Customer Project Technical Principal Engineer

Schneider Electric - Global; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that values its people and promotes diversity and inclusion. As a key player, you will lead technical strategies for complex projects in the Oil & Gas industry, ensuring customer satisfaction and project success. With a focus on sustainability and innovation, you will collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge solutions. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive environment that champions growth and development. If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in leading technical projects within Oil & Gas.
• Proven experience with Medium Voltage (MV) and Low Voltage (LV) systems.
• Strong design skills in electrical systems including switchgears.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy and manage project technical teams.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements and project strategy.
• Master technical risks and opportunities of the project.

Skills

Budget Tracking

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Agility in Leadership

Education

BSc in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Design Software for Electrical Engineering

Job description

When you work for Schneider Electric you work for a company that is passionate about its people. Our people vision says, Great people make Schneider Electric a great company. We are proud to promote purpose, diversity, inclusion, learning and work-life integration – we’re a great place to work and we are continually striving to be the best place to work!

Your mission:

• Build strong business relationships with internal stakeholders and external key decision makers in the following value chain contributors, End-User, Developer, Consultants / Specifiers & Builders
• Act as the leader of complex technical integrated solutions, and be the single point of contact regarding all project technical topics;
• Make sure customer technical requirements of the RFQ are considered (in terms of performance, quality, costs, and time) and technical deviation are identified.
• Lead technical coordination of all Tender stakeholders and propose the best split of scope between each involved entity.
• Challenge Opportunity team in order to reduce the technical risks and optimized the technical solutions (lean scoping, secured design, competitive offer...);
• Work closely with the customers to clarify its technical needs; and can take part of the negotiation of technical parts with final customer.
• Manage the pipeline of opportunities to be tendered with the account and ensure with relevant internal stakeholders that Schneider Electric has the right capacity/competency to meet the demand.
• 'As part of a project team:
• Make sure our solution answer to customer requirements in compliance with the contract.
• Lead a technical team composed of "customer project technical engineers" (i.e. DPT5-DPT6), and ensure technical coordination of all projects stakeholders;
• Coordinate all technical solutions of customer complex integrated projects;
• Master technical risks of the overall technical solution designed and delivered.

Key Activities and Responsibilities:

Technical Offer:

• Be accountable of the technical solution, in line with customer requirements and project strategy;
• Make sure the project technical team is aligned with the project strategy;
• Be accountable of the overall technical budget and planning of the project;
• Facilitate & prioritize all technical activities with factories or suppliers.

Technical coordination of Tender stakeholders:

• Work in close collaboration with Project Director
• Act as a single point of contact for all project stakeholders (including customer) regarding the technical strategy and major technical decisions of the project;
• Ensure good communication to the project team regarding technical decisions and strategy of the project

Risk & Opportunity management, Change management, Alert:

• Master the technical risks & opportunities of the project;
• Conduct change management with the Project Director
• Work closely with Project Director to present and negotiate major changes implications for Schneider Electric until getting a variation order;
• Alert Project Director and Management of any issue that could affect the project performance or customer satisfaction.

Customer interactions:

• Lead technical strategy in line with customer;
• Take the proper technical decision to ensure project interest and customer satisfaction;
• Act as the key and trusty contact person for all technical topics related to the project.

Community of Quality, process, practices & Coaching:

• Quality process, Methods, Tools:Be accountable that project is following Schneider Electric processes;
• Act as role model and/or coach technical principal engineers;
• Be connected with LoBs and Schneider Electric Management to ensure good communication & knowledge of project technical challenges and decisions.

