Electrical Commissioning Engineer
Date: Jan 7, 2021
Location: Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Company: Voith Group
About the Voith Group
The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has more than 19,000 employees, sales of € 4.3 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
For the Voith Hydro, Commissioning department, we are looking for:
Electrical Commissioning Engineer
Brossard, QC
Job summary :
Taking into account safety and quality requirements, ensure the completion of commissioning activities on time and on budget to ensure customer satisfaction.
Main responsibilities :
Planning
- Analyze contract and elaborate a project specific testing plan and schedule;
- Lead planning and execution of pre, dry and wet commissioning and ensure all interfaces between systems are covered;
- Track and mitigate schedule and budget deviations;
- Develop project and system specific commissioning procedures;
- Identify possible risks and their impact in schedule and cost and develop associated relevant mitigation;
- Establish and maintain pre-established standard commissioning processes with customer, site (field service) and other commissioning engineers affected to the project;
- Participate to HSE procedure development for commissioning;
- Participate in the development of competitive commissioning and testing offers.
Commissionning
- Coordinate testing activities with customer and site (field service);
- Drive and manage commissioning schedule and resources to archive project targets;
- Perform field tests and measurements and provide expert diagnostics and support;
- Act as the external and internal customer primary contact in respect to all commissioning topics (Plant Owner, Voith Project Manager, etc.);
- Meet, follow and promote all applicable HSE standards. Stop all activities if plant safety requirements are not met;
- Ensure execution of all testing activities as per contract requirements;
- Document and track all schedule and/or cost deviations as per applicable process;
- Ensure proper documentation of preliminary commissioning results (commissioning check sheets).
Lessons Learned and Feedback
- Feed engineering with commissioning and troubleshooting experiences in design phase;
- Drive internal and external commissioning Lessons Learned;
- Participate in department’s continuous improvement by promoting innovation and challenging actual processes and templates.
Qualifications and skills:
- Bachelor degree in Electrical engineering combined with at least 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar position related to hydroelectricity;
- Knowledge of the IEEE norm STD 115, IEC 60034, IEC 60041 and data acquisition (asset);
- Excellent communication skills in French and English, verbal and written;
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment;
- Self-directed with the desire to solve problems;
- Strong work ethic, positive attitude and proven teamwork skills;
- Ability to perform well under pressure;
- Available to travel approximately 40-50% of the time.