Intermediate/Senior Electrical Engineer or Designer in Canada

Intermediate/Senior Electrical Engineer or Designer in Canada
Location: Canada


Work Description:

Design Group is currently recruiting for an IMMEDIATE requirement for Intermediate/Senior Electrical Engineers or Designers to work for in Edmonton for an EPC company.  This is a long term contract position or possibly permanent.

Job Description:

A recognized degree/diploma in an engineering discipline, from an accredited college or university.
Specialized courses in an engineering discipline, engineering design and practice, and; practical work experience to the degree necessary to perform the responsibilities below. This work experience to be in design engineering.
Intermediate to advanced computer skills.      

Duties:

Plans, coordinates or prepares equipment or work specifications, bid evaluations and award recommendations for equipment.
Coordinates engineering efforts in assigned areas between specialty and other engineering groups or disciplines, with the client, suppliers, and contractors and between other groups.
When delegated, assumes a lead technical role over other engineers or project subgroups for completing specific tasks.
Assists in on-the-job-training of assigned personnel and provides input for their performance evaluations.
Prepares or assists in preparation of conceptual studies, designs, reports or proposals.
Performs or assists in the performance of problem analysis and original design.
Prepares and/or assists in the preparation of cost estimates, quantity take-offs and staffing requirements for proposals, forecasts and change orders.
Supports the creation of a work environment that fosters openness, trust, communication, teamwork, empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction.
Working knowledge of precedents in the specialty area, the principles and practices of related technical areas and of coordinating work with other technical disciplines.
Understands the standard engineering work planning, scheduling and cost estimating, and conducts independent work requiring judgment in the application of engineering techniques.  Normally uses conventional approaches to technical problems encountered.
Provides technical direction, assigns/reviews work of engineers, designers, and drafters who assist on specific assignments.
Knowledgeable of and performs standard discipline engineering activities on projects of medium size with minimal technical oversight.
Coordinates technical issues with other departments on projects including constructability requirements and reviews.
Designers

Work expirience:

10 to 15+ years work experience in electrical engineering for Oil & Gas, Refinery, Petrochemical or Heavy industrial projects, in an EPC environment. Knowledge and experience of applying Canadian Electrical Code.
Degree/Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized Institute.
2D/3D AutoCAD, Microstation
Responsibilities:
Responsible designer for a project to carry out FEED, EDS, detail engineering, including man-hour estimate, scheduling and progress reporting.
Duties include preparation of material requisition, cost-estimates, and detailed engineering deliverables such as:
Construction Work Packages.
Hazardous Area Classification drawings.
Single Line/Three line diagrams, control schematics, grounding and lighting drawings,   cable/conduit/tray routing plans, electrical/instrument location drawings, cable schedules, panel schedules and electrical equipment data sheets.
Equipment sizing, cable sizing, voltage drop, motor starting and lighting calculations, load flow, fault calculations, relay coordination.
Design of high/medium/low voltage distribution systems.
Electric Heat tracing design.
Technical bid evaluation/recommendation and Vendor document review.
Interested candidates should submit their MS Word format resume to Taryn Gantar at tgantar@dg.ca  for consideration.