Project Lead Engineer - Digital Twin

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Your Mission

The Lead Engineer - Industrial Digital Twin leads the design, implementation, and delivery of industrial digital twin solutions across the asset lifecycle. The role ensures accurate data integration, high-quality technical execution, and strong customer engagement, with emphasis on AVEVA Asset Information Management (AIM), engineering data governance, and digital engineering workflows.

Your Role - Magic happens when you bring great people together!

• Lead the architecture and delivery of digital twin and asset information solutions, including data modeling, taxonomy definition, and metadata quality.
• Collaborate with Sales and Project Managers to develop scope, estimates, and technical deliverables.
• Configure and deploy AVEVA AIM, including data ingestion, model structuring, dashboards, and search configurations.
• Integrate engineering, maintenance, and operational data (P&IDs, 3D models, CMMS, SCADA tags, documents).
• Conduct on-site and remote data validation, configuration, commissioning, and user acceptance testing.
• Define and enforce data governance frameworks, class libraries, and engineering information standards.
• Coordinate with global engineering centers to ensure accuracy and quality.
• Identify project risks and interoperability challenges and create mitigation plans.
• Serve as primary technical interface with customers, managing expectations and resolving issues.
• Ensure adherence to engineering processes, cybersecurity guidelines, and quality standards.
• Mentor engineering team members and support capability development.
• Optimize project cost, resource allocation, and reduce rework to improve margins.

About You

• AVEVA Asset Information Management (AIM): ADF loading, connectors, dashboards, class libraries, data governance.
• Competitor platform experience (desirable): Hexagon SDx/SPF, Bentley iTwin/AssetWise, Siemens COMOS/Xcelerator, AspenTech APM, IBM Maximo, SAP PM.
• Understanding of engineering deliverables: P&IDs, 3D models, datasheets, tag lists.
• Data tools: SQL, ETL/EdLT pipelines, Python scripting.
• Exposure to cloud deployment (Azure/AWS), OT/IT cybersecurity, and historian/DCS/SCADA data.

Critical Experience

• Strong background in industrial automation, engineering information systems, or digital transformation.
• Hands-on delivery experience with AVEVA AIM or equivalent digital twin platforms.
• Experience working with EPCs and owner-operators.
• Proven customer-facing leadership and issue-resolution skills.
• Experience with risk assessment, data validation, and governance frameworks.
• Background leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams in global environments.

Core Competencies

• Digital Twin Architecture & Strategy
• Asset Information Management & Data Governance
• Customer & Operational Domain Knowledge
• Consultative Problem Solving
• Global Collaboration & Cross-functional Leadership
• Communication & Stakeholder Alignment
• Risk & Change Management
• People Leadership & Mentoring

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

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Client-provided location(s): Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/105256?lang=en-us

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-15T18:49:16