Vacancy Overview Lead Electrical Designer – Assignment in Belgium

Brief job description:

Lead and supervise design and drafting activities for greenfield and brownfield projects. Independently on the project with minimum supervision and coordinate with multiple stake holders such as project managers, engineers, construction teams, third parties etc. Most of the work will be at CLIENT site. Good practical knowledge of LV and MV electrical installations. Prepare and develop electrical design in DEFINE, DESIGN and EXECUTE phase of the projects with quality, clarity, and consistency. Ensure design deliverables are completed and issued per project specification, procedures and within schedule and budgets. Set priorities, organize own work, and meet project goals.



Key responsibilities and main tasks:

•            Previous experience in green field and brownfield projects and to be capable to handle multiple projects.
•            Communicate and liaise with multiple internal and external stake holders such as Client, Vendors, Project teams etc. Coordinate and interface within own discipline, maintenance and other disciplines.
•            Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective
action to meet schedule.
•            Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notification.
•            Ensure consistency for all drawings and conduct thorough checks to ensure correctness of the technical content and the quality of the engineering drawings.
•            Attend project meetings if required.
•            Prepare sketches and markups as required to provide input to the drafting team.
•            Be capable of doing drafting modications in AutoCAD and E-Plan
•            Prepare and check design deliverables such as Block Diagram, Electrical Equipment Room Lay-outs, Cable Tray/Trench Lay-outs, earthing layouts, typical installation details etc.
•            Develop clash free design.
•            Review other discipline drawings if required.
•            Issue engineering drawings and layouts for Inter-Discipline Checks (IDC’s).
•            Perform and check calculations such as cable tray fill calculations, lighting calculations, trench and duct bank sizing etc.
•            Knowledge of single line diagrams, connection diagrams, schematics etc.
•            Assist Engineers in vendor document review, input to MTO and other design/engineering activities.
•            Coordinate with construction team to resolve site queries, clarification etc.
•            Check As Built drawings and issue As Built package to the client.


The experience shall include:
Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
•            Good Coordination and communication Skills
•            Follows directives and instructions.
•            Well versed in the use of Microsoft office, AUTOCAD, E-plan, etc.
•            Thorough knowledge of Safety and Quality Procedures.
•            Knowledge of international Standards and code i.e. IEC, ISA and ISO codes.

Essential Qualifications and Education:
•            High School graduate with a diploma in Electrical Design, or equivalent experience
•            > 10 years with major contractor or consultant in oil and gas or chemicals.

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