Electrical Project Engineer (senior)

To support an important longterm (3 à 4 years) project for a client in the region of Ghent (Belgium) we are searching for an experienced Project Engineer Electricty (freelance/employee).

PM Group is a leading International engineering, architecture, project and construction management firm. With a network of offices in Europe, Asia and the US and a multi-discipline team of more than 3,600 people, we deliver complex, capital projects in the life sciences, food and beverages, mission critical/ICT, advanced manufacturing, energy and environmental sectors.

Our Vision is to be a highly valued and creative delivery partner, building a more sustainable world with our clients.

Our OTS (Outsourced Technical Services) department supports projects in different sectors on basis of project staffing with consultants working at the client’s site.

• Responsible for the project management of several subprojects (>10MEURO) with a mainly electrical scope, taking into account highly complex brownfield conditions and production restrictions
• You collaborate closely with EPCM and permitting partners (scope definition, reviewing schedules for deliverables, enforcing standardization).
• You are the main contact person to dive into technical discussions with suppliers and engineering contractors.
• You check and define technical requirements, designs and offers from a general technical, multidisciplinary and common-sense perspective. You are supported by expert discipline engineers for detailed technical knowledge, who you give clear directions regarding their tasks and the related subproject scope
• You take a leading role in challenging electrical design concepts, ensuring the choice of the best available technology.
• You ensure integration and validate brownfield adaptations always ensuring the preservation of existing operations.
• You guide reviews and approvals for documents, drawings and requests for change.

• Master/Bachelor degree in engineering or equivalent professional technical education, with Electrical, instrumentation or automation background
• Expertise in Project Management
• Goal oriented, results driven, takes initiative, leadership and attention to detail
• Effective communicator, with ability to proactively deal with senior executives and stakeholders.
• Proven people management skills
• +10 years’ experience as a Project Engineer in a similar role.
• A broad technical background is needed to understand and navigate the entire scope. Experience in any of these areas would be a plus
• Electro-mechanical installations
• 6-30 kV networks, switchgears and transformers
• Low voltage distribution
• Instrumentation and control
• Level 1 and 2 automations

• Language skills: Project language is English; Good knowledge of the Dutch language is a prerequisite

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