Senior Electrical Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer with 7-12 years of experience in engineering design and project management for processing or petrochemical plant projects.

Company Description

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company. Recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world with more than 97,000 employees.

SGS Bateman’s multidiscipline engineering team provides integrated engineering services for processing plants and related operations. Using proven ISO methodologies enhanced by innovative approaches, the team transforms conceptual designs into operational manual processing plants of all sizes and complexities.

Responsibilities

Project Life Cycle

• Ensure discipline strategy development during set-up to meet project deliverables
• Offer general project support and problem solving on technical matters arising
• Use knowledge of scope on current and recent projects to promote re-use of engineering where possible
• Review key discipline documentation and drawings produced on projects
• Develop electrical strategy and design criteria to suit the unique project/client requirements
• Produce regular project status reports
• Generate post-project feedback

Design

• Review and Approve Cable schedules that list all cable details and lengths
• Generate scope of work specifications with technical requirements for each package
• Assist in developing, managing, and controlling the discipline cost and man-hour estimates
• Produce discipline-specific designs according to schedule and budget
• Maintain effective engineering input/output of design office

Client Relationship

• Maintain effective inter-discipline requirements
• Manage and interface with Clients, suppliers, and contractors to meet project objectives

Continuous Improvement

• Provide suggestions for improving internal work methods and procedures on an ad-hoc basis

Quality and Safety

• Regularly review and contribute towards improvement of procedures and systems
• Ensure all QA procedures and guidelines are followed in all daily activities
• Participate in quality assurance audits
• Monitor vendor quality
• Monitor site quality
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system
• Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager

Requirements

Qualifications

• B. Sc/B. Eng. or B. Tech Electrical Engineer and ECSA registration as a professional engineer

Skills and Experience

• 7–12 years of relevant experience in engineering design and project management within a processing or petrochemical plant project environment

Nice to Have

• Project Management - Knowledge of basic project management methods and knowledge of all project life cycle phases
• Electrical distributions & transmission - Knowledge of electrical transmission and distribution systems & techniques
• Electrical network - Network Systems & techniques
• Cables & Wires - Products and design techniques
• Electrical control systems - Design, equipment, and Systems
• Design Criteria - Applications and improvements of technical knowledge into design criteria that suit project requirements and/or support the design of new components/equipment
• Technical Documentation - Ability to create, understand, and communicate via technical specifications
• Plant Layout development - Ability to lay out the plant in a functional, safe, and cost-effective way
• Materials Fundamentals - Knowledge and understanding of basic information regarding materials and their properties used in engineering and manufacturing activities
• Construction & Commissioning - Understanding of on-site construction work and commissioning with associated contractor and supplier interactions
• Cost Estimation - Understand cost of design (including cost of deliverables generation) and ability to estimate costs related to a project or specific activity
• Basic IT Tools - Office Automation and Graphic Software
• Procurement - Understand project cost control, budgeting, procurement, purchase-to-pay, and supply chain management
• Engineering Calculations - Knowledge of engineering calculation techniques
• Innovation & Adaptability - The ability to adapt to different environments (team, technologies, countries, etc.) from a technical point of view, including the ability to find out new possible technological solutions according to customer’s needs
• Quality Engineering - Knowledge of quality methods, management systems, and procedures and/or understanding of quality features of products and parts
• Quantity Estimation - Ability to estimate quantities (volumes, dimensions, masses, weights, etc.)
• CAE Software - Familiarity with CAE software including setting up systems, procedures, and guidelines, e.g., AutoCAD
• Legislation and Standards - Knowledge of sector-specific law (e.g., Engineering safety requirements) and knowledge of standard specifications (e.g., Plant layout requirements, etc.) including the ability to integrate these standards

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work with a global leader in inspection, verification, testing, and certification
• Professional growth and development opportunities

About the Company

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company. Recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world with more than 97,000 employees.

SGS Bateman’s multidiscipline engineering team provides integrated engineering services for processing plants and related operations. Using proven ISO methodologies enhanced by innovative approaches, the team transforms conceptual designs into operational manual processing plants of all sizes and complexities.