Shift Charge Engineer

🔥 Hiring: Shift Charge Engineer – Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Plant

📍 Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Join a leading Operations & Maintenance team supporting one of Saudi Arabia’s critical CCGT power facilities . As Shift Charge Engineer, you will oversee plant operations during your shift—ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient generation while guiding control room and field teams through start-ups, shutdowns, emergency response, and continuous performance improvement.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and supervise all operational activities during the shift, including unit start-ups, shutdowns, equipment changeovers, interlock checks, protection tests, and non-routine operations.
• Manage day-to-day performance of CCR Operators, Field Operators, and shift teams to meet operational targets safely and efficiently.
• Ensure full adherence to the Permit-to-Work (PTW) system; issue and cancel permits as authorized.
• Normalize and test equipment after maintenance, verifying readiness for operation.
• Coordinate with maintenance, planning, chemistry, and HSE teams to support corrective and preventive activities.
• Conduct routine plant inspections to identify abnormalities, hazards, and deviations, and take appropriate corrective actions.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support, ensuring quick resolution of operational issues.
• Manage commissioning and start-up activities during outages or equipment restoration.
• Ensure accurate and complete documentation of all shift activities, including logbooks, status reports, and shift handovers.
• Respond to plant emergencies as per the emergency response plan until relieved by senior authority.
• Promote a strong HSSE culture, ensuring compliance with all safety and environmental regulations.
• Mentor, coach, and develop shift team members to enhance operational capability and performance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing reliability, safety, and operational excellence.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technical Diploma in a related discipline.
• 5–7 years’ experience in power generation (preferably CCGT ) with a Bachelor’s degree, or 10+ years’ experience with a diploma.
• Strong knowledge of CCGT equipment: gas turbines, HRSG, steam turbine systems, auxiliaries, and associated balance-of-plant.
• Solid understanding of operational procedures, start-up/shutdown sequences, emergency protocols, and interlock systems.
• Experience with SAP or similar CMMS preferred.
• Working knowledge of ISO9001, ISO14001, and OHSAS/ISO 45001 standards.
• Excellent troubleshooting, decision-making, and leadership capabilities.
• Strong planning, organization, and shift coordination skills.
• Effective communication and team collaboration abilities.

📩 Apply now and take the lead in ensuring safe, reliable, and high-performance operations at one of Saudi Arabia’s key CCGT power plants in Al Madinah.