Job Description

Job Title:

Lead Secondary Engineer

Function:

Grid Solutions

Reporting:

Direct: Engineering Leader / Engineer Group Head
Operationally: Project Engineering Manager

Background

Grid Solutions is serving customers globally with over 20,000 employees in around 80 countries. Grid Solutions equips 90% of power utilities worldwide to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to the end power consumers.

Grid Solutions offers advanced products and services ranging from power electronics, high voltage equipment, automation & protection, software solutions to projects & services. As part of Projects & Service, GS provides Turnkey Projects & Consulting, Electrical Balance of Plant, HV substations and maintenance & asset management. Currently GS has a $8B backlog (11,000 projects).

The Role

The

Lead Secondary Engineer

is the technical guarantor of the proper performance of design works conducted in his/her field of activity, in matter of committed design budget (man days), deadline and Quality, in line with Customer expectation, while promoting ease of installation, operation and maintenance of the system.

As a High Voltage Substation Control, protection & low voltage system designer Engineer, your main responsibility is to design, be part of the design of the design of a high-voltage & HVDC substations, ensuring their reliability, efficiency, and compliance with industry standards, protection standard, and regulations. Collaboration with other engineers and support for project documentation and continuous improvement initiatives are also key aspects of this role.

He/she plans basic and detailed design activities, manages & oversees detailed execution progress, coordinates delivery of required engineering documentation for procurement, manufacturing and site erection associated to concerned activity, based on Customer specifications and requirement, and internal standards.

He/she coordinates elaboration of documents done internally or through subcontracting.

A Lead Secondary engineer has the capacity to manage design packages integrated in "Full set" projects according to PMH

s With an important customer in terms of secured and potential contracts or target market.

s That constitutes a major financial, technical and or commercial risk & opportunities

s The impact of the project will have a significant effect on the Business unit

s Operating within an (inter)national environment with many complex internal and suppliers' interfaces

Key missions of the Lead Secondary Engineer:

Project management

scope of work & time schedule

Establish, based on tender and contract analysis, and project strategy, the list of documents to produce for his/her field of activity

Evaluates with

PEM

or

PM

engineering workload and deliverables dates for concerned package, and commits to such budget in man days and in time delivery

Time delivery mastering

Ensures on-time delivery of design, including Partner documents, to stakeholders with suitable quality

Anticipate and mitigate delivery issues and recommend changes

Lead & coordinate his/her design team

Manage and monitor detailed execution progress and short-term plan

Request from

PEM

or

PM

required technical coordination meetings with partners or key suppliers if & when appropriate, to synchronize respective designs

Give necessary input for management / monitoring detailed execution progress and short-term plan

Resources

On monthly basis, measure design physical progress on relevant studies, and provides PEM with relevant data for evaluation of ETTC

Manage design time spent in man-hours on relevant activities

Project strategy & risk management

Follows & implements project strategy

Highlights scope or design changes (data for claims, VO..)

Informs PEM / PM of design issues all along project execution and propose range of solutions for decision; follow solutions agreed up to resolution

Updates risk assessment related to engineering & applies mitigation plan when required

Pro-actively generate and manage opportunities

Customer relationship

Analyse customer technical requirements

Ensures compliance to customer requirements

Represents customer interests in the design decisions at PM request

Manage customer comments

Attend Customer technical meetings, upon PEM or PM request

Coordinate with Partners coordination regarding customer technical comments on their scope

Document & configuration management

Manages & tracks evolution of input data

Track customer comments and answers, along with document resubmission

Manage return status of project documentation (approved, comments, resubmit, rejected)

Ensures traceability from Customer requirements to equipment specifications

Ensures conformance of material with specification & documentation

Tracks & manages identified or potential deviations

Manages evolution of customer requirements & associated impacts

Design expediting

Participates to issuance of technical specifications and basic document to enable procurement of main items and plant detailed design

Prepares and or coordinates elaboration of document, calculation, Simulation, to validate technical options proposed to the customer

Looks for cost optimization in all design phases and mainly during basic design

Ensures technical consistency of design area and associated performance level

Obtains or provides support to insure compliance to technical "state of the art" and applicable standards & regulations

