Senior Electrical Engineer | Buro Happold

Job Purpose:

• Site based Senior Electrical Engineer on a University Project presently under construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Responsible for ensuring that the quality expectations, budget and programme constraints of the client are respected by the contractor

• Responsible for managing junior electrical engineering staff and inspectors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as Senior Electrical Engineer on the project site

• Responsible for all Electrical work including Medium Voltage (13.8kV) Distribution, Low Voltage Distribution, Lighting, Power, Extra Low Voltage Systems (Fire Alarm, BMS, CCTV/Access Control, Telephone/Data, Audiovisual etc), Lightning Protection and Grounding, External Lighting, etc

• Review shop drawings and vendor drawings for compliance with Contract Documents

• Review Electrical Calculations for compliance with Contract Documents

• Review material submittals for compliance with Contract Documents

• Review Technical Specifications for conformance with Contract Documents

• Implement, manage and control the Project Electrical Quality Assurance Plan

• Plan, monitor and control the inspection of all Electrical equipment at the manufacturing plants and the installation of the Electrical equipment and systems at site by the Contractors

• Review As-built drawings for the Electrical work

• Review Operation and Maintenance Manuals for the Electrical work

• Review Project acceptance procedures and participate in contract close out

• Witness Testing and Commissioning of all Electrical systems

• Coordinate Electrical work with Architectural, Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Specialist Disciplines

• Review, monitor and report on the Project construction schedule

• Review, design and implement Client change requests

• Manage and control the site Junior Engineers and site Inspectors

• Ensure senior staff are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions and the objectives of the client are achieved

• Continually ensuring that practices, policies, strategy and services represent the client’s best interests and that BH policy is in keeping with current legislation, Standards and Codes of Practice etc

• Commitment to CPD and self learning / development.Person Specification:

Buro Happold is a multidisciplinary practice that succeeds through the individual and collaborative skills of its people. This post requires a candidate who must have:

• Corporate membership of a relevant institution

• Good IT skills

• Good communication skills, experience in dealing with other employees and external clients.

• Confident, proactive character, with a track record of taking the lead in challenging situations.

• Ability to run projects successfully.

Qualifications:

• Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer

Or

• In special circumstances, six years relevant working experience with either a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (BEng) or Masters degree in Engineering (MEng) and working towards chartership

• 10 years relevant experience

The post holder must at all times carry out his/ her duties with due regard to the Buro Happold Diversity Policy.

Salaries & Benefits:

To be discussed but will be commensurate with experience, and will include an excellent package of benefits.