Lead Electrical Engineer (relocated to the Netherlands)

Kaapstad 40 uur

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This is what you get

  • A permanent contract with Yes tech careers;
  • Participation in the Smart Skills Program, developed by Yes and Saxion University of Applied Sciences (during working hours);
  • A personal development coach who helps you grow, both personally and professionally;
  • After the secondment period, transferred to the client;
  • Premium-free pension in the first year that you work via Yes;
  • Continuity is of great importance to Bilfinger, which is why they are happy to offer a long-term commitment;
  • A good monthly gross salary based on a full-time 40-hour working week, depending on your knowledge and experience between € 5,500 and € 7,500;
  • A bonus scheme depending on your own development and the company results;
  • 29 days of leave, one extra day with a good company result and the option to buy or sell leave days;
  • Flexibility and the possibility to work from home.
  • Immigration process is handled with an expert partner;
  • Tickets to the Netherlands are on us;
  • A Christmas drink and summer BBQ with Yes!

About the role

As Lead Electrical Engineer, you will work within our Electrical, Instrumentation & Process Control discipline. Within this department, we work on wonderful projects within the energy transition. In the role of Lead Electrical Engineer, you are the right hand of the department head and you can potentially grow into a Specialist, Project Manager or, for example, Department Head. The team in the Northeast region consists of approximately 35 people. You are mainly involved in designing and coordinating complex electrical designs. The projects in which you are active are almost always multidisciplinary and that requires collaboration with our other disciplines such as construction, process and mechanical engineering. Furthermore, the role consists of:

  • Together with the project manager and the lead engineers of the other disciplines, you coordinate the project and you are the face of Bilfinger Engineering to our customers in the projects;
  • Within the project team, you are responsible for the quality of the design of the electrical installation, including the budget available for this in combination with the agreed planning. Signaling changes to the scope is of course also part of this; You have a good overview of the various engineering phases in the project and proactively share this with your colleagues and customers;
  • You manage one or more electrical engineers in your projects;
  • You are able to trace the question behind the question, which allows you to determine the correct scope of the project and estimate the required hours;
  • You have a clear picture of what the electrical installation should look like at the start of a project and you know how to communicate this clearly and distinctly to customers and colleagues;
  • You also provide technical and project-based guidance to juniors (starters, interns) in the department;
  • The electrical installations you work on can be clear low-voltage installations up to and including complex installations with large consumers of 20 MVA and a grid connection of 150 kV;
  • In addition to the energy distribution systems, the electrical design often also consists of lighting, grounding and lightning protection, tracing, communication systems, etc.;
  • You also monitor the technical descriptions and cost estimates;
  • In addition, advising the client and chain partners is an important task;
  • You will be given the freedom to work on challenging projects in various sectors in the industry. The ultimate goal is to achieve a desired result together with the client, for example reducing emissions or saving energy and safe installations;
  • We are an open and dynamic team. Together with our colleagues, we make the difference. The team is involved and approachable, which creates a pleasant atmosphere;
  • The activities in which you can be involved vary from conceptual engineering to construction management.

About the client

“Bilfinger Engineering is pursuing the goal of becoming Nr 1 for our customers in efficiency and sustainability. We will achive this goal together as a team”

We are Bilfinger Engineering. Our industrial customers are faced with the challenge of becoming more sustainable by searching for alternative energy sources, closing the raw material cycle and minimizing the impact on the environment. How does this translate into concrete solutions? We ensure that our industrial customers can meet their challenges. Through innovative techniques and the use of modern digitalization possibilities, we realize the ambitions of our customers. Ever since the reconstruction after the war years in 1945, we have been the leading engineering and consultancy firm for creating a future-proof industry.

Our engineers and consultants are at the forefront of realizing industrial investment projects. Our leading customers are active in very diverse industries such as oil and gas, food industry, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. They entrust their investment projects to a team that is at the forefront of understanding their business and can build on technical expertise and years of experience. For these customers, we provide consultancy, engineering, project management, purchasing and construction management services, in short, everything the customer needs to make their project a success!

You have

  • A completed education in Electrical Engineering or a related study;
  • Approximately 10 years of relevant work experience in engineering within challenging and complex multidisciplinary projects within the industry;
  • Knowledge of current electrical engineering concepts and unit prices;
  • Successfully delivering projects within the set time and budget is one of your driving forces;
  • The necessary solution-oriented approach to be able to solve the various issues;
  • Passion for technology and coordinating and delegating the work is second nature to you;
  • Team spirit and a flexible attitude because every project is different.

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