Project Engineer- Electrical I Real Estate I Al Futtaim Engineering and Technologies

Job Description

Project Engineer- Electrical I Real Estate I Al Futtaim Engineering and Technologies

Date: 21 Oct 2025
Location: AE
Company: Al Futtaim Private Company LLC
Job Requisition ID: 173234

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 Groups entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enable 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 Electrical Engineer typically operates on a project and is responsible for all electrical activities. In this capacity, he is responsible for the success of the execution of electrical activities in line with the project goals.

What You Will Do: Key Accountability 1: Project Management

Responsible for:

• Delivering the project on time, within budget, and acceptable quality to all stakeholders.
• Liaising with all stakeholders (Main Contractors, Consultants, Client, and internal departments) to ensure project deliverables are catered during the engineering, execution, and closeout of the project.
• Coordinating with Planning Engineer, Junior Engineers, and Supervisors in quantifying total material and labour requirements for the project, ensuring timely order of materials, and planning/arranging of labour/sub-contractors.
• Coordinating with Planning Engineer, Junior Engineers, and Supervisors in monitoring daily productivity, comparing with planned, and taking corrective actions for loss of productivity.
• Managing/overseeing installation and construction work from time to time and ensuring efficient standards of workmanship are maintained.
• Maximising the efficient use of plant and equipment from within the organization.
• Liaising with local authorities as required.

Key Accountability 2: Cost Management

Responsible for:

• Coordinating with QS to ensure that all variation works are captured, delays notified so that effective claims are made to increase budgeted project margins.
• Checking for options to propose good value engineering solutions on the designs which could mutually benefit all stakeholders, including a potential improvement to the budgeted profit margins.

Key Accountability 3: Engineering

Responsible for:

• Coordinating with engineers and the drafting team for the submission/approval of shop drawings, tracking progress by shop drawing register.
• Coordinating with engineers and the procurement department for vendor finalization/material submission and approvals of suppliers/vendors/equipment, tracking progress by material submission/procurement register.
• Seeking resolution on complex technical problems as required to ensure satisfactory completion of design and construction.
• Coordination with Mechanical/other trades for verification of actual equipment loads with IFCs, notifying changes.
• Liaising with DEWA/ADDC/ETISALAT/DU/DCD authorities for approvals and having up-to-date knowledge on the current regulations and standards.

Key Accountability 4: Quality/Standards

Responsible for:

• Applying internal engineering and construction standards, operating procedures, specifications, and templates so that project delivery, engineering, and construction are conducted in a consistent manner.
• Maintaining Lessons learnt register, exchanging technical information and learnings within the organization to maintain awareness of internal projects, developments, and trends.
• Developing Method Statements for each activity in line with Project Specifications.
• Project Closeout Documentation.

Key Accountability 5: Health, Safety & Environment

Responsible for:

• Ensuring that all company and sub-contract personnel are complying with AFE HSE Policy.
• Reporting all personal injuries and incidents and assisting with investigations.
• Actively supporting and participating in safety and environmental initiatives.
• Ensuring JSAs are completed as required.

What Equips for the Role: Minimum Qualifications, Certification, and Knowledge:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Minimum Experience:

• 8 years of experience in MEP Contracting Companies, at least 3 years in UAE.

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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