Principal Electrical Engineer
Primary Location : AUS-WA-Perth
Job: Electrical
Schedule: Full-time
Job Level: Experienced
Contractor Maximum Salary/Hourly Rate: 140
Reporting Manager Title: Electrical Department Manager AUW
Project Name: Rio Tinto
Duration of Contract: 12 Months
About the job
We’re looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Perth team.
As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for driving and delivering safe and sustainable ‘fit for purpose’ electrical engineering services for order of magnitude, preliminary engineering, and definitive studies. You may be working on multiple studies. We expect our Principal Engineers to uphold technical integrity and meet the technical competencies required to guide and support the wider discipline and deliver technically sound solutions to our clients. Proven discipline project lead experience on expansion projects for iron ore clients at varying stages of the project lifecycle is required. This position does not guarantee lead roles on all projects; there is an expectation the candidate will be undertaking engineering activities and guiding others. / We expect our Principal Engineers to uphold technical integrity and meet the technical competencies required to guide and support the wider discipline and deliver technically sound solutions to our clients.
What you’ll do
- Deliver discipline specific engineering services that meet the client’s and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Undertake and/or support engineering design and technical verification of discipline project deliverables by others.
- Proactively seek an understanding of the safety hazards and risks associated with the asset lifecycle of the designed product, plant or structure; be responsible for action and close out where relevant.
- Perform and/or manage discipline specific engineering services such as:
- Prepare/assist and as required oversee the production of engineering calculations, drawings and documentation;
- Ensure all deliverables are checked in accordance with the checking procedures;
- Attend site visits as required;
- Facilitate and/or contribute to discipline Safety in Design risk assessment for each project;
- Participate in project reviews, HAZIDs/HAZOPs and safety in design workshops;
- Initiate, manage and supervise, engineering assignments with the head office team and Workshare team.
- Prepare engineering estimates for the electrical discipline in response to requests for quotation:
- Scope engineering requirements;
- Detail methodologies and/or engineering tasks;
- Clarify and detail assumptions, exclusions, rely upon information and deliverables list;
- Input into the schedule incorporating a realistic delivery sequence for the discipline with consideration to project milestones; input from other disciplines and receival of rely on information; and
- Ascertaining resources required based on availability.
- Communicate effectively and regularly with the project stakeholders including the Discipline Team Lead, Workshare team, Client and Project Engineer/Manager on design progress, budget, technical matters, quality, and resource planning.
- Establish relationship and manage packages and/or interfacing with installation contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, site team and client.
- In a project lead capacity:
- Manage sequence of engineering tasks at a high level to ensure deliver according to project schedules (including activities by third party contractors).
- Delegate tasks to team members as best suited to their skillsets.
- Primary interface with customer for discipline-specific engineering issues.
- Ensure technical integrity of the discipline’s deliverables through the implementation of checking and design review activities.
- Provide technical direction, control and supervision for engineering and design on the project.
- Deliver the discipline’s design deliverables within schedule and budget.
- Maintain discipline task and deliverables lists for the project.
- Manage quality and consistency within the discipline.
- Coordinate change control and technical query process within the discipline.
- Manage discipline resources assigned to the project.
- Report progress of discipline deliverables.
- Resolve discipline technical issues .
- Maintain discipline files and follow the processes.
- Coordinate design with other disciplines and squad checking deliverables
- An Australian recognised 4 year Bachelor qualification in Electrical and or Power Engineering.
- Extensive years of experience in engineering design with strong technical capabilities.
- Relevant years of experience on iron ore projects or similar and few years of recent experience on Australian projects.
- Experience across phases of engineering projects from order of magnitude, conceptual, feasibility through to detailed design and execution and full understanding of deliverables required.
- Must have ability to work across multiple project and good understanding and experience in all project phases
- Strong technical experience in:
- Engineering for the whole project lifecycle;
- Brownfield interfaces;
- HV and LV systems;
- AC and DC systems;
- Power distribution;
- Electrical calculations required for design;
- Power system studies (inc. load flow, fault level voltage and motor starting analysis) and protection coordination;
- Earthing, arc flash and lightning studies and design;
- Creation of design drawings such as SLDs, schematics, terminations, schedules, layouts;
- Site experience such as scoping solutions, condition assessments, construction and commissioning;
- Very good understanding of constructability, maintainability and operability aspects;
- Equipment inspections, witnessing FATs, SATs;
- Preparing ITPs, MTOs, datasheets, specifications, construction methodologies, philosophy documents, procurement and construction scope of works;
- Input into electrical estimates and execution schedules for FID;
- Control system interfacing and instrumentation Shutdown planning.
- Excellent knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Strong ability to inform and persuade on complex matters through preparation and delivery of clear and concise presentations and reports, as well as collaboration with stakeholders and management.
- Achieves results set for the team, meets timelines, pushes to achieve stretch goals, and demonstrates enthusiasm, persistence and tenacity. Breaks down work into executable tasks. Acts accountable for work produced and ensures it is "right the first time.”
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Take advantage of our global on-line learning platform!
- Competitive rem & employee benefits.
- Enjoy a varied & challenging role.
- Career development opportunities beyond this role.
Contract
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
