Job Description

Project Engineer - Utilities Network & Treatment Plants

Bechtel

Job ID: 612356

18 Jan 2026

Job ID: 612356

18 Jan 2026

Job Location

Saudi Arabia

Experience

10 to 13 years

Qualification Level

Engineering Graduates/PG

Job Function

Engineering
Production / Manufacturing
Telecom

Skillset

Water Resources Planning with water treatment and production experience

Preferred Jobseekers

Jobseekers from any country

Major Responsibilities:
Take ownership of all allocated design contracts to develop Task Releases to local engineering firms (A/E’s).
Prepare scope, design cost estimate, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring of assigned engineering projects (Task Releases).
Formulating project parameters, assigning responsibilities to the most capable employees, and monitoring the project team.
Interacting with clients, interpreting their needs and requirements, and representing them in the field.
Performing quality control tasks on budgets, schedules, plans, and personnel performance and reporting on the project's status.
Cooperating and communicating with the Area Engineering Manager and other project participants and collaborating with senior engineers to create more efficient project methods and to maintain the project's profitability.
Reviewing the engineering tasks and initiating the necessary corrective actions.
Developing specifications for the project's needed equipment.
Identifies and recommends solutions concerning operational and personnel problems; participates in establishment and implementation of work and safety standards.
Develops and coordinates the preparation and maintenance of water system cost effectiveness studies and programs; assists in department budget preparation.

Education and Experience Requirements:
University Degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Water Resources Planning with water treatment and production experience or environmental engineering experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
10 to 13 years of experience in designing of above ground and underground utilities networks (i.e., potable water, irrigation water, process water, sea water cooling, sanitary wastewater, industrial waste water, gas, cooling water (e.g. district cooling) etc.); reading and interpreting construction/engineering design drawings, equipment specifications, and ability to carry design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/scalable implementation.
Methods, principles and practices of water distribution and treatment systems and storm water pumping stations, including electrical and process instrumentation and control systems.
Lateral, creative solution oriented technical thinker able to work within and fully utilize Technical Codes, Standards and Procedures.
Competent computer literacy and knowledge of design and visualization software.
Skill in oral and written communication.
Able to work in a culturally diverse environment.

Required Knowledge and Skills:
Registered Chartered Professional Engineer of country of acquired education and country of current professional practice.
Experience working with water chemistry and conventional/membrane water treatment technologies for industrial applications.
Experience working with mechanical/plumbing systems related to data centers or similar buildings that use water infrastructure such as pumps, cooling towers, evaporative media, heat exchangers, air handling units, or air economizers.
Project-related experience working with government agencies, utilities, site development due diligence and/or permitting entities.
Principles of chemistry and physics; laboratory practices and techniques used in the treatment of surface and ground water.
Experience in the design of mechanical systems for industrial/process projects/ infrastructures.
Experience in the design of chemical processes, specifically potable and industrial water treatment plants, and industrial water treatment processes.
Having been a responsible Engineer of Record and/or Final Certification of Deliverables fit for acceptance to Authorities would be highly regarded.
Able to read and interpret plans, schematics, process control flow diagrams, and system/network drawings; Read and interpret water quality laboratory results; Read and interpret detailed drawings and wiring diagrams, plans, specifications, and maps.

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