Senior Electrical Engineer

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its Projects – Process and Chemical Team, focusing on engineering, procurement and construction of complex plants in the Chemical, Petrochemical and Energy industries. The position will be based in Antwerp Office, with the possibility to work from home up to two days per week.

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The Role

Being part of a multi-cultural integrated team, will report to the Project Engineering Manager.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

You will be working for major international clients in the energy market and material market, and you will be part of a team results focused that will provide technical solutions.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across chemical, petrochemical, oil&gas and emerging energy sectors
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

The key objectives for this role are:

• Administer the packages of Wood electrical engineering group
• Uses technical knowledge to perform engineering assignments and produce a range of electrical engineering deliverables (including more complex tasks) with limited guidance and direction from more senior technical professionals
• Develops a range of electrical engineering deliverables, including specifications, calculations, reports, technical requisitions, material requisitions and others
• Ensure that Electrical Engineering activities are executed according to Wood & client project procedures, specifications and standards, good engineering practices and techniques, and any project-specific requirements
• Supervise the day-to-day (if any) engineering interfaces between PMC core engineering group, Project Management team and the engineering teams assigned to the EPC package – includes interaction with all other specialist disciplines as required
• Participate in design reviews and engineering changes with customer and EPC contractor as necessitated by design development and ensure core team are made aware of these
• Participate in key customer reviews and meetings as required
• Participate in project reviews, value engineering and value improvement workshops with customer / contractor
• Participate in GEC (Global Execution Center) meetings and reviews
• Input engineering procedures and work practices in conjunction with Core Electrical Lead as appropriate
• Responsible for estimating electrical discipline manhours and schedule requirements in production of deliverables, coordinates own work schedule, and prepares progress reports.
• Review vendor documentation
• Carryout Site Surveys and develop site survey reports

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges

Expected: 

• Degree in relevant discipline
• Minimum of 5-10 years' experience in major oil / gas refinery / petrochemical projects in the capacity of senior electrical engineer with engineering contractor / PMC organization
• Fully familiar with international codes, standards and recommended practices to be adopted during EPC phases of oil / gas projects
• Capacity to supervise and manage EPC Contractors and development of detail design deliverables
• Proven ability to contribute during development of electrical system studies
• Experienced in the use of appropriate codes of practice, standards and relevant sections of statutory documentation
• Fluent English
• Eligible to work in Belgium

Desirable

• Previous experience in Belgium 
• Good knowledge of French and Dutch