Director - Power Operations

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Job Description: **Join a Landmark Giga-Project Shaping the Future of Saudi Arabia** Our client is delivering one of the Kingdom’s most ambitious and high-profile giga-projects, set to redefine global standards in destination development, innovation, and visitor experience. As part of the integrated Delivery Partner team, you will play a key role in operating and maintaining the electrical infrastructure that supports world-class assets, communities, and visitor destinations across the development. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a pioneering program at scale, working alongside industry-leading experts, advanced technologies, and diverse stakeholders. The role is suited to an experienced power operations and facilities leader who can assume ownership of electrical utility operations and ensure reliable, safe, and resilient power supplies to the project’s assets. Role Overview The Director – Power Operations will be responsible for the operational performance, asset integrity, maintenance, and service continuity of the project’s mains electrical supply network. The role will primarily focus on sub transmission and power distribution systems operating across approximately , including transformers, primary substations, secondary substations, switchgear, feeders, and associated distribution assets. In this context, “LV” refers to power-system mains voltage and should not be confused with building-services or MEP low-voltage systems, which typically include controls, communications, and DC systems. The position will also manage limited medium-voltage interfaces and maintain an effective operational relationship with the Saudi Electricity Company and other relevant utility stakeholders in relation to the upstream HV and MV network. HV ownership will remain limited to the project’s transmission interconnectors and substations associated with supply from the SEC grid. This is an operations- and facilities-oriented leadership role, focused on ensuring that electrical infrastructure is safely maintained, operationally ready, and capable of supporting uninterrupted services across the development. What You’ll Be Doing - Assume overall operational ownership for the project’s power distribution and mains electrical supply infrastructure. - Direct the safe, reliable, and efficient operation and maintenance of transformers, primary substations, secondary substations, switchgear, protection systems, feeders, cables, and associated distribution assets. - Establish and maintain asset-management and preventative-maintenance strategies to protect service continuity and maximize the reliability and availability of electrical infrastructure. - Ensure that all electrical assets supporting critical developments, public spaces, commercial areas, residential communities, transport systems, and operational facilities are maintained to the required performance standards. - Lead the transition of power assets from construction, testing, and commissioning into live operations, ensuring that all operational, maintenance, safety, and documentation requirements are satisfied. - Develop and implement operational procedures for switching, isolation, energization, emergency response, fault management, planned outages, and restoration of supply. - Maintain effective relationships with SEC and other external utility stakeholders concerning incoming supplies, upstream network interfaces, planned outages, faults, operational coordination, and supply reliability. - Coordinate with SEC on HV and MV distribution interfaces while retaining clear accountability for the project’s internal power distribution assets and operational performance. - Establish resilience, contingency, and business-continuity arrangements for critical power supplies, including alternative supply routes, standby generation interfaces, UPS systems, and emergency restoration procedures where applicable. - Monitor network performance, asset condition, power quality, outage events, and maintenance effectiveness, ensuring that emerging risks are identified and addressed before they affect services. - Oversee the development and maintenance of electrical asset registers, criticality assessments, maintenance plans, operational records, single-line diagrams, protection settings, and technical documentation. - Ensure that maintenance activities are planned and delivered in accordance with approved standards, manufacturer requirements, statutory obligations, and recognized electrical safety practices. - Lead the investigation of electrical incidents, failures,

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a highly relevant quantitative engineering discipline from an accredited institution. Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, or an MBA from a globally recognized institution is highly preferred. Professional Certifications: Active status as a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Professional Engineer (PE), or equivalent senior registration. Advanced credentials in Asset Management (such as IAM Diploma or CAMA) are a significant advantage. Minimum of 20+ years of progressive, distinguished leadership experience within national power utilities, mega-scale real

Direct the strategic operation, asset integrity, and preventative maintenance of all high-voltage (HV), extra-high-voltage (EHV), and medium-voltage (MV) electrical sub-stations, transmission lines, and distribution networks city-wide. Serve as the principal executive liaison with national electricity companies, water and power authorities, and ministry officials to negotiate bulk power purchase agreements, tariff structures, and long-term load allocations. Design and enforce world-class grid redundancy protocols, disaster recovery workflows, and heavy-duty backup generation strategies to guarantee zero-downtime power supply to mission-critical entertainment, industrial, and residential zones. Establish and drive the overarching engineering strategies for energy infrastructure, optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) across millions of utility asset nodes. Collaborate with the Asset Lifecycle Planning (LCP) division to map out multi-decade Capital Asset Replacement Plans (CARP) for core utility assets, including massive transformers, switchgears, and smart metering matrices. Partner with technology teams to direct the deployment and governance of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) sensors, and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) for real-time smart grid data collection. Oversee the end-to-end integration of utility usage data with the corporate finance division, enabling the automated tracking and recovery of utility expenses. Provide the Service Charge Director with audited energy-consumption models to ensure precise infrastructure cross-charging and utility billing frameworks for commercial operators, tenants, and distinct sub-developments. Verify that long-term utility asset depreciation timelines are accurately converted into community sinking funds to prevent capital deficits during future network replacement cycles. Act as the ultimate technical sign-off authority on the Stage-Gate Handover Committee, overseeing the formal "Vesting" of transport, civil, and power utilities from contractors over to live city operations. Formulate rigorous Testing & Commissioning verification rules, ensuring that all protection settings, insulation tests, and load-bank trials are fully compliant with international engineering standards prior to operational adoption.