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WHAT WE OFFER
The incumbent will:
- Lead project PCT teams consisting of engineering and design personnel
- Be responsible for planning and directing all phases of capital investment projects including concept development, estimating, basic engineering, detailed engineering and design, procurement, and construction and start up of new or modified production facilities as well as electrical infrastructure support;
- Follow Covestro and/or customer specific practices, standards, guidelines, and procedures for preparation of estimates, scopes, specifications, design, and other deliverables;
- Responsible for all electrical aspects of engineering to ensure all project objectives including safety, technical correctness, budget, constructability, schedule, maintainability, and operability are met;
- Interface with other engineering disciplines/departments, customers and vendors/suppliers to ensure successful development and execution of projects;
- Generate, review and approve electrical specifications, drawings and other documentation; assist in compiling construction packages;
- Develop hardware, software, and functional specifications for process control systems and associated components;
- Coordinate field support, and participate in check out, commissioning and start up;
- Modify existing or create new process electrical procedures, standards and practices to stay current with technology and implement improved methods.
- Major tasks and responsibilities of position (max. 8 key topics)
- Review and approve electrical requirements and develop documentation for configuration of electrical power distribution systems in conjunction with distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers.
- Directs teams to analyze and define electrical requirements and to perform design of power distribution systems.
- Participate in all preliminary and process safety reviews with particular emphasis on electrical and equipment, interlocking, alarming, safety systems, etc.
- Directs designers, contractors, vendors, and technicians from conceptual design through construction and commissioning of power distribution systems.
- Generate all hardware and software documentation required to procure, configure, test, install and maintain the process control systems.
- Interfaces with other engineering disciplines, designers, operations, and maintenance personnel as necessary to achieve project objectives.
- Responsible for cost and schedule within assigned area of responsibility.
- Value added to the success of the company - what are the main objectives of the function
This position is responsible for the total electrical requirements for assigned projects. He/she provides necessary detail electrical engineering plus directs activities of others.
Key parameters of performance include schedule compliance, scope compliance, and cost control.
The incumbent is involved in problem solving decisions on a daily basis. Major areas are:
- Develops alternative solutions to problems, handles complex problems independently.
- Demonstrates strong technical expertise and ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Displays flexibility with assignments in different units/plants.
- Application of new technology.
- Identification of customer's requirements and negotiation of the best cost/benefit solution.
- Enforcing standards and policies/procedures and submitting deviations when required.
- Special studies to evaluate new equipment or engineering tools for the project or PCT department.
- Contribution context (Multiple choice of pick list + free text)
Individual Contributor
Team Member
Team Leader
Supervisor
Manage Supervisors
Manage Function / Department
others:
Fully qualified professional:
- Leads projects of larger scope (or portions of projects) and is often called upon by peers for guidance.
- Coaches and teaches junior members of the department and provides input to performance evaluations.
Contribution:
- Makes independent decisions within defined areas of responsibility.
- Serves as a consultant to management within a specified area/discipline.
- Advances technical project proposals to senior management, following through to successful completion.
- Influences commitment of resources at divisional/departmental level.
Leadership and Integration/Relationship:
- Interacts regularly with senior technical peers and colleagues.
- Sets levels of technical performance for others at Covestro to emulate.
- Develops network of external contacts appropriate to job.
- Performs assignments in more than one location.
- Formulates and manages own career path.
- Work relations (List the most important work relationships with internal and external partners/custome