Job Description
Schneider Electric's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability.**** Our mission is to be the digital partner for sustainability and energy efficiency.
Great people make Schneider Electric a great company - and we are currently looking for a
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION DESIGN LEADER
MISSION
As part of a project team:
- Acts as the leader of the technical content of the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s), and functionally reports to Technical Senior Engineer responsible for the whole technical scope of customer projects;
- Makes sure customer technical requirements are fulfilled (in terms of performance, quality, costs and time), in compliance with the contract, and based on the Architecture & Technical specifications defined during the tendering phase;
- Leads "Customer Project Senior Technicians" (i.e. DPT3) working in the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackages(s);
- Follow all technical aspects of customer integrated projects, such as: design, implementation, testing, FAT.
SCOPE AND ENVIRONMENT
- Part of a customer project execution/application center;
- Project technical teams located spread among one or several sites/countries, requiring international collaboration with other functional teams/stakeholders.
KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Design & Implementation: according to her/his field of knowledge,
- Perform, review, lead & approve technical design & specification activities on the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s), by leveraging Schneider Electric portfolio of products & systems in an optimized manner, in line with customer and contractual requirements (technical performance), to maximize profitability and limit technical risks
- Perform basic design calculations & engineering, and detailed engineering if required.
Coordination with the Project Stakeholders:
- Coordinate all technical implementation activities done at factories or supplier premises and testing facilities until project closure, related to the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s);
- Actively contribute to FAT preparation, and participate to actual FATs with suppliers & customers when needed;
- Identify clearly the inputs/outputs/interfaces of the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s) from the rest of the project technical scope;
- Make sure the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s) is(are) delivered according to the project budget and timeline;
- Provide regular progress reports and technical deliverables to Technical Senior Engineer or Project Manager;
- Lead "Customer Project Senior Technicians" (i.e. DPT3) working on the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackages(s).
Risk & Opportunity management, Change management, Alert:
- Identify any potential changes versus contract or versus already-agreed design, regarding the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s);
- Work closely with Technical Senior Engineer to specify the changes and their impact for Schneider Electric (including cost impact evaluation)
- Alert Project Manager and Technical Senior Engineer of any substancial issue that could affect the project performance or customer satisfaction, related to the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s).
Quality process, Methods, Tools:
- Support Technical Engineer or Technical Senior Engineer to ensure full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes (especially CPP & TDP), and with quality instructions, safety requirements and governance principles;
- Correct - or lead Senior Technicians to correct - any technical deviations or quality issues occurring during project execution, related to the assigned customer project(s) and/or workpackage(s).
Community of practices & Coaching:
- Maintain technical theoretical and applied knowledge; identify, get, formalize, share and promote lessons learned and best practices related to the assigned workpackages;
- Act as referent and/or coach Senior Technicians and junior Technical Engineers;
- Stay tuned on the last technical evolutions of equipment & systems, including new launches (in her/his field of engineering, acting then as a referent in the Community).
- Participate actively in the capitalization and sharing of experience, contribute to engineering innovation and productivity
REQUIREMENTS
Education: Master's degree in Engineering.
Languages
- English language level min B2 / C1 (fluent communication)
- Other languages are a plus.
Experience
- 3 years in leading technical scope of projects
- 3 years working in electrical engineering domain for segments like Oil&Gas, MMM, Utilities, Datacenters.
- 3 years experience with electrical design of MV switchgears, LV switchgears, UPS, Power transformers, Electrical Interfaces
- 3 years experience with technical coordination of equipment suppliers
Skills
- Flexibility & Reliability, Focus on technical details & Customer focus, Team player
- Ability to communicate (written, verbal) in clear manner on technical issues/topics.
- Ability to work and cooperate in international and inter-cultural environment
- Software tools literacy: MS Office, Acrobat, AutoCAD
