Principal Engineer - Dry Utility

Job description / Role

Job description

WSP are currently seeking a Principal Engineer - Dry Utilities to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The successful candidates will lead and contribute to the design and implementation of electrical and power infrastructure projects in the Middle East.

You will be responsible for producing engineering design solutions, models, reports and obtaining authority approvals for single and multi-disciplinary design infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall engineering solutions, analysis, specifications, and procurement support for the infra projects.
• Manage opportunity and risk on the project.
• Have a good knowledge of the contract and key clauses.
• Manage deliverables and provide the technical support to the team.
• Prepare time schedules, resource plan and assist in preparation of budgets.
• Lead bids/prospects, developing techno-commercial offers in liaison with internal and external parties.
• Manage project execution till final delivery with NOCs, monitor and control budget, invoices.
• Manage engineers and CAD team and provide technical support.
• Design high voltage, medium voltage, low voltage, street lighting and telecom networks for infrastructure, urban plan, roads, tunnels projects.
• Carry out grounding, lightning protection, cable containments and shielding.
• Undertake the load flow analysis, short circuit analysis, protection schemes, grounding system calculations.
• Produce reports, drawings, calculations and presentations.
• Attend meetings with authorities regarding utility design proposals.
• Be aware of local authorities regulations in Gulf region.
• Advise and present engineering solutions to clients and stakeholders.
• Be familiar with Dialux, Amtech, ETAP, AutoCAD, Civil3D, Navisworks and Microsoft Office to produce deliverables.
• Follow the QA/QC in compliance with the requirement of the projects.
• Organize and attend progress meetings/communications with contractors, consultants and authorities.
• Minimize end users comments and hence ensure clients satisfaction and quality of deliverables.
• Ensure that the design meets all relevant codes and standards.
• Review contractor shop drawings and materials submittals.

Qualifications

• BEng/BSc (Hon) or equivalent discipline with minimum 12 years post graduate experience, C.Eng and PMP are an advantage.
• Member of or working towards associated professional body membership.
• Modeling of power and lighting networks.
• Detailed design of engineering solutions.
• Good report writing skills.
• Compiling authority approval documentation in accordance with local authority standards to obtain approvals.
• Excellent speaking and writing communication skills in English.

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WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important - be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

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