DescriptionWood is currently seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our Eastern Canada Operations team who will provide functional oversight through the application of extensive and comprehensive knowledge of electrical engineering design principles / practices in the performance of all electrical discipline design work across our Eastern Canada business.
The successful candidate will be expected to lead by example, consistently displaying and enforcing the Company’s values and behaviours, role modelling commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behaviour.
In our recruitment and hiring process at Wood Canada Ltd. (incl. Wood Group Canada Inc.), we want to emphasize that we do not employ artificial intelligence or automated systems to screen or select candidates. We are committed to ensuring fairness and inclusivity by relying on the expertise from a team of professional recruiters for the application reviews, interviews, and qualification assessments.
Responsibilities
- Manage and work within departmental overhead budgets to manage utilization of resources vs workload taking into consideration customer requirements
- Plans and prioritizes work to meet discipline commitments aligned with organizational goals. With guidance, looks ahead to determine and obtain needed resources to complete plans
- Provide discipline personnel to deliver work scopes in line with company policies and procedures
- Line Management of direct reports, including: setting targets and objectives; performance reviews, career progression, training and development
- Implement formal development frameworks for the discipline design team, ensuring the development of personnel to take more senior roles as their career progresses
- Manage discipline competence assessments, development plans and support professional development
- Identification of competence gaps in discipline group and identify / organize technical training or on the job development to close gaps
- Provide support to the business development process to identify and win new work
- Collaboratively produce discipline input to proposals
- Prepare and maintain estimates and schedules
- Drive elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned in engineering procedures
- Support Operations and Engineering Managers to produce discipline input to engineering execution plans
- Establish and continuously improve design systems and tools required by the discipline to deliver cost effective and competitive design execution
- Where appropriate, manage projects, maintain and plan cost control, identify scope and schedule changes in accordance with the Change Control Process
- Ensure that designs comply with the relevant Codes, Standards, Regulations and Procedures
- Provide technical assistance to discipline assigned personnel, as required
- Review, check and approve work output of discipline assigned personnel, as required
- Ensure Health and Safety and environmental regulations are followed methodically
Qualifications
- Electrical Engineering Degree from a recognized university
- Registered professional engineer in Canada
- 15+ years of experience in the Power Utility, Mining / Industrial and / or Renewable Energy sectors considered an asset
- Proven track record of leading a discipline engineering team of more than 20 technical professionals
- Above average working knowledge of Protection & Controls, SCADA, Instrumentation and Telecoms will be considered an asset
- Demonstrable experience in managing electrical scopes of multi-disciplinary projects
- Solid knowledge of IEEE, ANSI, Canadian electric utility industry practices, CSA Standards and Local Codes
- Attention to detail and pride in work quality
- Excellent verbal, written communication skills
- Strong client focus
- Resourceful team player with self-starter aptitude
- Current authorization to lawfully work in Canada without sponsorship from Wood is required