Careers

Careers at Almafor

We are an Abu Dhabi automation company that builds its own panels, writes its own software and commissions its own systems on live plant. People who like engineering that has to actually work tend to like it here.

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Working here

What the work is like

Almafor has worked from Abu Dhabi since 2008 on the control systems behind power networks, pumping stations, irrigation networks and buildings across the UAE, for asset owners including TRANSCO, AADC, AD Ports Group and the Department of Municipalities and Transport. The engineering is real and varied: one month the job is a panel taking shape in our Mussafah workshop, the next it is commissioning on a grid station that stays energised while we work.

We are a deliberately compact team. That means engineers here carry whole scopes rather than fragments: the person who designs a panel often tests it, ships it and commissions it. It also means what you build has your name on it, and the plant will tell you honestly whether you did it well.

We do not always have open vacancies, and we will not pretend otherwise with a page of permanently advertised roles. What we do is keep a live file of good CVs, and when a project needs a person, that file is where we look first.

Disciplines

The people we hire

Automation and SCADA engineers

PLC and RTU programming, SCADA and HMI application work, protocols from Modbus to IEC 61850. Our platforms include Schneider Modicon, PcVue, GE Vernova and Hitachi Energy systems.

Panel builders and panel wiremen

Assembly and wiring of control, PLC, RTU and VFD panels in our Mussafah workshop, working from schematics to factory acceptance test. Clean wiring and honest labelling are the craft here.

Site and commissioning engineers

Installation supervision, loop checking, point-to-point proving against SCADA and changeovers on plant that stays in service. The discipline of working on live stations is learned here, not assumed.

Substation testing and commissioning engineers

Protection relay testing, secondary injection, scheme and interlock proving, CT and VT checks and site acceptance testing on transmission and distribution substations. TAQA approval as a testing and commissioning engineer, or the track record to obtain it, is a strong advantage here.

Electrical design and draughting

Schematics, panel general arrangements, I/O schedules and as-built documentation in AutoCAD, to the approval standards of Abu Dhabi asset owners.

Instrumentation technicians

Installation, termination, calibration-checking and loop testing of field instruments on pumping stations, pipelines and plant rooms.

Project engineers

Running scopes end to end: survey, submittals, procurement, programme, site coordination and handover documentation, usually across more than one live project.

What we look for

What matters to us in a CV

Evidence of finished work: projects taken to handover, not just participation
Hands-on depth in at least one discipline, with curiosity about the neighbouring ones
Comfort working on live plant, where tidiness and procedure protect people and equipment
Experience with Abu Dhabi or UAE asset owners and their approval processes is valued but not required
Honesty about what you have and have not done; the plant finds out anyway
For engineers: a recognised engineering degree; for technicians and wiremen: trade experience that shows in the quality of your work

The work itself

Projects our people deliver

A sample of the delivered work new colleagues join: substations, ports, pumping stations and buildings across Abu Dhabi and the UAE.

Upgrading and replacement of GE SCMS, TAQA Transmission

TAQA - Transmission

Date2022-01-16

CategoryAutomation, Panel Building

New SCMS for 3 Nos. of Primary Substation at Khalifa Port - Hitachi Energy

Abu Dhabi Ports

Date2025-01-03

CategoryAutomation, Panel Building, Civil Engineering

Design and Construction of 67 Parks and Playgrounds in Various Areas in the City of Abu Dhabi CP11

Department of Municipalities & Transport, Abu Dhabi (DMT)

Date2025-08-03

CategoryAutomation, MEP, Panel Building

Stormwater lifting station control panel during factory acceptance testing, front view with indication and control

Stormwater lifting station control panel, Al Hamra Zone 2

Al Hamra Zone 2 development, to Etihad Water and Electricity specifications

Date2026-01-27

CategoryAutomation, Panel Building

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Common questions

Questions we are asked about this

Do you have open vacancies right now?

Openings depend on project awards, so the honest answer changes month to month. Send your CV regardless: we keep a live file by discipline, and when a project needs a person we go to that file before we go to the market.

How do I apply?

Email your CV to info@almafor.com with the subject line Career followed by your discipline, for example Career - SCADA Engineer. Include your current location, notice period and UAE visa status. A short note about one project you are proud of is worth more to us than a cover letter template.

Do you employ people from outside the UAE?

Yes. Hired candidates are employed on standard UAE employment terms with the usual visa process. Candidates already in the UAE with transferable experience can usually start sooner, which matters when a project is waiting.

Do you take fresh graduates?

Occasionally, when a project allows the supervision a graduate deserves. A graduate who has built something real, a final-year project with working hardware, a PLC program that ran, stands out immediately.

Where is the work located?

Our office is on Khalifa Bin Zayed The First Street in Abu Dhabi and our panel workshop is in Mussafah. Site work follows the projects: mostly Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, sometimes elsewhere in the UAE.

What is the team like?

Compact, multinational and senior-heavy: engineers who have been commissioning plant for decades alongside younger engineers learning the live-plant discipline. English is the working language; Arabic is useful on site.