Primary Design Engineer

GE Vernova; Villeurbanne; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

GE Vernova in Villeurbanne, France, is seeking a Primary Design Engineer to lead a geographically diverse team of designers, sub-contractors and engineers on HV equipment layouts across the project life cycle.

You will plan basic and detailed design activities, coordinate with PEM/PM and partners, ensure on-time delivery, and optimize design for installation, operation and maintenance while maintaining quality and budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level or higher in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Experience in project and EPC environments, preferably in T&D, Power Gen or Oil & Gas.
• Experience managing externally subcontracted design work packages of varying sizes.
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry.

Responsabilités

• Establish the required design documents from tender analysis and project strategy.
• Evaluate engineering workload and delivery dates with PEM/PM and commit to budget and time.
• Ensure on-time delivery of design, including partner documents, to stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate the design team and monitor progress.
• Coordinate technical coordination meetings with partners or key suppliers when appropriate.
• Manage design time spent in man-hours for relevant activities.
• Analyse customer technical requirements and ensure compliance.

Connaissances

Engineering experience in related act

Team leadership

Subcontractor management

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Formation

Electrical or mechanical engineering degree

Description du poste

Job Description Summary

The Primary Design Engineer will lead a geographically diverse team of designers, sub-contractors, engineers and project teams working on HV equipment layouts.

The role will offer a high-level overview of design and interface with various teams throughout the project cycle.

Small to medium size projects will be undertaken and / or support giving to a senior Engineer on large projects.

Job Description

The Primary Designer is the technical guarantor of the proper performance of design works conditions in his/her field of activity, in matter of committed design budget (man days), deadline and Quality, in line with Customer expectation, while promoting ease of installation, operation and maintenance of the system.

He/she plans basic and detailed design activities, manages & oversees detailed execution progress, coordinates delivery of required engineering documentation for procurement, manufacturing and site erection associated to concerned activity, based on Customer specifications and requirement, and internal standards.

Scope of work & time schedule

• Establish, based on tender and contract analysis, and project strategy, the list of documents to produce for his/her field of activity

• Evaluates with PEM or PM engineering workload and deliverables dates for concerned package, and commits to such budget in man days and in time delivery

• Ensures on-time delivery of design, including Partner documents, to stakeholders with suitable quality

• Anticipate and mitigate delivery issues and recommend changes

• Lead & coordinate his/her design team

• Manage and monitor detailed execution progress and short-term plan

• Request from PEM or PM required technical coordination meetings with partners or key suppliers if & when appropriate, to synchronise respective designs

• Manage design time spent in man-hours on relevant activities

• Follows & implements project strategy

• Highlights scope or design changes (data for claims, VO..)

• Informs PEM / PM of design issues all along project execution and propose range of solutions for decision; follow solutions agreed up to resolution

• Analyse customer technical requirements

• Ensures compliance to customer requirements

• Represents customer interests in the design decisions at PM request

• Coordinate with Partners coordination regarding customer technical comments on their scope

• Looks for cost optimisation in all design phases and mainly during basic design

• Ensures technical consistency of design area

• Checks design subcontractor deliverables

Desired Skills and Experience

• Relevant degree - electrical or mechanical, function of field of activity involved.

• Good level of years engineering experience in the related activity/discipline, preferably in project & EPC type environment in T&D, Power Gen or Oil & Gas industry, or 2 to 4 Medium Set projects in position of Lead Engineer

• Experience of project technical management processes, preferably in a multi-disciplinary team’s context with multiple interfaces

• Several experiences in managing externally subcontracted design work package of various sizes

• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided:

No

GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.