Senior Electrical Engineer

• Ensure discipline strategy development during set-up to meet project deliverables.
• Offer general project support and problem solving on technical matters arising.
• Use knowledge of scope on current and recent projects to promote re-use of engineering where possible.
• Review key discipline documentation and drawings produced on projects.
• Develop electrical strategy and design criteria to suit the unique project/client requirements.
• Produce regular project status reports.
• Generate post-project feedback.

• Review and approve cable schedules that list all cable details and lengths.
• Generate scope of work specifications with technical requirements for each package.
• Assist in developing, managing and controlling the discipline cost and man-hour estimates.
• Produce discipline specific designs according to schedule and budget.
• Maintain effective engineering input/output of design office.
• Client relationship.
• Maintain effective inter-discipline requirements.
• Manage and interface with Clients, suppliers and contractors to meet project objectives.

• Provide suggestions for improving internal work methods and procedures on an ad-hoc basis.
• Quality and safety.
• Regularly review and contribute towards improvement of procedures and systems.
• Ensure all QA procedures and guidelines are followed in all daily activities.
• Participate in quality assurance audits.
• Monitor vendor quality.
• Monitor site quality.
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the Client’s management system.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.

• Professionally, the successful candidate will be a B.Sc / B.Eng or B.Tech (Electrical) graduate and preferably registered with ECSA as a professional engineer.

• A proven track record of 8 to 10 years plus experience in engineering design and project management, within a processing or petrochemical plant projects environment, is required for this position.

• Project management - knowledge of basic project management methods and knowledge of all project life cycle phases.
• Electrical distributions and transmission - knowledge of electrical transmission and distribution systems and techniques.
• Electrical network - network systems and techniques.
• Cables and wires - products and design techniques.
• Electrical control systems - design, equipment and systems.
• Design criteria - applications and improvements of technical knowledge into design criteria that suit project reqs and/or support the design of new components/equipment.
• Technical documentation - ability to create, understand and communicate via technical specifications.
• Plant layout development - ability to lay out the plant in a functional, safe and cost-effective way.
• Materials fundamentals - knowledge and understanding of basic information regarding materials and their properties used in engineering and manufacturing activities.
• Construction and commissioning - understanding of on-site construction work and commissioning with associated contractor and supplier interactions.
• Cost estimation - understand cost of design (including cost of deliverables generation) and ability to estimate costs related to a project or specific activity.
• Basic IT Tools - office automation and graphic software.
• Procurement - understand project cost control, budgeting, procurement, purchase-to-pay and supply chain management.
• Engineering calculations - knowledge of engineering calculation techniques.
• Innovation and adaptability - the ability to adapt to different environments (team, technologies, countries etc.) from a technical point of view, including ability to find out new possible technological solutions according to customer’s needs.
• Quality engineering - knowledge of quality methods, management systems and procedures and/or understanding of quality features of products and parts.
• Quantity estimation - ability to estimate quantities (volumes, dimensions, masses, weights etc.)
• CAE software - familiarity with CAE software including setting up systems, procedures and guidelines e.g. AutoCAD.
• Legislation and standards - knowledge of sector specific law (e.g. engineering safety reqs and knowledge of standard specifications (e.g. plant layout requirements etc.) including the ability to integrate these standards.

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