Project Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Power Infrastructure Setup: Manage the installation and commissioning of high/medium voltage substations, transformers, switchgears, and power generation systems.
• Automation & Controls Integration: Oversee the deployment of plant automation infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication between SCADA networks, PLC panels, and individual field instruments.
• Cable Routing & Distribution: Supervise all industrial cabling layouts, motor control centers (MCCs), and earthing/lightning protection installations across the site.
• Testing & Compliance: Lead pre-commissioning loop checks, insulation resistance tests, and relay coordinations to guarantee absolute electrical safety.
• SLA & Contractor Management: Supervise electrical sub-contractors and OEM automation engineers during critical integration and powering-up phases.
• Power Load Management: Conduct load calculations and demand analysis to ensure correct system sizing and reliable energy supply for plant operations.
• Backup Power Systems: Oversee installation of generators, UPS systems, and battery backup solutions to guarantee uninterrupted operations.
• Instrumentation & Calibration: Supervise installation and calibration of field instruments to ensure accurate process measurement and control.
• PLC & SCADA Oversight: Validate PLC programming and SCADA configurations to ensure reliable automation and system communication.
• Power Quality Management: Monitor harmonics, voltage stability, and power quality to optimise system efficiency and reliability.
• Safety & Compliance: Enforce electrical safety standards including LOTO procedures, arc flash protection, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Site Acceptance Testing (SAT): Validate equipment performance after installation to ensure full compliance with design specifications.
• Troubleshooting & Fault Resolution: Diagnose and resolve electrical faults and system failures during installation and commissioning.
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Identify electrical risks during installation and commissioning and implement preventive controls.
• Integrated Management System: Documents, implements,maintains the requirements of the Quality, Food Safety, Environment, Health, and Safety management systems.

Requirements:

• A minimum of an HND in electrical, electronic, or instrumentation engineering.
• Professional registration (COREN/NSE) is highly preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years’ industrial electrical projects, power distribution design, or automation commissioning within high-speed continuous manufacturing or large industrial settings.
• A systems thinker with an analytical approach to complex circuitry and industrial automation networks, prioritizing electrical safety above all.

Key KPIs:

• Successful energisation of substations and MV/LV distribution networks on schedule.
• 100% Accuracy on Loop Checks and Control Automation Integrations during.
• Zero Electrical Incidents or Near-Misses during construction and commissioning.

Competencies Profile:

• Technical Competencies: Generic Competencies, Industrial Power Systems, Distribution & Substation Setup, Systemic Critical Thinking.
• Electrical Load Calculation & Power System
• Design Team Management
• PLC Automation & Industrial Network
• Architecture (Siemens TIA Portal / Rockwell) Strategic & Analytical Thinking
• Instrumentation Control Loops & SCADA Integration Communication
• Software Exposure: ETAP (Electrical Transient
• Analyser Program, AutoCAD Electrical, SAP PS Stakeholder Management
• High Voltage Testing & Insulation Resistance Testing Accountability
• HSE Compliance Negotiation
• Electrical Power Systems Design & Analysis Business Knowledge
• Protection & Relay Coordination Detail Orientation
• Electrical Installation, Testing & Commissioning Time Management
• Industrial Network & Control Systems
• Integration Innovation & Process Improvement