Lead Electrical Engineer

The Lead Electrical Engineer will provide independent specialist support to the Project's technical team by reviewing and verifying the manufacturer's design submissions for high-voltage power transformers. The role involves ensuring compliance with IEC 60076 standards and contractual requirements, providing technical recommendations, and supporting quality assurance processes on a retainer basis, working intermittently from a home-based location.

Responsibilities

• Review and independently verify manufacturer design calculations, detailed engineering drawings, and technical data sheets to ensure full compliance with IEC 60076 standards, contractual technical specifications, and project requirements before manufacturing begins.
• Provide timely, expert technical recommendations to the Technical Lead / Project Manager to resolve design deficiencies or inconsistencies, preventing delays in production and equipment delivery.
• Adhere strictly to UNOPS operational, engineering, and technical review procedures while evaluating supplier submissions.
• Thoroughly review detailed design calculations and engineering drawings, cross-checking calculations against drawings, approved data sheets, and technical specifications to ensure complete alignment and quality.
• Ensure all technical evaluation processes align with applicable international standards and contractual agreements.
• Prepare concise technical review reports, marked up drawings/documents, and written recommendations highlighting deficiencies, non-compliances, or required corrective actions for the project team.
• Prepare a comprehensive Final Design Review Close-Out Memorandum detailing overall design compliance, major resolved issues, remaining implementation risks, and quality recommendations for the Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) stage.
• Collaborate closely with UNOPS project team to align on technical requirements and design acceptance.
• Provide clear technical guidance and clarification to suppliers/manufacturers regarding design adjustments and non-compliance issues.
• Act as the client-side technical assurance specialist to verify that high-voltage transformers meet all structural, electrical, and operational quality benchmarks.
• Assist in defining parameters and standards for Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and technical verification protocols to guarantee long-term operational reliability.
• Document best practices, lessons learned, and standard technical checklists for high-voltage transformer design reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering or a closely related discipline with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 5 years of relevant experience is required.
• Relevant experience is work in the design, engineering, manufacture, technical review or testing of high-voltage power transformers or related areas.
• Experience with transformer manufacturer design documentation and calculation methodologies.
• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country (desired).
• Experience in development or humanitarian contexts (desired).
• Experience in power transformers with a voltage up to 132 kV and MVA class comparable to those being procured under Lot 1 (desired).
• Demonstrated practical experience preparing and reviewing detailed transformer design calculations (desired).
• Practical knowledge of the IEC 60076 series, particularly IEC 60076-1, IEC 60076-2, IEC 60076-3, IEC 60076-5, IEC 60076-10, and IEC 60076-22 (desired).
• Practical knowledge of IEC 60137 and IEC 60214-1 (desired).
• Familiarity with transformer manufacturing and Factory Acceptance Testing (desired).
• Fluent proficiency in English is required.

Skills

• Electrical Engineering
• Power Engineering
• High-voltage Power Transformers
• Transformer Design Calculations
• Transformer Manufacturer Design Documentation
• Calculation Methodologies
• IEC 60076 Standards
• IEC 60137 Standard
• IEC 60214-1 Standard
• Transformer Manufacturing
• Factory Acceptance Testing
• Technical Review
• Quality Assurance
• Technical Recommendations
• Multi-cultural Work Experience

Languages

English