Job Description Summary

The Primary Design Engineer will lead a geographically diverse team of designers, sub-contractors, engineers and project teams working on HV equipment layouts.
The role will offer a high-level overview of design and interface with various teams throughout the project cycle.

Small to medium size projects will be undertaken and / or support giving to a senior Engineer on large projects.

Job Description

The Primary Designer is the technical guarantor of the proper performance of design works conditions 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.

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.

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
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 synchronise respective designs
Manage design time spent in man-hours on relevant activities
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
Analyse customer technical requirements
Ensures compliance to customer requirements
Represents customer interests in the design decisions at PM request
Coordinate with Partners coordination regarding customer technical comments on their scope
Looks for cost optimisation in all design phases and mainly during basic design
Ensures technical consistency of design area
Checks design subcontractor deliverables

Desired Skills and Experience

Relevant degree - electrical or mechanical, function of field of activity involved.
Good level of years engineering experience in the related activity/discipline, preferably in project & EPC type environment in T&D, Power Gen or Oil &Gas industry, or 2 to 4 Medium Set projects in position of Lead Engineer
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
•Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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