Contract: Principal Electrical Engineer / South East London

The role will be a 12 month contract opportunity to work Mon – Fri. The position offers an attractive rate of pay and will be inside IR35. To be considered, candidates must have existing right to work in the UK

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for providing specialist electrical engineering services to one or more projects. Committed to execute projects on schedule and budget (hours/capital) to ensure project profitability is maintained. He/she will also supervise others within their group to ensure the same whilst coordinating with the wider GEMTE team to facilitate efficient and effective project execution. The individual will also need to be increasingly involved with seeking alternative ways of execution to keep company competitive within region and contributing to improvement of other electrical staff to do the same. In particular, the effective development of the AP India Design sub office is key to this for the regional Indian execution.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

This position is accountable for the following end results:

1. Leading execution of all elements of the electrical scope of work on a range of proposals and projects executed in the EMEAI region, reporting to the Electrical Engineering Manager
2. Coordinating the efforts of the Electrical Designers
3. Providing input to client electrical design standards
4. Developing new suppliers and outsourcing partners
5. Defining future and improving existing execution models for electrical engineering scope

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

1. Minimum of degree level qualification in Electrical Engineering; you should be either a Chartered Engineer or actively pursuing Chartered Engineer status with the appropriate Institute
2. Proven experience in electrical power engineering working in a design function within the process design industry
3. Some experience in a supervisory position with budget responsibility
4. Demonstrated understanding of large motors (induction and synchronous) in the range of 1-10MW; experience with larger motors (10MW up) will be a plus
5. Experience in specification and procurement of low, medium and high voltage Switchgear, Power transformers and Power electronics (LCI's, VSD's and Thyristor Controllers)
6. An ability to work with software packages for analysis of power systems ( e.g. SKM Powertools or ETAP)

DIMENSIONS:

1. Project Size TN plant to 3500+MT/d opportunities
2. Budget 500 - 5000 h/project
3. Budget - capital $100K - $10 million per project
4. Supervision 1-2 people per project, plus outsourcing responsibility