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GCC Energy & Infrastructure Careers: Oil & Gas, Renewables, Utilities & Construction

Salary data and verified roles across oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, and infrastructure development in the GCC.

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Energy is live on the Tenure Pay Index.

The calibrated base-range ladder for Energy is published on the Pay Index hub: every level, three employer-calibre tiers, UAE and Saudi, with source counts on every rung. The deeper percentile explorer for this sector seeds in a later refresh, so it stays out of this page’s counters until then.

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Why Energy professionals use Tenure

Energy and infrastructure remain the backbone of GCC economies, but the sector is transforming. National oil companies across the Gulf are expanding while simultaneously investing in hydrogen, carbon capture, and renewable energy. Meanwhile, giga-infrastructure projects across the region are creating demand for engineers, project managers, and construction professionals at unprecedented scale. Tenure publishes calibrated base-salary bands from Engineer through CEO across upstream oil and gas, downstream processing, renewable energy, utilities, and infrastructure development; rotation premiums, hardship allowances, and completion bonuses are explained as market context.

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How we source compensation data

Tenure compensation benchmarks are anchored to primary-source documents we hold on file: extracts from established Gulf compensation surveys and written offer letters shared by Tenure Pro members, anonymised before mapping. We never crowdsource and never accept self-reported numbers without a document behind them. Every band is versioned and refreshed on a monthly cadence. The full calibrated base-salary ladder, split by employer calibre with the source count on every band, is available to Tenure Pro members. Read the full methodology →

Firm types we benchmark in Energy

We track pay by firm tier, not by individual employer. Each tier sets a different point on the market, so a single sector median hides more than it shows. Tenure Pro breaks every band down by tier.

National oil companies

State-owned energy producers expanding upstream and downstream.

Renewables and utilities

Power, water, and clean-energy developers scaling across the Gulf.

International oil companies

Global majors with regional upstream and trading operations.

EPC contractors

Engineering and construction firms delivering energy and infrastructure projects.

Energy compensation overview

Annual salary ranges by career level, based on our energy salary database across the GCC.

Tenure Pay Index·Refreshed Q1 2026·114 sources·How we source our data

manager

AED 144k – 1M/yr

consultancy

AED 144k – 660k/yr

tier_1

AED 179k – 472k/yr

noc

AED 212k – 1M/yr

developer_operator

AED 223k – 933k/yr

senior_associate

AED 168k – 423k/yr

general_market

AED 168k – 420k/yr

noc

AED 212k – 423k/yr

renewable

AED 216k – 420k/yr

epc

AED 216k – 384k/yr

analyst

AED 195k – 303k/yr

principal

AED 264k – 720k/yr

consultancy

AED 300k – 480k/yr

utility

AED 306k – 540k/yr

general_market

AED 336k – 660k/yr

noc

AED 353k – 647k/yr

director

AED 332k – 2.1M/yr

tier_1

AED 332k – 746k/yr

general_market

AED 480k – 1.1M/yr

noc

AED 647k – 1.9M/yr

developer_operator

AED 927k – 1.4M/yr

senior_manager

AED 353k – 1.1M/yr

developer_operator

AED 353k – 991k/yr

noc

AED 708k – 1.1M/yr

vp

AED 660k – 1.3M/yr

renewable

AED 660k – 1.1M/yr

noc

AED 764k – 1.2M/yr

general_market

AED 780k – 1.3M/yr

c_level

AED 1.4M – 2.4M/yr

noc

AED 1.4M – 2.1M/yr

tier_1

AED 1.6M – 2.4M/yr

Calibrated base-salary bands from floor to top, source-counted on every band

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Browse energy salary profiles

Compensation pages for every energy role we benchmark across the GCC. Click through for the calibrated base band and the verified sources behind it.

Quantity Surveyor

Dubai · Consultancy

Graduate/Junior Engineer

Abu Dhabi · Tier 1

HSE Manager

Jeddah · Tier 1

HSE Manager

Riyadh · Tier 1

HSE Engineer

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Transmission & Distribution Manager

Riyadh · Tier 1

HSE Manager

Jeddah · Developer / Operator

HSE Engineer

Dhahran · NOC

Infrastructure PM

Jeddah · Tier 1

HSE Manager

Riyadh · Developer / Operator

Petroleum Engineer

Dhahran · NOC

HSE Manager

Jeddah · General Market

Electrical Engineer (energy/utility)

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Wind Resource Analyst

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Planning Engineer

Dubai · EPC

Mechanical Engineer (energy-specific)

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Solar Design Engineer

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Electrical Engineer (utility)

