Lead Electrical Engineer

Job Description

• Electrical Discipline Leadership
• Lead the electrical engineering team across assigned projects.
• Allocate engineering activities to electrical engineers and designers based on project priorities and competence.
• Provide technical direction, mentoring and support to electrical team members.
• Review workload and resource requirements and report requirements to management.
• Monitor engineering productivity and deliverable progress.
• Ensure consistent technical standards and engineering practices are implemented across projects.
• Support recruitment, technical interviews and assessment of electrical engineering candidates when required.
• Support professional development and competency improvement within the electrical team.
• Electrical Design Management

Lead and oversee the development of electrical designs for buildings and infrastructure, including as applicable:

• Medium-voltage power distribution.
• Low-voltage power distribution.
• Utility electrical connections.
• Primary and secondary substations.
• Package and unit substations.
• Transformers.
• MV and LV switchgear.
• Main and sub-main distribution systems.
• Motor-control centres.
• Emergency power systems.
• Diesel generators.
• UPS systems.
• Battery systems.
• Automatic transfer systems.
• Lighting systems.
• External and street lighting.
• Emergency lighting.
• Small-power systems.
• Earthing and grounding systems.
• Lightning protection.
• Cable distribution systems.
• Cable containment systems.
• Infrastructure cable corridors.
• Electrical duct banks.
• Electrical manholes.
• Power distribution to utility and infrastructure facilities.
• Power interfaces with mechanical and process systems.
• Renewable-energy and photovoltaic-system interfaces where applicable.
• EV-charging infrastructure where applicable.
• Electrical Engineering Calculations

Ensure preparation and independent technical review of calculations including:

• Electrical load schedules.
• Maximum-demand calculations.
• Diversity calculations.
• Transformer sizing.
• Generator sizing.
• UPS sizing.
• Cable sizing.
• Voltage-drop calculations.
• Short-circuit calculations.
• Protection coordination and selectivity.
• Arc-flash studies where required.
• Earthing-system calculations.
• Lightning-protection calculations.
• Lighting calculations.
• Emergency-lighting calculations.
• Harmonic assessments.
• Power-quality assessments.
• Motor-starting assessments where applicable.
• Capacitor-bank and power-factor-correction calculations.

Ensure appropriate engineering software and methodologies are used and calculations are independently checked before issue.

• Design Deliverables

Lead preparation and review of:

• Design Basis Reports.
• Design criteria.
• Technical specifications.
• Electrical single-line diagrams.
• Electrical load schedules.
• Equipment schedules and data sheets.
• Electrical layouts.
• Lighting layouts.
• Earthing layouts.
• Lightning-protection layouts.
• Cable-routing drawings.
• Infrastructure electrical layouts.
• Utility interface drawings.
• Substation layouts.
• Equipment-room layouts.
• Cable schedules.
• Interface schedules.
• Bills of Quantities.
• Material specifications.
• Tender documentation.
• Technical reports.
• Authority submission packages.
• Saudi Regulatory and Authority Compliance

Ensure designs comply with applicable requirements including:

• Saudi Building Code, including applicable requirements of SBC 401 – Saudi Electrical Code .
• Saudi Electricity Company requirements and engineering standards.
• Saudi Arabian Distribution Code where applicable.
• Saudi Grid Code where applicable.
• Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu standards where applicable.
• Project-specific authority requirements.
• Saudi Civil Defense requirements where applicable.
• SASO requirements are applicable to electrical equipment and products.

International standards shall be applied where applicable and where consistent with project and Saudi requirements, including:

• IEC
• IEEE
• NFPA
• NEC/NFPA 70 where contractually applicable
• BS/BS EN
• NEMA
• Relevant ISO standards.

The Lead Electrical Engineer shall identify any conflicts between standards and ensure that the governing project requirement is clearly established.

• SEC and Utility Coordination
• Lead technical coordination with Saudi Electricity Company and other electricity providers.
• Determine electrical utility connection requirements.
• Coordinate load applications and utility demand requirements.
• Support development of utility connection strategies.
• Coordinate requirements for substations, metering and interface points.
• Lead responses to utility-provider technical comments.
• Attend technical meetings with SEC and other authorities.
• Monitor electrical approval status and support timely closure of outstanding comments.
• Multidisciplinary Coordination

Coordinate electrical requirements with:

• Architecture.
• Structural.
• Civil.
• Mechanical.
• HVAC.
• Public Health.
• Fire & Life Safety.
• Telecom and ICT.
• Security.
• Infrastructure.
• Utilities.
• Landscape.
• Process engineering where applicable.

The Lead Electrical Engineer shall ensure:

• Electrical rooms are appropriately sized and located.
• Equipment access and maintenance requirements are considered.
• Required penetrations, trenches, shafts and containment systems are coordinated.
• Electrical loads from other disciplines are captured.
• Utility corridors are coordinated.
• Electrical systems are properly integrated with mechanical, telecom, security and control systems.
• BIM and Digital Design Coordination
• Support implementation of BIM requirements within the electrical discipline.
• Coordinate with BIM Managers and BIM Coordinators.
• Ensure electrical models comply with project LOD/LOI requirements.
• Participate in multidisciplinary clash-detection reviews.
• Review model-based design issues affecting electrical systems.
• Ensure alignment between models, drawings, calculations and schedules.
• Technical Assurance and Quality
• Perform technical reviews of electrical designs.
• Ensure designs undergo appropriate checking and approval before issue.
• Review engineering calculations and assumptions.
• Conduct interdisciplinary design reviews.
• Participate in technical assurance and project gateway reviews.
• Identify design risks and ensure they are mitigated.
• Ensure technical comments are properly addressed before final submission.
• Promote lessons learned and standardization across projects.
• Maintain compliance with Assystem's Quality Management System.
• Client and Stakeholder Interface
• Represent the electrical discipline during Client meetings.
• Present electrical design concepts and recommendations.
• Respond to Client technical comments.
• Coordinate with Client technical teams.
• Attend authority and stakeholder meetings.
• Support the Project Manager in resolving electrical-related stakeholder issues.
• Provide clear technical recommendations where multiple solutions are available.
• Tender and Construction Support

When included within project scope:

• Respond to bidder technical queries.
• Review electrical technical submissions.
• Assist with tender technical evaluations.
• Review of contractor design proposals.
• Review material and equipment submissions.
• Review shop drawings.
• Respond to RFIs.
• Support technical resolution of site issues.
• Participate in design-change reviews.
• Review proposed substitutions and value-engineering proposals.
• Support testing and commissioning teams when required.
• Value Engineering and Innovation
• Identify opportunities to optimize electrical systems.
• Evaluate alternative design solutions considering CAPEX, OPEX, maintainability and reliability.
• Promote energy-efficient electrical solutions.
• Support sustainability and low-carbon objectives.
• Encourage appropriate use of digital engineering tools.
• Support standardization of electrical designs across projects.

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