Senior Electrical Engineer - Mining

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood currently has an opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to build our capability and work closely with our client, Enter Engineering, on the Copper Concentrator project in Uzbekistan.

Almalyksky GMK (AGMK) is to build a new copper processing plant (MOF-3) as part of the project "Development of the Yoshlik-1" deposit in Almalyk, Uzbekistan. The processing plant will treat ore from a copper-molybdenum deposit and the annual Run-of-Mine ore to be mined and processed is 60 million metric tons. Wood has been appointed as engineering subcontractor to develop Basic Engineering, Detail Engineering, Procurement support services, and technical assistance during construction. 

This position has responsibility to provide the technical interface and coordination between Wood and the EPC appointed Local Design Institute (LDI). This position requires strong technical and project management skills. The candidate shall be comfortable working in a multi-disciplinary environment providing engineering expertise in the mining and minerals industry. If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical interface and coordination of engineering deliverables between Wood and the appointed Local Design Institute (LDI). The LDI will review and stamp the deliverables produced by Wood in compliance with the applicable legislation and permits of Uzbekistan.
• Review and approve engineering deliverables developed and prepared by the LDI for the allocated project scope and ensure all comments are incorporated into the design.
• Reviews to make ensure alignment with scope and acceptance criteria and physical interfacing with work completed by Wood
• Provide the technical interface service between Wood engineering design and the LDI to integrate the engineering deliverables developed and prepared by the LDI
• Project manage the scope and schedule of the LDI allocated project scope
• Conflict resolution of scope and technical detail between parties to ensure compromise and alignment is reached.
• Develop scope of work documents and specifications in accordance with project, discipline, statutory regulations, good-practice and company procedural requirements.
• Ensure technical specifications, contract specifications, reports, design criteria and other documents required by the project comply to local regulations and standards of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Provide alignment between the design specifications and the locally available materials of construction
• Work closely with the global Wood offices and the client team to develop and deliver the project
• Manage and execute the delivery of best practice process plant designs and associated services
• Ensure designs meet required safety standards and actively participate in design reviews
• Provide positive input and demonstrated leadership on HSSE and Quality Assurance issues within your area of responsibility.

Skills / Qualifications

• Qualified in electrical engineering from a recognized institution
• Fluent in English and Russian
• Minimum of 8 years Electrical design experience in the Mining and Minerals industry within the project and engineering field
• Control and Instrumentation experience will be an advantage
• In-depth technical knowledge of process plant engineering and project execution
• Technical interface management experience
• Commercial awareness of services contracts and contract management
• Knowledge of applicable Uzbekistan design codes, standards and regulations
• Knowledge of Russian GOST standards will be an advantage
• Willingness to be based in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and travel both domestically and internationally, for varying durations and at times to remote locations
• Excellent analytical, literacy and numerical skills.

Company Overview

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