Engineering Efficiency & Assurance Lead

Your New CompanyHays’ client is a leading telecommunications infrastructure organisation with one of the most extensive tower portfolios across Africa and the Middle East. They specialize in building, owning, and operating passive critical infrastructure that enables major mobile network operators to deliver connectivity reliably and cost-effectively. Your New RoleReporting directly into the Group Engineering function based in Dubai, the Group Engineering Efficiency & Design Assurance Lead plays a pivotal, high-visibility role across the entire organization. You will serve as the critical bridge between engineering design and field operations, ensuring that hybrid power networks deliver their intended real-world performance.Design Assurance: Review and independently assure complex product designs to ensure they are safe, maintainable, and highly practical in tough field conditions.Sustainability & Efficiency: Lead the technical charge to improve energy efficiency, minimize reliance on diesel generators (DGs), and accelerate the Group's pathway toward zero-DG and net-zero power networks.Validation & Trials: Support and validate proof-of-concept (PoC) and pilot deployments for next-generation renewable energy technologies under live site conditions.Commercial Engineering: Apply financial judgment to develop robust business cases for site upgrades, conducting lifecycle cost analyses to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).Governance Feedback Loop: Analyze asset lifecycle performance and operational failure trends to actively feed improvements back into Group engineering standards and warranty recovery initiatives.What You'll Need to SucceedWe are looking for a senior systems engineer who can balance high-level technical excellence with commercial acumen in a multi-regional environment.Experience: Significant background in power systems engineering within telecom infrastructure, critical power, or heavy energy environments.Technical Governance: Proven track record in engineering validation, design assurance, or technical governance where you held accountability for actual field performance.Power Systems Expertise: Deep, hands-on understanding of hybrid energy assets, including industrial generators, advanced battery technologies, rectifiers, control systems, and renewables (solar/wind).Commercial Mindset: Demonstrated ability to perform return-on-investment (ROI) assessments and lifecycle cost modeling for engineering projects.Soft Skills: Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence technical and non-technical teams across multiple operating countries.What You'll Get in ReturnThis Group-level role offers an exceptional platform to drive true environmental and operational change across a massive international footprint.Compensation: Competitive tax-free basic salary based in Dubai.Performance Rewards: A discretionary corporate bonus scheme tied to performance.Executive Benefits: Comprehensive global medical insurance and life insurance coverage.Impact: Direct ownership of the engineering sustainability roadmap for a major infrastructure leader.What You Need to Do NowIf you are a senior power systems engineer with a background in design governance and a passion for green energy transformation, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.