Senior Project Engineer

Your Mission:

The position requires a proactive customer driven approach, demonstrating full ownership and responsibility for implementing and completing projects with the customer.

The role involves engineering, managing, planning and resourcing multiple projects within the projects team.

It also requires close working with fellow Engineers, Project Managers, Engineering Manager as well as the Commercial Team for supporting additional sales opportunities.

Your responsibilities:


* Carry out engineering design and commissioning of Digital Power projects, H & S documentation, Design and O & M documentation


* Operate and deliver multiple projects to our customers through Schneider Electric Quality Management System and Health and Safety Management System


* Ensure that defined project goals, objectives and performance measures are met or exceeded


* Provide full technical management of the projects


* Identify project issues and put proactive plans in place to resolve effectively and in a timely manner


* Financial control of small projects; including procurement, invoice approval, variation handling, final account agreement, monthly cost to complete reviews.

Close liaison with the commercial team


* Be a representative for Digital Power and develop key relationships with the customer/contractors.

Attend site meetings with the customer, contractor, subcontractor, consultant as appropriate


* Take a proactive approach to progress projects and your own technical ability


* Be prepared to travel and at times work away from home within the UK or abroad

Skills & Experience:


* Qualified to an Engineering degree level, or similar, in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience


* Be able to demonstrate related work experience and a strong track record in Project Management practices as related to automation control projects


* Hold a strong working knowledge of modern control systems in electrical automation applications (eg SCADA, RTUs, PLCs) and preferably experience with Schneider Electric products such as M580/M340 PLC, T300, Saitel RTU, Micom, Speam, meters etc.


* Possess knowledge of industry standard protocols such as Modbus, OPC, IEC61850, DNP3, and related cyber security for designing communications for common utility and industrial applications


* Be knowledgeable on MV and LV electrical networks, three-phase power, switchgear etc.


* Programming/coding skills in SCADA software (PowerSCADA / Citect preferred)


* Power Monitoring systems knowledge (Preferably PME - Power Monitoring Expert) and/or experience in industrial communications networks and protocol knowledge.

E.g.

OPC, Modbus, IEC61850 is advantageous


* Ability to develop engineering solutions from concept through to site commissioning and witnessing


* Be able to build a good customer relationship, and a strong collaboration with sales team for change order management team


* Experience using MS Ex...