ETeam Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Electrical Project Engineer
Job Title: Lead Engineer
Location: Birmingham, UK
Job Type: Full-time contract, 05 months
Summary:
• Seeking multidisciplinary Lead Engineers with experience in power distribution projects or a proven track record of delivering large and complex high-voltage projects for major clients in the UK.
Role Outline
• To coordinate and support the design team during project design and execution phases, and to support the tendering team to ensure that safe, robust, and optimal designs and documentation are produced.
Main Accountabilities / Position Interactions:
1. To coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
2. To liaise with project management on engineering budgets and to provide forecast cost to complete estimates and associated justification to changes in expenditure.
3. To manage the programme and to interface with the planning engineers for design.
4. Providing forecasts for completion and resource planning.
5. To approve documentation in accordance with the contractual requirements of the project.
6. To coordinate and chair design reviews and hazard reviews.
7. To identify and manage additional risks across functions that may not be apparent to individual Designers. Evaluates risks and opportunities, strategizes mitigation of the risks.
8. Supports the Project Manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions.
9. To undertake the Principal Designer Representative role on projects.
10. Works with customers to shape and deliver solutions, seeking feedback and innovating with the customer to drive and deliver improvements.
11. Oversees the creation of subcontracts and manages the subcontractors jointly with other involved functions, including supply chain management.
12. Must offer a flexible approach to work tasks, will be prepared to work additional hours as the project may require ensuring delivery of successful design solutions.
13. A full team player with the ability to work within a multi-national, multi-cultural team.
14. To mentor other team members as required.
15. Will be focused on value engineering, ensuring full consultation with all design stakeholders.
16. Strive for continuous improvement in implementation standards and costs.
17. Enact the legislative duties of a designer and develop designs which eliminate and reduce risks to health, safety, and the environment.
Customer Responsibilities:
1. To hold and participate in design and hazard reviews and meetings with Suppliers, Contractors, and Clients.
2. To strengthen customer relationships through presentation and delivery of successful design solutions.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
1. 5 years Electricity supply industry experience.
2. Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV).
3. HNC/HND in electrical engineering or equivalent.
4. Good teamwork, analytical, and communication skills.
5. Capable of working to tight time scales.
Additional Responsibilities:
1. Managing projects/processes, working independently with limited supervision.
2. Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals.
3. Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution
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