Job Summary
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As Lead Electrical Engineer, you will work as part of an interdisciplinary engineering team to deliver medium to large EPC and EPCM projects.
You will lead the design, development, modification, and evaluation of electrical components and processes. Your recommendations will resolve technical issues and ensure uniquely complex requirements of a project’s electrical engineering aspects are met.
Major Responsibilities:
1. Plans and conducts independent electrical work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of electrical engineering techniques, procedures and criteria on a medium size project or assignment in support of a global business unit.
2. Provides the technical input to meet procurement requirements.
3. Reviews and makes recommendations of the electrical engineering aspects of bid evaluations and awards for approval by project engineering.
4. Leads the design, development, modification and evaluation of components and processes used in the generation, manipulation, transmission, and storage of electricity utilizing relevant Engineering Department Pprocedures (EDPs), design standards and guides, and Bechtel Standard Application Programs (BSAPs).
5. Reviews and approves key calculations, licensing evaluations, design documents, supplier drawings and data, material specifications, drawings, and change orders.
6. Communicates complex technical issues and recommends solutions to upper management.
7. Coordinates with client representatives to obtain their approval of electrical engineering aspects of the work.
8. Develops conceptual designs for electrical engineering projects or projects having specialized or unique requirements.
9. Supports preparation of estimates, staffing needs and schedules.
Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience
Required Knowledge and Skills:
10. Relevant work experience in FEED, proposal & detailed engineering preferably in an EPC/EPCM industry for large industrial plants, power projects, utilities, oil and gas plants.
11. Knowledge of systems, calculations, equipment, applications of methods, materials, and computer applications within the Electrical engineering discipline.
12. Experience in design, procurement, construction, commissioning or plant operation in large industrial plants, utilities or process plants is desirable.
13. Knowledge of engineering work planning and control methods and of precedents in the Electrical discipline and principles and practices of inter-related disciplines.
14. Knowledge of related construction practices and the associated costs.
15. Knowledge of application and coordination of 2-D and 3-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools on a project.
16. Knowledge and understanding of technical and cost issues related to selection of design features within the discipline.
Total Rewards/Benefits
There are many reasons why choosing to join Bechtel is one of the best career decisions you will ever make. In addition to working with talented, dedicated people and having the opportunity to play an integral role in stimulating and challenging local and international projects, Bechtel is committed to offering you the benefits and resources to live a healthy life.
With a market aligned salary package and annual discretionary performance bonus scheme in place, employee wellbeing is also at the centre of our business - promoted through our strong health and safety focus and private health cover including access to a leading employee assistance program.
Diverse teams build the extraordinary:
As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.
We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably.
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