Job description

Engineering Manager (Refrigeration) - KAEC Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.

The Company:

Almarai is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy and the region’s largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company. Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Almarai Company is ranked as the #1 FMCG Brand in the MENA region and is a market leader in all its categories across the GCC. Almarai currently employs over 46,000 Quality Makers, across the GCC, Egypt & Jordan. In 2025, Almarai reported net income of SAR 2.4 billion on sales of SAR 22 billion. For more details, please visit our website –www.almarai.com.

An aggressive expansion program together with acquisitions in new vertical markets have created an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic multinational team dedicated to furthering growth plans for the group.

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the operation, maintenance, and reliability of large-scale ammonia refrigeration plants and utility systems supporting food manufacturing and cold storage operations. The role is responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and uninterrupted plant performance while driving engineering excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability of ammonia refrigeration and utility systems.
• Manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, PSM, and food industry safety standards.
• Drive plant uptime, energy efficiency, and equipment reliability improvements.
• Manage engineering budgets, CAPEX projects, contractors, and spare parts.
• Lead and develop a team of engineers, supervisors, and technicians.
• Utilize SAP/CMMS systems for maintenance planning and reporting.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related Engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of maintenance experience within FMCG, food manufacturing, dairy, seafood, poultry processing environments.
• Strong experience with industrial ammonia refrigeration systems, compressors, condensers, cold stores, and utility equipment.
• Proven leadership experience managing multi-skilled maintenance teams.
• Knowledge of SAP PM, Reliability Engineering, and Process Safety Management preferred.

Almarai offers a competitive package, generous leave, medical coverage, discretionary bonus, training, and development etc.

This is a great opportunity to join a successful and expanding global business, offering an excellent remuneration and benefits package.

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

2+ years

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma