Senior Technical Professional Leader Electrical

KBR; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering services provider is seeking a Senior Technical Professional Leader - Electrical to join their Leatherhead office. This role involves leading teams in electrical engineering projects focusing on energy transition, with responsibilities including design specifications, managing deliverables, and liaising with clients. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience with electrical systems, strong leadership abilities, and be proficient in technical documentation. The position offers competitive benefits and the opportunity to drive impactful projects in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in electrical equipment applications in Energy Transition projects.
• Ability to design and specify a wide range of electrical equipment including Switchgear and UPS Systems.
• Good written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead large teams distributed among multiple locations.
• Guide the team to deliver accurate deliverables on schedule.
• Liaise with clients and contractors to ensure project needs are met.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical systems design

Cost estimation

Interpersonal skills

Technical documentation

Education

Senior IC experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Senior Technical Professional Leader - Electrical

KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus KBR creates sustainable value by combining engineering technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future.

Location

Leatherhead office.

Role Overview

As part of the electrical engineering team you will be involved in the design specification and services relating to Electrical engineering for projects relating to energy transition. This may be a conceptual study or front-end engineering design (FEED) or an EPC / detailed design execution involving the procurement of all equipment and detailed drawings for the construction and commissioning of an entire facility. You will be involved in projects from which may be offshore or onshore - greenfield or brownfield refining hydrogen renewables etc. There will be a focus within the design on cost schedule safety reliability and quality at all stages of the projects. In this role you will be assigned as Overall discipline lead engineer or deputy discipline lead engineer depending on the size of the project.

Responsibilities

• You will be expected to lead large teams which might be distributed geographically between other offices of KBR or partner companies.
• You will be responsible for study design specification and services related to electrical systems including power generation transmission and distribution power systems performance and control switchgear earthing systems lightning protection systems heat tracing etc depending on the project phase.
• You will be expected to guide your team to deliver technically accurate deliverables on schedule and managing the manhour budget allocated to the discipline for the project.
• Good interpersonal skills and the effective interaction with others. Expected to be highly competent in written and spoken communication and be able to use a range of standard software such as MS Word and MS Excel to prepare technical documents and to write technical reports.
• Responsible for the electrical distribution system design specification selection vendor drawing reviews and testing services relating to energy transition.
• You will use your judgment in making selections and adaptation of engineering alternatives. You will be asked to perform specific and well-defined assignments. You will be asked to attend meetings write reports and giving presentations on the work you are completing.
• You will perform assignments with minimal supervision using your knowledge of engineering principles. You will be responsible for checking your own and others work within the team and approving deliverables for issue.
• Detailed knowledge of electrical equipment is essential as is a good working knowledge of industry standards for electrical equipment. Ability to design identify and specify a wide range of electrical equipment including Switchgear (HV / MV and LV) UPS Systems Power Management Systems Generator Control Systems Lighting and Small Power Systems and associated Distribution Equipment.
• You will be working in a multi-disciplinary project team which is likely to include engineers from other specialisms including mechanical structural civil and instrumentation and will be responsible for liaising with clients and contractors as required. Expected to be fully aware of inter discipline coordination requirements and data / information flow to facilitate on schedule document issue. Be proactive in follow up to ensure the inputs (both from other disciplines and suppliers) required by your team to develop respective deliverables are made available to the team in time.
• The required competency and skills would typically have been built up working for a consultant engineering company equipment fabricator or end user company. The successful candidate would be expected to have a varied and extensive experience of electrical equipment applications in the Energy Transition and Energy Security project environments to include concept front end engineering design detailed design commissioning and operations.

Support Tasks

• Support to new proposal evaluation / estimation
• Development of tools and work methods to improve project delivery productivity
• Conduct audit / cold eye review of other projects based on KBR audit norms

KBR Company Information

When you become part of the KBR team your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers were defining tomorrows challenges then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability. At KBR we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services proprietary technologies and expertise our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis. Working at KBR means being rewarded for your addition to competitive benefits and professional development our people are empowered to use all their potential creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services. As the needs of the world change were ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic sustainable and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.

Required Experience

Senior IC

Key Skills

Cluster,B2C,Cost Estimation,External Audit,Concrete Pump

Employment Type

Full-Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1

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