Lead Electrical Engineer

Lead Electrical Engineer

Key Skills: Electrical Engineering; FEED /Detailed Design; EPC

Location: Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

Salary / Package: Excellent tax free salary; housing and transport allowances; bonus;

Timeframe: ASAP

Recruitment Partner: Airswift Account Manager: Karen Robertson

Our business

Our major EPC Contractor client are recruiting for a Lead Electrical Engineer to support the execution of Aramco EPC projects within the industrial sector. Kicking off July 2024, so quick turnaround is expected.

What can we offer you

Fantastic opportunity to work for an internationally recognised projects.

Key Responsibilities and background:

* Allocate appropriate discipline resources for the preparation of proposals, FEED Verification and detailed engineering on projects.

* Prepare verbal or written reports as required, stating the current workload in the group and whether it will meet set targets. If not, give the reasons why not and list the steps taken, or which need to be taken, to get back on target.

* Liaise closely with the various Engineers/Head of Dept for whom the group is doing work. This will enable the latest developments, which may affect the schedule to be ascertained. Advise them of problem areas.

* Make sure that all the information needed by engineers to perform their work is available before they need it so that work progresses at a smooth and steady pace, on time and on target.

* Ensure that work done in the discipline is accurate and correct.

* Provide assessments for the Engineering, on the performance of the various engineers/designers.

* Perform checking functions for more junior engineers by signing QA/QC check sheets.

* Ensure that any necessary reference material is readily available to engineers whether it be a National or Client Standard, Procedure, or recognized Code of Practice. Also, ensure that the most used vendor literature is available.

* Allocate work packages to suitable engineers, monitor progress against the schedule, resolve queries and generally expedite the progress of the design.

* Liaise with the relevant Engineering with respect to resources and equipment requirements needed for the discipline to complete the work.

* Ensure that the discipline engineering work is performed to the correct standard.

* Ensure work performed within the discipline is executed within the allocated execution -hours.

Critical Skills & Personal Attributes:

* Bachelor’s degree in engineering.

* Chartered status preferred.

* Significant related project management experience working for engineering/client organizations in the oil and gas industry and/or Low Carbon Energy Transition industry. Exposure to consultancy, FEED/ detailed design, and EPC projects

* Experience of executing projects in the Middle East.

* Saudi Aramco Projects working experience.

* Extensive engineering experience in design engineering environment, including Lead level role.

* Leadership & execution-hours estimation skills. Team management skills. Strong decision maker