Project Engineer (Primary)

Description

The opportunity:

Design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity. Complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects, cost-effectively and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements. Based on technical specification from end customers and inputs from OU Engineering team, prepare Protection principle SLD, Schematics substation layouts, sections, Bill of materials, RFQs, vetting of vendor offers, engg hours estimation, technical risk assessment and opportunity evaluation etc. Coordinate with Engineering Manager, Engineering Leads, Tendering team, Product Manager, Project managers, SCM, Secondary and civil / steel design functions, consultants, end customers etc. and provide required support in each Project / Tender & development activity.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Design authority for all engineering activities for assignments on projects classified as Low and Medium engineering complexity. Support Project Manager for any technical issues.

• SPOC with customer for Engineering activities of the project. Participate in customer meetings, act on customer needs, expectations and improve customer experience.

• Lead, supervise and coordinate engineering project team: scope, schedule & progress, approvals, budget, targets, resource load & cost-to-complete [Engineering Meetings / Engineering Review]. Ensure Engineering processes are applied and if needed agree on scaling with Engineering Manager.

• Conduct Engineering Project Reviews and report progress and cost-to-complete to Engineering- and Project Manager. Establishes contacts with suppliers for technical support, to improve material quality and/or to decrease costs. Technical Obtains prototype product and develops technical tests. Ensure the deliveries as per schedule and carry out regular reviews.

• Having Primary / Secondary design expertise and able to deliver transmission and distribution projects. Preparing standards and focus on continuous improvements both technically and functionally.

• Check if quality process is applied by all contributing engineering parties. Escalate to QA/QC. Track and handle technical issues and follow up. Handle clarification where more than one domain/function/party is concerned plus those topics that cannot be allocated to an engineering domain. Initiate mitigation of possible responsibility gaps in the project team.

• Coach and develop project engineers / designers to deliver their maximum potential, plan the skill development needs for the engineers. Identify, track, clarify & drive project change cases that relate to engineering scope. Support claim preparation (client & supplier). Initiate and drive corrective actions.

• Collect and consolidate project risks and opportunities from engineering team, technical, but as well related to engineering progress, information/data availability and assumptions taken. Define, coordinate & take proactive actions to mitigate risks and lead to opportunities. Follow-up. Take calculated risk in pursuit of results and speed.

• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering in Electrical, with 8-10 years' experience.

• Knowledge of primary equipment, such as circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, power transformers, etc.

• Knowledge of HV grid power systems. Understanding of interfaces to HV and MV overhead line and cable systems.

• Prepare, review and validate Bill of material for tenders or projects based on requirement. Know-how on design calculations related to Primary Engineering.

• Grounding system design, drawings and Bill of Materials. Lightning system design, drawings and BoM.

• Proficiency in required CAD design tools. Knowledge of relevant international standards ex. IEEE, IEC etc. Knowledge in substation tendering and project engineering activities (technical & commercial).

• Individual contributor using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized projects / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions.

• Comprehensive knowledge of related disciplines in the organization. Works independently, applying established standards.

• Team player, ready to play the role across the different countries. High level of ownership and able to guide and plan works for the team.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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