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Lead Electrical Engineer

Projects
Full-time
On-site
Iraq
Description

Wood is currently looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our team in Basra, Iraq on 6 weeks on 2 weeks off rotation 



Responsibilities

Role Responsibilities:

  • Assume sole responsibility for managing the electrical engineering and design teams on the contract.
  • Ensure all team members are competency assessed and maintain team competency in line with company requirements.
  • Hold single-point responsibility for all electrical engineering deliverables, ensuring they conform to applicable engineering codes, standards, and 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.
  • Provide direction and guidance on technical queries relating to electrical engineering and raise appropriate EQ’s/deviations.
  • Participate in all project safety and design reviews as necessary.
  • Ensure all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule.
  • Promote safe behavior at all times.
  • Provide sound technical advice and solutions to a diversity of technical problems within the discipline.
  • Coordinate with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up.
  • Provide technical support to the site in terms of material inspection, Factory Acceptance Testing, etc.
  • Assist in the coordination of all activities related to electrical systems.
  • Identify any areas of concern with respect to progress and/or quality and recommend corrective actions as required.
  • 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 learned are captured and shared.

 



Qualifications

 

  • Degree qualification in Electrical Engineering.
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industries.
  • Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of electrical system design and analysis.
  • Thorough awareness of international codes and standards.
  • Familiarity with typical software packages used for electrical system design and selection, including E3D and Smartplant.
  • Experience in participating in HAZID, HAZOP, and IPF/SIL Classification studies.
  • Experience with Concept Selection and FEED studies.