Dubai · Utility

Water/Desalination Project Manager

Riyadh · Tier 1

HSE Manager

Riyadh · General Market

Head of HSE

Dubai · Tier 1

Renewable Energy Engineer (general)

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Pipeline Engineer

Abu Dhabi · General Market

EV Charging Infrastructure Engineer

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Field Engineer (Drilling)

Dhahran

Geologist / Subsurface Geologist

Dhahran · NOC

Grid Integration Engineer

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Mechanical Engineer

Dubai

Process Engineer

Abu Dhabi

Reservoir Engineer

Dhahran · NOC

Drilling Engineer / Workover Engineer

Dhahran · NOC

HSE Manager

Jeddah · Renewable

HSE Manager

Jeddah · NOC

HSE Manager

Jeddah · EPC

HSE Manager

Jeddah · Utility

HSE Manager

Jeddah · Consultancy

Quantity Surveyor (Senior)

Riyadh · Developer / Operator

Senior Civil Engineer

Dubai · Developer / Operator

HSE Manager

Abu Dhabi · General Market

HSE Manager

Riyadh · Consultancy

HSE Manager (utility)

Dubai · Utility

Project Engineer

Dhahran

Field Engineer

Abu Dhabi

Wind Farm Site Manager

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

HSE Manager

Dhahran · NOC

Power Systems Engineer

Riyadh · Utility

HSE Manager

Riyadh · Utility

HSE Manager

Riyadh · EPC

HSE Manager

Riyadh · Renewable

Field Engineer (Wireline)

Dhahran

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Dubai · Consultancy

Power Systems Engineer

Dubai · Utility

Smart Grid Specialist

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

PPA Manager (Power Purchase Agreement)

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Process Engineer

Dhahran · NOC

Engineering Manager

Abu Dhabi

Process Engineer

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Engineering Manager

Dubai

EPC Project Director

Riyadh · Tier 1

Petroleum Engineer

Abu Dhabi · NOC

HSE Manager

Jeddah · Multinational

Senior Reservoir Engineer

Dhahran · NOC

Construction Manager

Abu Dhabi

Energy Transition Consultant

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Operations Manager

Dubai · Utility

Cost Manager / Commercial Manager

Dubai · Consultancy

Senior Petrophysicist / Senior Geophysicist

Dhahran · NOC

HSE Manager

Riyadh · Multinational

Operations Manager

Abu Dhabi

Drilling Engineer

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Contracts Manager

Dubai · EPC

Petroleum Engineer

Riyadh · NOC

HSE Manager

Abu Dhabi · NOC

HSE Manager

Jeddah

Hydrogen & New Energies Specialist

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Engineering Manager

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Project Manager (Solar)

NEOM · Renewable

Operations Manager

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Project Manager (EPC, O&G)

Abu Dhabi · General Market

HSE Manager

Riyadh

HSE Manager

Riyadh · NOC

Lead Process Engineer

Dhahran · NOC

Project Manager (EPC)

Dhahran

Construction Manager

Riyadh · Developer / Operator

Engineering Manager (Renewables)

Riyadh · Renewable

Project Manager (Major Projects EPC)

Dhahran · NOC

Operations Manager

Dhahran · NOC

Infrastructure Project Manager

Dubai · Developer / Operator

Engineering Manager (Oil & Gas)

Riyadh · NOC

HSE Director

Abu Dhabi · General Market

Reservoir Engineering Manager

Dhahran · NOC

Senior Project Manager (Infrastructure)

Riyadh · Developer / Operator

Project Manager (Oil & Gas)

Abu Dhabi · NOC

Senior Project Manager (EPC)

Riyadh · EPC

Senior Petroleum Engineer

Abu Dhabi · NOC

Sustainability Manager

Dubai · Multinational

Project Director (Oil & Gas)

Dhahran · NOC

Renewable Energy Project Manager

Dubai

Project Director (EPC, O&G)

Abu Dhabi · General Market

VP of Energy Transition

Abu Dhabi · Renewable

Construction Director

Dubai · Developer / Operator

VP Operations / VP Upstream

Abu Dhabi · General Market

VP Upstream / VP Operations

Dhahran · NOC

VP Downstream

Dhahran · NOC

Head of Engineering / VP Operations

Abu Dhabi · NOC

Head of Operations (Oil & Gas)

Abu Dhabi · NOC

Head of Engineering

Riyadh · NOC

Head of Sustainability / ESG Director

Dubai · Multinational

Renewable Energy Director

Riyadh

CEO / Country Manager

Dubai · Tier 1

COO (NOC subsidiary)

Dhahran · NOC

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