Senior Utilities Engineer - Dry Services
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Utilities Engineer - Dry ServicesJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Utilities Engineer - Dry Services
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Electrical-Electronics Engineering
Experience: Minimum 8 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Utilities Engineer - Dry Services in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Civil Engineering opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an experienced electrical and dry utilities professional skilled in external utility design review, HV, MV, and LV network coordination, fiber optic networks, street lighting, telecommunications infrastructure, utility diversions, and infrastructure interface management. This role supports major infrastructure, transportation, rail, and urban development projects by reviewing design submissions, identifying utility conflicts, coordinating with utility authorities, and helping ensure dry utilities are compliant, constructible, and aligned with project delivery requirements.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Electrical-Electronics Engineering
Salary: 30000-45000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior Utilities Engineer - Dry Services will provide technical design review and utility coordination support for dry infrastructure systems across major project delivery activities in Riyadh. The position requires strong knowledge of electrical networks, telecom infrastructure, utility relocation challenges, authority requirements, design-build submissions, and field interface issues. Working with utility providers, developers, contractors, CAD teams, project stakeholders, and the Lead Utilities Engineer, the role helps resolve conflicts, protect project schedules, and support coordinated infrastructure development.
Key Responsibilities
* Review external dry utilities designs, including overhead and underground electrical networks, HV cables, MV cables, LV cables, fiber optic networks, street lighting systems, and telecommunications infrastructure.
* Review plans, drawings, calculations, and design submissions prepared by design-build contractors, developers, utility providers, consultants, and project teams.
* Identify utility conflicts, interface issues, design gaps, and constructability concerns that may affect project delivery.
* Assess dry utility conflicts and provide practical recommendations to support design coordination, approvals, and construction readiness.
* Define utility interface requirements and prioritize critical issues affecting project execution, sequencing, safety, and authority coordination.
* Investigate field issues affecting property owners, contractors, maintenance teams, and stakeholders due to utility relocations or infrastructure modifications.
* Review installation activities related to external and internal electrical panels and associated dry utility infrastructure.
* Provide technical guidance and support to CAD Designers, Drafters, junior engineers, and project team members.
* Contribute to infrastructure master planning by providing technical input from field observations, site investigations, utility records, and design reviews.
* Support the Lead Utilities Engineer during coordination meetings with utility providers, contractors, developers, consultants, and project stakeholders.
* Coordinate dry utility designs and interfaces to ensure compliance with project requirements, utility authority requirements, applicable codes, and technical standards.
* Assist in resolving technical issues related to utility diversions, utility relocations, new installations, electrical interfaces, telecom corridors, and street lighting works.
* Prepare technical reports, design review comments, utility assessments, coordination notes, and recommendations related to dry utility design activities.
* Maintain clear records of utility conflicts, interface decisions, design comments, authority requirements, action items, and resolution status.
* Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate dry utilities with roads, rail, civil works, structures, wet utilities, landscape, public realm, and urban infrastructure.
* Support timely project delivery by escalating unresolved utility conflicts, authority constraints, design inconsistencies, and field coordination risks.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
* Minimum 8 years of experience in external utility engineering, dry utilities design, electrical infrastructure coordination, or utility relocation support.
* Strong experience with overhead and underground electrical networks, HV systems, MV systems, LV systems, fiber optic networks, street lighting, and telecommunications infrastructure.
* Strong understanding of dry utilities design, utility coordination, design review processes, authority approvals, and utility relocation requirements.
* Knowledge of technical and field challenges associated with rerouting, diverting, protecting, and relocating existing utility networks.
* Experience reviewing design-build submissions, contractor drawings, developer designs, utility provider inputs, and dry utility interface documentation.
* Familiarity with international and local codes, standards, and utility regulations applicable in Riyadh is preferred.
* Experience coordinating with local Riyadh utility agencies, authorities, developers, and infrastructure stakeholders is advantageous.
* Experience on major infrastructure, transportation, rail, urban development, or city-scale civil engineering projects is preferred.
* Knowledge of multidisciplinary utility coordination, infrastructure planning, master planning, and construction interface management is beneficial.
* Proficiency in AutoCAD and other engineering design software.
* Strong technical, analytical, coordination, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
* Strong organizational ability with confidence to coordinate across contractors, consultants, authorities, utility providers, developers, and multidisciplinary project teams.
* Detail-oriented approach with strong focus on compliance, utility interface resolution, design quality, constructability, and project delivery support.
Skills Set
* Dry utilities
* Electrical-Electronics Engineering
* External utility engineering
* Utility design review
* Utility coordination
* Utility relocation
* Utility diversions
* Overhead electrical networks
* Underground electrical networks
* HV systems
* MV systems
* LV systems
* Electrical cables
* Fiber optic networks
* Telecommunications infrastructure
* Street lighting systems
* Electrical panels
* Design-build submissions
* Contractor design review
* Developer design review
* Utility provider coordination
* Utility authority coordination
* Riyadh utility agencies
* Design coordination
* Interface management
* Utility conflicts
* Infrastructure master planning
* Site investigations
* Field observations
* Technical assessments
* Technical reports
* Design review comments
* CAD coordination
* AutoCAD
* Engineering design software
* Construction interface coordination
* Roads infrastructure
* Rail projects
* Transportation infrastructure
* Urban development projects
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Civil works coordination
* Wet utilities coordination
* Authority requirements
* Local utility regulations
* International standards
* Riyadh dry utilities jobs
* Saudi Arabia electrical utilities jobs
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives an experienced Senior Utilities Engineer the chance to support major infrastructure and urban development delivery in Riyadh with Parsons Corporation. The role offers strong exposure to dry utility design review, electrical network coordination, telecom infrastructure, utility diversions, authority liaison, master planning support, and multidisciplinary interface resolution. It is well suited for an electrical utilities professional who wants to contribute to coordinated, compliant, and future-ready infrastructure development in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, transportation, and program delivery company supporting major civil works, rail, urban development, utilities, smart infrastructure, and public sector projects. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale programs through utility engineering, design review, technical coordination, construction support, project governance, and authority interface management. The company supports Riyadh’s infrastructure growth with international expertise, disciplined delivery methods, and strong regional project experience.