Qualifications:

• Bsc degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 8-10 years experience in leading technical scope of projects/tenders,or parts of large & international customer project opportunities
• 8-10 years of experience in electrical projects within the Oil & Gas industry.
• Proven experience with Medium Voltage (MV) and Low Voltage (LV) systems.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with switchgears.
• Demonstrated project management experience, including planning, execution, and delivery of electrical projects.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Strong design skills in electrical systems, including MV, LV, and switchgears.
• Proficiency in using design software and tools relevant to electrical engineering

Skills:

• Ability to communicate (written, verbal) in concise and synthetic manner on Data Center technical issues/topics.
• Ability to convince stakeholders on the needed technical actions
• Ability to learn from others, share her/his knowledge, coach others and collaborate efficiently.
• Ability to lead with agility functional and remote technical teams that have diverse engineering application knowledge.
• Excellent skills in budget tracking, financial modelling, and complex cost benefit analysis
• Ability to work independently as an individual contributor.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

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Qualifications:

• Bsc degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 8-10 years experience in leading technical scope of projects/tenders,or parts of large & international customer project opportunities
• 8-10 years of experience in electrical projects within the Oil & Gas industry.
• Proven experience with Medium Voltage (MV) and Low Voltage (LV) systems.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with switchgears.
• Demonstrated project management experience, including planning, execution, and delivery of electrical projects.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Strong design skills in electrical systems, including MV, LV, and switchgears.
• Proficiency in using design software and tools relevant to electrical engineering

Skills:

• Ability to communicate (written, verbal) in concise and synthetic manner on Data Center technical issues/topics.
• Ability to convince stakeholders on the needed technical actions
• Ability to learn from others, share her/his knowledge, coach others and collaborate efficiently.
• Ability to lead with agility functional and remote technical teams that have diverse engineering application knowledge.
• Excellent skills in budget tracking, financial modelling, and complex cost benefit analysis
• Ability to work independently as an individual contributor.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

When you work for Schneider Electric you work for a company that is passionate about its people. Our people vision says, Great people make Schneider Electric a great company. We are proud to promote purpose, diversity, inclusion, learning and work-life integration – we’re a great place to work and we are continually striving to be the best place to work!

Your mission:

• Build strong business relationships with internal stakeholders and external key decision makers in the following value chain contributors, End-User, Developer, Consultants / Specifiers & Builders
• Act as the leader of complex technical integrated solutions, and be the single point of contact regarding all project technical topics;
• Make sure customer technical requirements of the RFQ are considered (in terms of performance, quality, costs, and time) and technical deviation are identified.
• Lead technical coordination of all Tender stakeholders and propose the best split of scope between each involved entity.
• Challenge Opportunity team in order to reduce the technical risks and optimized the technical solutions (lean scoping, secured design, competitive offer...);
• Work closely with the customers to clarify its technical needs; and can take part of the negotiation of technical parts with final customer.
• Manage the pipeline of opportunities to be tendered with the account and ensure with relevant internal stakeholders that Schneider Electric has the right capacity/competency to meet the demand.
• 'As part of a project team:
• Make sure our solution answer to customer requirements in compliance with the contract.
• Lead a technical team composed of "customer project technical engineers" (i.e. DPT5-DPT6), and ensure technical coordination of all projects stakeholders;
• Coordinate all technical solutions of customer complex integrated projects;
• Master technical risks of the overall technical solution designed and delivered.

Key Activities and Responsibilities:

Technical Offer:

• Be accountable of the technical solution, in line with customer requirements and project strategy;
• Make sure the project technical team is aligned with the project strategy;
• Be accountable of the overall technical budget and planning of the project;
• Facilitate & prioritize all technical activities with factories or suppliers.

Technical coordination of Tender stakeholders:

• Work in close collaboration with Project Director
• Act as a single point of contact for all project stakeholders (including customer) regarding the technical strategy and major technical decisions of the project;
• Ensure good communication to the project team regarding technical decisions and strategy of the project

Risk & Opportunity management, Change management, Alert:

• Master the technical risks & opportunities of the project;
• Conduct change management with the Project Director
• Work closely with Project Director to present and negotiate major changes implications for Schneider Electric until getting a variation order;
• Alert Project Director and Management of any issue that could affect the project performance or customer satisfaction.

Customer interactions:

• Lead technical strategy in line with customer;
• Take the proper technical decision to ensure project interest and customer satisfaction;
• Act as the key and trusty contact person for all technical topics related to the project.

Community of Quality, process, practices & Coaching:

• Quality process, Methods, Tools:Be accountable that project is following Schneider Electric processes;
• Act as role model and/or coach technical principal engineers;
• Be connected with LoBs and Schneider Electric Management to ensure good communication & knowledge of project technical challenges and decisions.