Electrical Engineer – Frankfurt, Germany
This role is available for an experienced Electrical Engineer to manage the electrical systems on an upcoming project. You will work closely with project stakeholders, lead a team of junior engineers and ensure the project is delivered on schedule, within budget and to a high standard of quality and safety.
Key Responsibilities
- Management of the Electrical Systems under your control.
- Support engineering requirements through managing and liaising with key project stakeholders (client design team, main contractor, suppliers, sub‑contractors, etc).
- Familiarise with design/IFC specifications and drawings to fully understand the scope of the project works. Oversee the coordination process to transform design information into full installation drawings by BIM personnel, ensuring specification compliance and schedule priority. This will require generation/management of Requests for Information (RFI), technical queries etc.
- Manage site safety in conjunction with the project manager and the Mercury safety advisor, including setting up, managing and closing out the safety file as part of the management team.
- Manage site QA in conjunction with the Mercury QA manager, including set‑up, management and close‑out of the QA file.
- Manage the project schedule in conjunction with the Mercury project manager, the consulting engineer and client requirements, ensuring engineering activities do not impact the schedule (e.g. procurement, etc).
- Manage all aspects associated with your package, including:
- Mercury Electrical Team
- Sub‑contractors
- Material deliveries and goods receipting
- Plant and equipment
- Variations
- Valuations
- Day‑to‑day site operations
- Ensuring Mercury policies and procedures are followed closely
- Tracking sub‑contractor progress against schedule and manpower levels, ensuring adequate information flow; logging weekly meetings
- Ensuring works are installed in accordance with project specifications and the project QA plan (e.g. pre‑agreed benchmarking)
- Assisting the installation package team to manage on‑site quality needs, providing guidance to remain compliant with all relevant standards, codes and specifications
- Managing the construction work packs process from development to handover; supporting the construction management team on site
- Managing the Mercury “In Progress” snagging system; ensuring supervisors return the weekly punch lists and distributing snags to all sub‑contractors
- Issuing direct labour hours and sub‑contractor hours to the time administrator for central tracking
- Attending site meetings, internal project reviews, engineering reviews, planning and coordination meetings, and handover meetings
- Closing out all project deliverables (final account, O & M manuals, punch list, safety file, QA file, material and plant relocations, project plan) with support from the site project manager and your team
- Issuing weekly cost reports (orders placed, materials expected, labour levels)
- Providing essential information reporting to meet activity targets and deadlines; managing an engineering task log
- Issuing internal weekly progress reports summarising progress percentage per WBS code and any concerns; highlighting risk elements controlled by Mercury (e.g. late deliveries)
- Issuing external weekly progress reports to the project manager, highlighting delays, shortages of design, third‑party hold‑ups and percentage complete
- Managing and undertaking technical submittals and approvals
- Scheduling material deliveries to align with the project schedule, tracking deliveries and managing procurement using the Engineering Materials Report (EMR)
- Maintaining a weekly photographic diary of the project
- Preparing sub‑contractor and supplier tender packages with the project QS
- Assessing tender returns for technical compliance with design intent specifications
- Evaluating and promoting new engineering practices and processes to enhance delivery time
- Managing BIM priorities – supporting the team to develop modular concepts, typical fabrication details and isometric generation, releasing for construction; validating materials/assets within the model; controlling change management
- Coaching junior engineers assigned to the project team, supporting their development
- Attending project meetings or “White Board Activity Planning” sessions when required by the project manager and your team manager
- Other duties associated with the role
Selection Criteria / Person Specification
- 5+ years’ experience working with a recognised mechanical/electrical contractor
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent negotiation, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills
- Proficient in use of systems software related to engineering functions
- Excellent IT skills
- Familiar with Project/Primavera planning software and CAD/BIM processes
- Ability to manage workload and prioritise
- Excellent communication skills (desirable)
- Ability to work on own initiative (desirable)
- Knowledge of modularisation (desirable)
Equal Opportunities
Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.
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