of shifts with all information and ongoing works passed on to the next change.
• Ensure and follow occupational health, safety, security, environment, and quality as stipulated with clients, subcontractors, planners, QS, consultants, authorities, and other departments or entities as needed to ensure timely and integrated execution of projects.
• Review, provide input, and manage project documentation throughout the project life cycle, including all correspondences, submittals, drawings, method statements, inspection documentation, O&M manuals, etc., and ensure a safe archive of project data at all times.
• Validate and check design plans, drawings, quantities, and calculation accuracy to ensure design compatibility during construction work.
• Participate in design review meetings and workshops, providing input where possible, and coordinating with relevant teams for change management.
• Guide designer and draftsman for preparing shop drawings, cable routing plans, installation drawings, wiring drawings, cable schedules, etc., as needed for the project.
• Act as the technical adviser, providing guidance and advice to the installation and commissioning team, subcontractors, and operatives. Resolve any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise.
• Assure that the implementation complies with drawings, specifications, and quality standards—adherence to the corporate and project quality and health and safety management systems.
• Manage inventory; liaise with the relevant team for material delivery to the site and maintain orderly records of issued and balance materials.
• Actively participate and supervise testing and commissioning activities.
• Generate variations and new requirements at the project site and coordinate with the sales and presales department to submit proposals.
• Report project progress to line manager for site progress and encountered problems for assistance and guidance.
• Assist in the estimation, preparation, and submission of project claims.

Required skills to be successful:

Behavioural competencies:

• Excellent communication skills for interfacing with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Teamwork.
• Job ethic.
• Meeting standards.
• Commitment to job.
• Attitude towards honesty.
• Client relationship management.
• Excellent time management.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to accomplish goals.
• Detail-oriented and strong analytical skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to plan and schedule work.

What equips you for the role:

Minimum qualifications and knowledge:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of automation experience, specializing in instrumentation, electromechanical, electrical, or electronic engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in project development and commissioning involving Allen-Bradley PLC and SCADA system, Siemens PLCs (Simatic Manager-Step7, TIA), HMIs (WinCC Flexible), drives (Sinamics, Micromaster, SEW, Danfoss), and SCADA (WinCC).
• Good understanding of PLC/SCADA systems required.
• Good commissioning and service knowledge in BMS (Johnson Controls - Facility Explorer) system.
• Strong PLC diagnostic and programming experience—fault finding and programming knowledge are essential, including electrical and electronic fault finding, electromechanical installations, electrical installations, and PLC programming and modification.
• Experience in operations and maintenance of PLC/controls will be an added advantage.
• Strong management, leadership, and communication skills toward stakeholders, internal and external.
• Reviewing and assessing operational processes and evaluation of technical improvements.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
• Awareness and knowledge of quality and safety procedures.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in using MS Office.
• UAE driving license.

Job-specific technical skills:

• Hands-on experience in installation and construction activities and worked in the construction environment.
• Hands-on experience in commissioning various PLC/BMS systems.
• Technical training and certifications in leading PLC/BMS systems.
• Expert knowledge of PLC/BMS industry standards, practices, techniques, procedures, codes, and regulations.
• Possess knowledge of QS and QC processes.
• Good knowledge of networks, installation, testing and commissioning, and PLC/BMS system integration.
• Experience in basic network implementation, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting is necessary.
• Basic knowledge of AutoCAD.
• Responsive to changing demands.
• Experience in construction management.
• Good knowledge of project execution processes.
• Good knowledge of local code of practice and international standards for design implementation.

About Al-Futtaim Engineering and Technologies

Al-Futtaim Engineering and 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 among 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

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 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.

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