Senior Electrical Engineer

Short Description

On behalf of our client, a Canadian-based international gold mining company, Dundee Precious Metals, Manpower Serbia is searching for a motivated candidate to take the challenge and successfully fulfill the position of Senior Electrical Engineer

Description

People management: 

• Coordinates and manages contractors and suppliers 
• Fosters continuous improvement of the skills and knowledge of their reports to achieve safe and efficient performance. 
• Delegates tasks and sets clear objectives 
• Conduct performance review of his/her direct reports and ensure that such performance reviews are conducted for all other division personnel. 
• Ensures compliance with the effective procedures and enforces discipline

Electrical engineering services: 

• Leads electrical, “instrumentation and control” checks, and engineering design checks; 
• Manages electrical, “instrumentation and control” engineering projects/field resources and controls project costs to achieve an “in budget” result; 
• Prepares cost estimates and/or bill of materials for project budgets and/or scope definition; 
• Creates and oversees project schedules to achieve on-time project execution and supplier delivery; 
• Provides support to other Discipline Engineers on plant, equipment, and instruments 
• Prepares technical and detailed projects for submission to ICC and Serbian authorities; 
• Ensures compliance with relevant statutory and government legislation, objectives and priorities for tasks undertaken; 

Process improvement:

• Identifies opportunities to improve processes and efficiencies in the development and implementation of the capital works projects by making relevant “instrumentation and control” engineering proposals and solutions; 
• Recommends remedial actions to mitigate schedule delays, scope creep and budget overruns;

Contract/Project Administration Services: 

• Draft contract administration correspondence, inclusive of Meeting Minutes, Technical Queries, Work Change Requests; 
• Ensures justifications for contractual claims resolution and/or variations during project implementation;

Procurement support services: 

• Prepares tender documents for engineering works contractors, including but not limited to scopes of work, payments, pricing, and work schedules; 
• Technically evaluate equipment and plant contractor bids and quotations, based on the requirements set out by the tender documentation or specification. 
• Ensures that the equipment deliveries and construction works are compliant with the relevant specifications and designated scopes; 
• Completes price enquiries and arranges procurement 
• Interacts with suppliers; 

Communication: 

• Interacts with contractors and field operational teams as required; 
• Liaises with the Independent Construction Control (ICC); 
• Connects to various source systems as the project requires; 

Asset/Resource Management: 

• Controls budget expenditures 
• Ensures established functional financial indicators (KPIs) 
• Ensures the operable condition of plant and equipment 
• Ensures proper housekeeping in the production areas 

Environment, Health and Safety: 

• Ensures that Occupational, Health and Safety (OH&S) requirements are met for personal activities, and in relation to consultants and contractors engaged on projects;
• Does not allow employees and contractors to operate or repair plant or equipment that they do not normally operate, nor are trained or authorized to operate 
• Investigates and coordinates investigations of incidents, accidents, and events deemed unsafe; ensures that all outcomes are communicated and understood; 
• Provides safety training to reports and keeps the required records. 

Requirements

• University degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5 years of experience as an Electrical Engineer 
• 1 year of experience in supervising and directing contractors 
• Licensed with the Serbian Chamber of Engineers preferred
• Previous experience in Mining is preferred
• Good knowledge and understanding of electrical and instrumentation design codes and regulations 
• Good understanding of budget preparation and estimating 
• Computer skills – AutoCAD, MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel 
• Ability to work on multi-disciplinary projects 
• Current driver’s license
• Good command of English