Project Engineer

Richmond, BC

06 Months contract (with possible extension up to 2030)

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Project Engineer with P.Eng Certification and Engineering Degree. Project Management Senior Level for Electric Grid Projects. Eng Degree and P.Eng Cert - Work Environment: This airport is getting upgraded in all buildings and terminal for new power and needs a senior leader for the four year project.- Duties: Responsible for leading and executing power distribution engineering project activities from design through delivery, commissioning, and close out. The PE ensures that all project deliverables meet safety, quality, regulatory, and contractual requirements while maintaining customer satisfaction and supporting financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Execution

Manage execution of customer projects according to company processes and governance standards.

Lead cross functional project teams including design, planning, procurement, order management, and field services.

Establish project plans, milestones, schedules, and resource allocations.

Conduct project kickoff meetings (internal and customer facing

Ensure work orders and site activities are properly planned and aligned with overall project deliverables.

Identify technical risks, deviations, and potential change orders.

Ensure proper project closure, documentation archiving, and lessons learned.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

Serve as the primary project point of contact for customers.

Maintain strong customer relationships to ensure satisfaction and promote future opportunities.

Provide timely project updates, reporting, and escalation when required.

Coordinate with tendering, sales, supply chain, and field service teams throughout project lifecycle.

Technical Engineering & Design

Provide technical design, knowledge and knowhow for customers in Power Distribution, automation and digital applications

Applies standards, procedures and best practices in autonomy.

In the scope of responsibility, identifies and manages technical risks and interfaces, and provides the necessary reporting to the project team stakeholders regarding the FEED, designs, detailed engineering and cost estimates.

Reviewing and checking drawings to ensure that they meet the technical needs of the client and that they adhere to industry standards for reliability and safety; as a certified Professional Engineer, responsibilities include certifying project work as meeting the regulatory requirements of the client s specified engineering association. Working with other team members to fix technical issues and ensure the quality and integrity of engineering design executions.

Optimizing designs in compliance with relevant regulatory codes, standards and best practices.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

Ensure compliance with all safety standards for engineering and field execution.

Financial & Commercial Responsibilities

Support project budgets, spending, and cost control to ensure profitability.

Support forecasting, billing milestones, and revenue recognition.

Ability to lead cross functional teams and coordinate engineering + field activities.

Experience in generating, reviewing and optimizing engineering deliverables; single line drawings, layouts, schedules, routings, distribution and motor control schemes, as well as inter-connection diagrams for power and grounding systems.

Experience in preparing specifications and bid analyses for equipment such as , LV and MV switchgear, transformers, cables, UPS, protection relays, power management systems and distribution/panel boards, etc.