Checks documents

Provides technical assistance to sourcing upon request

Prepares subcontracting files (Scope, Deliverables, Inputs, Schedule)

Checks design subcontractor deliverables

Organizes review meeting with subcontractors

Contributes to OMM & As-built issuance

Process & Tools

Deploys Engineering tools (CAD, PDM/DMS,) as per strategy

Defines with Engineering management the Project Design review plan

Conducts design reviews following Engineering management instruction

Propose co-engineering platform with partners when relevant

Integrate EHS requirements based on project Strategy, and deploy HAZID (Hazard identification) sessions at different project phases

Apply Design subcontracting process supported by PEM or PM

Implement KPIs defined on engineering process for full set project

Issue nonconformance reports (FAT, Site) as required

Manage nonconformance reports upon issuance

Sourcing & Procurement, Supplier/Partner management

Support Sourcing and Procurement in the definition of the Supplier's list according to the project strategy

In line with general time schedule, participate to elaboration of supply request : specification & BOQ

Organize and follow transmission of required Supply Requests on time; coordinate any required updates

Coordinate with relevant people the review of technical offers from suppliers and approve the technical evaluation for relevant activity

Manage technical interface with sub suppliers & partners, prepare input data , check consistency

Request for technical coordination meetings with partners or key suppliers if & when appropriate

Follow design subcontracting process

Ensure the technical follow up (review, comment, approval) of the supplier's documentations

Support Procurement in the equipment ITP review and approval

Support Procurement in the review of FAT procedure and participate to FAT, as per project FAT plan. and request resources function of project

Interface with Construction

Involve Construction teams on Design review to Perform constructability analysis

Prepares site work: method statement; site modification

Prepares information required for OMM for his/her field of activities

Provides support to the site team to resolve technical issues and raise and close snag lists

Return of Experience & Knowledge Capitalisation

Provide data & inputs for project RoE

Site/Design return of experience & design validation

Support functional knowledge capitalization for dedicated practice areas

Quality

Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes defined at Unit, project level, and in EMH

Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner

Health and Safety

Implement design freeze and EHS in design

Demonstrate EHS leadership and ensure Zero Deviation Plan is implemented within the team

Sets the example by demonstrating the proper acts and actively observes work conditions and behaviors, giving constructive feedback and celebrating EHS effective prevention.

Actively participates in defining corrective actions when work is unsafe or when an uncontrolled risk is observed.

Routinely observes routines and behaviors of others and provides immediate feedback regarding unsafe behavior and celebrates achievements or safe behaviors.

Performance Measurement

Discipline provisional document list prepared and aligned with project time Schedule with achievable task duration

Full set KPI's followed on monthly base

Discipline Design reviews & Gate reviews plan formalized and followed

ROR integrates design part and Mitigation plan formalized and actions status identified (not started, ongoing, closed.)

Design management tools strictly followed, and submission of coherent data

Discipline workload plan updated on regular base

Discipline Design hours mastered

Design change process in place

Discipline Interface sheets deployed and validated for the project

No significant gap in scope and exchange of information between partners or main suppliers from our partners & Suppliers

No serious claim from main Suppliers

Engineering platform in place when relevant, coordination meetings organized

NCR system used for the discipline

Discipline document to be attached to the OM&M delivered on time

Compliance to Quality processes and procedures and GE policies and procedures

Desired Profile and Experience

Technology Academic studies, Diploma of high education or equivalent education (electrical or mechanical, function of field of activity involved)

Most suitable candidates will come from the technical stream

5-8+ years engineering experience with

TAQA in UAE

in the related activity/discipline, preferably in project & EPC type environment in T&D, STATCOM, Power Gen or Oil &Gas industry, or 2 to 4 Medium Set projects in position of Lead Engineer

(Must be approved by TAQA).

Knowledge of Project organisation and engineering processes related to his/her scope of activity

Experience of project technical management processes, preferably in a multi-disciplinary team's context with multiple interfaces

Several experiences in managing externally subcontracted design work package of various sizes

English working knowledge

Experience in technical problem solving

Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry

Willingness to work in different locations for short or medium period and to travel worldwide.

Job Type: Full-time