Principal Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Wood is currently looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to strengthen our team in Dubai, UAE. This is a residential position in Dubai with possible business travel to Iraq as and when required.

Responsibilities

• The candidate will assume sole responsibility for the management of the electrical engineering and design teams on the contract.
• To ensure all team members are competency assessed and maintain the competency of the team in line with company requirements.
• To have single-point responsibility for all electrical engineering deliverables and ensure that they conform to all applicable engineering codes and standards as well as the Client's policies and procedures.
• Manage and report progress of all electrical engineering and design budgets in line with contract requirements.
• Manage engineering and design resource requirements in line with contract requirements.
• Ensure compliance with management of change processes both technical and financial.
• To provide direction and guidance on technical queries relating to electrical engineering and raise appropriate EQ's/deviations.
• To participate in all project safety and design reviews as necessary.
• To ensure that all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule.
• To promote safe behavior at all times.
• To provide sound technical advice and solutions to a diversity of technical problems within the discipline.
• To co-ordinate with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up.
• To provide technical support to site in terms of material inspection, Factory Acceptance Testing, etc.
• To assist in the coordination of all activities related to electrical systems.
• To identify any areas of concern with respect to progress and/or quality and recommend corrective actions as required.
• To attend weekly progress meetings and generate status reports for the Engineering/Project Manager.
• Promote and encourage smarter ways of working and champion continuous improvement within your department.
• Ensure all lessons learnt are captured and shared.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 18 - 22 years experience in the oil and gas industry, preferably on Iraq Brownfield projects.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of electrical system design and analysis.
• Thorough awareness of international codes and standards.
• Familiar with the typical software packages that are used for electrical system design and selection including Smartplant.
• Experience of participation in HAZID, HAZOP and IPF/SIL Classification studies.
• Experience with Concept Selection and FEED studies.