Lead Electrical Engineer

Role purpose

Project and technical leadership

• Lead electrical project teams and supervise engineers and designers; manage resource allocation and workload against schedule requirements.
• Lead proposals, RFP reviews, estimates, detailed engineering, field support and project execution.
• Define and manage project scope, estimates, plans, forecasts and progress control.
• Review, check and approve electrical deliverables; support quality assurance and technical verification.
• Ensure work meets client standards, applicable codes, industry standards and company procedures; resolve technical discrepancies.
• Coordinate with clients, vendors, construction personnel, other disciplines and remote engineering teams; participate in reviews and progress reporting.
• Support procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up, including requisitions and technical bid evaluations.
• Support site investigations, equipment inspections and construction troubleshooting as required.
• Mentor engineers and designers and support technical integrity for the electrical discipline.

Experience and education

• Requires at least 15 years of direct electrical engineering experience and demonstrated project and engineering-team leadership.
• Requires a university degree in Electrical Engineering or Applied Science.
• Requires BC P.Eng. registration or eligibility for immediate registration.
• Requires mining project and consulting engineering experience; relevant Minerals and Metals experience is specified.
• Requires experience leading electrical design activities from concept through commissioning and preparing estimates, schedules and resource plans.

Technical expertise

• Requires working knowledge of mining facilities, including surface and underground mining, shaft systems, material handling, processing, dewatering, ventilation, smelters and refineries.
• Requires knowledge of electrical deliverables such as single-line diagrams, load lists and studies, short-circuit and protection coordination, arc-flash studies, MCC design and power distribution.
• Requires knowledge of grounding, lightning protection, area classification, equipment specifications, cable schedules and sizing, lighting design, layouts and engineering work packages.
• Requires competent use of ETAP, SKM, EasyPower or equivalent power system analysis software.
• Requires extensive knowledge of CSA, IEEE, IEC, NEC, OESC and mining electrical standards.
• Digital engineering tools, 3D environments, data-centric execution and previous site experience are noted as experience areas or assets.

Salary range

• For applicants based in British Columbia, the stated salary range is $142,245 to $179,411; the posting does not specify a pay cadence.
• Salary variation depends on qualifications, relevant experience, location, internal equity and market conditions.

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