Sr. Electrical Engineer

Company Description

Bureau Veritas has been a global leader in inspection, laboratory testing, audits, and certification for over 100 years. We support our clients across the entire seafood supply chain, ensuring the traceability, quality, and health safety of products from fishing vessels and aquafarms through port loading and unloading, processing, distribution, and retail.

In response to the Energy Transition, BV Philippines has formed an exciting Business Unit serving Power & Utility clients to deliver their Renewable Energy aspirations. This unit is supported by Global Experts based in France, Germany, India, China, Dubai, Thailand, and Singapore.

Our world demands low carbon energy solutions to achieve a Net Zero future. As we transition from traditional energy sources to more renewable alternatives, you can play a key role in enabling and accelerating this change. We’ll support you every step of the way as you join us in finding sustainable energy solutions to make a positive impact that will last for generations.

Job Description

We are looking for a Sr. Electrical Engineer to join our Power & Utility Group. Working with an energetic and high-performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

Overall Expectations

• Actively cooperate with members of your project task force, client personnel, and members of your department, as appropriate.
• Establish a professional and, if possible, a personal relationship with key client personnel with whom you interact.
• Understand client expectations, as determined by the team, and constantly strive to achieve or exceed these.
• Meet commitments to the client, individually or as a team, to complete work by certain dates or within agreed effort hours or cost budgets.
• Produce flawless work with minimum rework.
• Look for ways to reduce project cost and schedule and improve our work processes.
• Be positive and respectful in everything you say about the client, BV, or their personnel.
• Contribute in your own time to the betterment of the organization through activities such as improving work processes or methods.
• Willing to be assigned full-time on-site.
  
  

Technical Competencies

• Knowledge and application of the current version of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and the Philippine Electrical Code (PEC).
• Knowledge and application of other relevant codes and standards such as NEMA, ANSI, NESC, NFPA, etc.
• Design substations for power plant projects, distribution projects, or transmission projects in a local or international environment.
• Minimum 10 to 15 years of experience working with Power Utilities, Transmission and Distribution companies, or Renewable connection projects within the Solar and Wind industry.
• Extensive experience in electrical networks and substations at 69KV level and above, including both overhead and underground networks and interconnection facilities.
• Strong knowledge of substation high voltage plant and equipment, including LV equipment, switchyard, busbar configurations.
• Strong knowledge of AIS/GIS substation busbar configuration and layouts and protection.
• Knowledge of relevant Philippines and International standards and codes, industry guidelines, and current industry practices.
• Experience and knowledge in the low voltage equipment within the substation, SCADA, secondary equipment protections, LV to HV interface.
• Experience with NGCP and Meralco protocols and requirements is an advantage.
• Experience with European protocols is an advantage.
• Experience with SEE, AutoCAD 2D/3D, Revit is an advantage.
• Proficient in Revit and 2D AutoCAD or Microstation.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote, and Access.
• Proficient in power modeling software (EasyPower, SKM, ETAP, AGI32, Excel).
• Familiarity with a third-party lighting design software package.
• Good listening, writing, and communication skills.
• Good presentation skills.