Senior Mechanical Engineering Consultant

About Sargent & Lundy:
Sargent & Lundy is one of the most experienced full-service architect-engineering firms in the world. Founded in 1891, the firm is a global leader in power and energy with expertise in grid modernization, renewable energy, energy storage, nuclear power, and fossil fuels. Sargent & Lundy delivers comprehensive project services—from consulting, design and implementation to construction management, commissioning and operations/maintenance—with an emphasis on quality and safety. The firm serves public and private sector clients in the power and energy, gas distribution, industrial, and government sectors.

**Our Core Values**

Every decision we make is guided by our core values. By upholding these six principles, we support our clients, employees, and community. They are the compass we follow as we continue to grow our business and lead the industry.

**Quality **- **We provide high-quality deliverables and services through an uncompromising focus on peer review, safety, and continuous improvement.

**Accountability **-** Our actions demonstrate the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, and respect.

**Our People **- **We value diverse perspectives, encourage professional growth, and are committed to providing a work community where people thrive. Our work is challenging but rewarding.

**Our Clients** - **We deliver value and exceed our clients’ expectations through outstanding customer service, personal accessibility, and clear communication.

**Innovation **-** Since 1891, we have invested in the people, training, tools, and technology needed to quickly adapt in a constantly changing world.

**Meaningful Impact **- **We make a positive impact in the communities where we work and live.

Description:
In this role, you will provide owner’s engineer and independent engineering services to clients, including design reviews, technical due diligence, feasibility studies, project development support, and technical risk assessments. This position will require you to analyze power projects and distill technical concepts and information into actionable conclusions and recommendations on which project developers and owners, rely to develop, design, construct, operate, and finance energy projects being built in generally the KSA.. As the mechanical lead you will also be the responsible engineer in charge of coordinating other disciplines support, managing the engagements budget, being the main point of contact for the Client, and monitoring project work scope. You will work with multi-discipline project teams to provide a variety of services, such as the following:

- Advise power project developers to support new thermal and renewable energy projects
- Perform owner’s engineer design reviews of mechanical systems for power projects
- Participate as mechanical lead in feasibility studies and development support for new power projects
- Working on various operating plant in kingdom - studies, surveys, analysis and solutions of client operating issues
- Participate in condition assessments of existing power plants
- Prepare and review other engineering deliverables such as reports, studies, and calculations
- Evaluate new power and infrastructure projects
- Develop planning studies and business cases for utilities, power producers, and government agencies.
- Monitor project schedules and budgets
- Conduct multiple projects simultaneously and ensure high standards of deliverables are met
- Interface with clients to understand requests and confirm successful project execution
- Prepare proposals for new business development opportunities
- Travel from time to time to visit project locations and client offices.
- Working to suit various global time zones particularly USA
- Reporting to working and working with various project Director’s and Managers in UAE, India and USA. Depending on the live projects ongoing at any time.
- Leadership, manage and co-ordinate all of the engineering studies and assessments for the S&L KSA across all phases of work in the design and studies process

Qualifications:
Essential skills and experience:

- Minimum of 10 - 15 years thermal plant engineering, studies, design and project management experience
- Undergraduate degree mechanical engineering
- Sound knowledge of all engineering aspects of major power plant
- Secondary knowledge of desalination and or renewables (not essential)
- Excellent report writing and communication skills
- User of MS Office
- Preferably previous experience of projects in the Middle East

Competencies
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Flexible attitude and task focused within a small consulting engineering office
- Accepts responsibility, self starter and working in a small team
- Planning & organising
- Business process thinking
- Technical Engineering
- Leadership
- Driving in Saudi Arabia - support provided to obtain licence and driver supplied until licence acquired
- Arabic (not essential) fluent written and sp