Manager FM Electrical Design Assurance & Standards
Qatar Airways
Role:General Information
Ref # 238415
Location: Qatar-Doha
Job family: Corporate & Commercial
Closing Date: 2026-11-23
Description
About the role:
Leads electrical design assurance, standards, and maintenance strategy within Facilities Management, ensuring alignment with the FM Engineering Strategy, Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), Asset Management Master Plan (AMMP), Airport Master Plan, and Utility Master Plan. The role provides subject matter expert for Electrical System and is responsible for ensuring that designs and maintenance strategies are compliant with applicable codes and regulations, aligned with asset management and airport planning requirements, and developed with a holistic view from both asset and system perspectives to support safe, reliable, and sustainable airport operations.
Strategic
Key responsibilities:
Develop Electrical asset maintenance strategies and design assurance frameworks in alignment with the FM Engineering Strategy, Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), and Asset Management Master Plan (AMMP) to ensure compliant, reliable, and whole-life asset performance against defined KPIs.
Lead innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across electrical design assurance, standards, and maintenance practices in collaboration with internal departments and external stakeholders to strengthen compliance, operational resilience, and long-term asset performance across the airport environment.
Operational
Support the establishment of the Electrical Asset Renewal Program by ensuring that renewal priorities, design approaches, and maintenance strategies align with SAMP, AMMP, the Airport Master Plan, and applicable codes and regulations to sustain long-term asset performance and continuity of airport operations.
Deliver team objectives in alignment with MATAR Business Objectives, FM Business Objectives, and the FM Engineering Strategy by embedding design assurance, maintenance strategy, and lifecycle performance priorities into departmental plans and performance delivery.
Manage engagement with key stakeholders, FM delivery teams, and contract partners by applying Electrical Engineering expertise to investigate asset and system failures, undertake root cause analysis, and develop design and maintenance interventions that improve reliability, compliance, and operational sustainability.
Ensure that design submissions, scopes of work, and technical proposals are reviewed and guided in line with applicable codes, regulations, engineering standards, the Asset Management Master Plan, and the Airport Master Plan, applying a holistic asset and system perspective to deliver compliant, integrated, and operationally sustainable solutions.
Ensure the compliance and integrity of Electrical assets by overseeing design assurance activities, maintenance standards, and quality audit programs in line with applicable codes, regulations, and engineering standards to safeguard business continuity and long-term asset performance.
Develop in-house FM Electrical engineering capability through structured knowledge transfer, coaching, and technical guidance in design assurance, maintenance strategy, and asset lifecycle management to strengthen service quality, technical consistency, and operational efficiency.
Identify and manage risks affecting electrical assets, systems, and airport operations through structured risk assessment, assurance reviews, and mitigation planning to support business continuity, regulatory compliance, and resilient asset performance.
Contribute to preparation of capital budget plans and business justifications for electrical assets by applying lifecycle, design assurance, and maintenance strategy considerations to support compliant investment decisions, operational continuity, and long-term value.
3Optimize Electrical maintenance strategies in alignment with the Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), Asset Management Master Plan (AMMP), and asset lifecycle requirements to maximize performance, improve reliability, and deliver sustainable cost efficiency.
Provide functional expertise in subject matter areas, statistical analysis & monitoring, manage continuous improvement and manage plans to deliver AMS objectives against the SAMP.
Able to demonstrate the practical application of the requirements of the HIA Asset Management Policy and its systems as related to their role.
Identify tools, techniques, systems and practices to drive development of the business.
Understand AMS principles and objectives and their relationship with the organisation and its products and services.
Manage risks and maximize business opportunities through risk management principles and tools to deliver optimal risk ratings and targets.
Manage and deliver improvement opportunities that achieve improvements in performance.
Qualification
About You
Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 8 years of job-related experience.
Experience in complex and demanding environments
Strong exposure to Electrical maintenance systems
Stakeholder engagement experience
Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of Electrical systems
Command of English Language, excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to prepare technical and non-technical reports and root cause analysis
Strong IT and reporting skills
Ability to work under pressure and tight schedules
Managerial skills - Ability to delegate work, set clear direction and manage workflow. Strong mentoring and coaching skills. Ability to train and develop subordinate's skills. Ability to foster teamwork among team members.
Preferred
Airport project and maintenance systems experience
Valid Qatar/GCC driving license
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