Substation Automation (DCS) Engineer

Job Description Summary

Substation Automation (DCS) Engineer executes Digital Control System (DCS) engineering activities for the projects assigned considering the quality/Cost/ time. This role involves the execution of project design activities in line with the Engineering Process. The successful candidate will be responsible for the performance of design engineering activities for the project assigned and will coordinate with cross functional teams, customers, and suppliers to ensure timely and efficient project delivery.

Job Description

What you'll do:

• Execute the DCS Engineering activities for the projects assigned considering the quality/Cost/ time.
• Man-days optimization during OTR stage.
• Liaise with other members of a multidisciplinary team to specify and design the project, whilst meeting the required technical standards.
• Preparation of all applicable production documentations needed for panels integration.
• Control projects effectively in terms of budgeted profitability, planning, and general reporting (internal / external). Ensure that agreements with customer for documentation lead times, delivery, reliability, and quality are achieved within the budgetary constraints agreed within the Unit.
• Ensure on-time delivery of design to stakeholders with suitable quality including partner documents.
• Participate and contribute to the project multidisciplinary design reviews according to PL procedures and per the project strategy.
• Participate to project strategy elaboration with PM and manage design issues up to resolution.
• Analyze customer technical requirements, prepare and or consolidate clause by clause analysis and ensure compliance to Customer requirements through technical queries. Identify, track and manage potential exception and represents customer interests in the design decisions at PM request.
• Validate design throughout customer acceptance and check consistency of engineering documents before final release to customer while managing evolution of customer requirements & associated impacts.
• Check effectiveness of design against delivery of contract requirements within project budget and look for global cost optimization in all design phase and mainly during base design.
• Approve the technical evaluation of offers from suppliers, Support Procurement during commercial negotiation for POs issuance and during post order stage.
• Support site organization during site preparation and commissioning stage when required and ensure compliance with Quality Procedures, work instructions and processes defined at Unit and project level.
• Support factory during FAT preparation and conduct internal validation followed by customer FAT to ensure successful project delivery.
• Demonstrate EHS compliance and ensure Zero Deviation Plan is implemented within the team and setting the example by demonstrating the proper acts and actively observes work conditions and behaviors, giving constructive feedback and celebrating EHS effective prevention.
• Effectively communicate directly with customers to ensure excellent customer service and to build and maintain customer intimacy.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 3 years of experience in substation automation
• Basic ability to prepare design documents for substation automation projects
• Basic ability to prepare substation automation configuration/database
• Good experience in IEC61850 and other substation automation communication protocols
• Ability and willingness to travel 40% across the region.

• Ability to conduct FAT with reference to project specification
• Experience with IEC-101 / IEC-104 protocols
• Exposure to FAT and commissioning activities
• Ability to read, interpret tender/contract documents, schematics, procedures and policy guidelines
• Ability to define problems, collect relevant data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Knowledge in competitor products is advantage
• Ability to present technical solutions to customer and identify possible workaround for an issue.
• Health, Safety & Environmental requirements for engineering activities.