Civil Engineering Associate

Collaborate actively in the development of engineering designs in the different phases: pre-design, basic engineering design and executive project of the Wind, PV and BESS Plants at country level in coordination with local and corporate teams assuring the most optimized designs and the inclusion of all technical specifications in their most upgrade version to guarantee technical suitability and technical and economic efficiency.

Create and implement best practices engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve business performance.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

• ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT:
• Engineer Manager responsible for the project and in direct contact with the Business Unit.
• Execution of the development of engineering and designs in the different stages: pre-design, basic, executive and tender project, supervise technical feasibility of those ones assuring EDPR technical standards and project specific conditions.
• Support civil coordination among the internal pipeline and planning.
• Ensure strong communication between local E&C teams and Corporate Areas to facilitate exchange of information and to implement change, improvements and best practices.
• ENGINEERING SPECIALIZED SUPPORT:
• Support the elaboration of the specifications for basic and executive projects; supervise the technical adequacy of them, ensuring the compliance with EDPR standard and other specific project restraining in close coordination with Corporate Areas.
• Provide specialized technical support in the tender processes and assists E&C teams and, if only indirectly, Purchasing Department in the adjudication negotiation to guarantee the best technical-economic conditions in the awarding.
• Perform CapEx estimations, risk analysis, technical reports.
• STUDIES COORDINATION: Coordinate and validate with other Technical Support Units the execution of specific key studies (collector system, reactive power compensation, foundation design, noises, or others) for its integration in the engineering project, to minimize the risk associated to the construction process.
• PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT: Establish relationships with the main suppliers and providers for the whole value chain in order to include the most efficient technical and economical options to the engineering designs for each site.
• COMMON STANDARDS: Assure the application of the common standards in the studies and projects, supervising its adaptation to applicable local regulation, to avoid non-justified deviations and maximize the investment efficiency with all the technical warranty needed. Detects the inconsistencies of EDPR standards to adapt them to company reality.
• COMPANY POLICY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE: Understand and apply policies to prevent occupational hazards, environment, and quality to ensure implementation and compliance on tasks under their responsibility.
• EDPR INTERESTS REPRESENTATIONS: Represent EDPR to agencies and institutions, public and private, in matters relating to its jurisdiction to enforce the interests of EDPR.

REQUIRED PROFILE

• ACADEMIC LEVEL
• Minimum Engineering Degree / Recommended Engineering Master Degree.
• REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Minimum of 5 years.
• Minimum of 5 years with experience in design and/or redaction and/or revision of different kind of projects for wind farms, PV Plants, substations and high voltage lines.
• Experience in managing and supervision of engineering projects.
• Coordination of Providers.
• SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
• Civil Expertise in Wind Farm Design (mandatory).