Project Manager - EHV Substations

WSP

Doha, Qatar

Ref: HP362-544

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

WSP and Parsons Brinckerhoff have combined and are now one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. Together we provide services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment, and our expertise ranges from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transport networks, and from developing the energy sources of the future to enabling new ways of extracting essential resources.

We are currently working on a major EHV/HV substations and cable projects in Qatar. The scope includes switchgear of 220kV, 132kV & 66kV associated cabling including external EHV cable diversion works, power transformers, 11kV air insulated switchgear , protection , substation automation system etc.

Due to organization changes within the company we are seeking to recruit a Project Manager to join our team in Doha

Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the project, together with highly professional team, to ensure successful delivery of the projects in accordance with specification ensuring quality and execution to time and budget, to the clients satisfaction.

Responsibilities
- Manage construction, design review and commissioning of EHV substation & cable projects
- Interface coordination with all related disciplines
- Close liaison with the client and contractor
- Management and supervision of operatives on site
- Budgetary control and project management

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will be a degree qualified engineer with a minimum 15 years experience in management and construction of EHV substations including experience in erecting and testing of GIS switchgear associated protection and control systems.

Excellent Project Management Skills

Your success within this role will be measured on your performance through several factors, firstly successful completion of the project, secondly ensuring that all outcomes have been achieve which were agreed by the client and the project teams and thirdly building successful and sustainable relationships between PB and the client organization.

We are seeking a solution-oriented and innovative person who is passionate and ambitious . A lateral thinker who is able to add value to projects and clients will do well in this role.

About the Company

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic consulting services. With 36,000 talented people in more than 500 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

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