Project Leading Engineer

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Work mode: Hybrid (2 days per week onsite by default)

Contract type: Contract

Start date: By agreement

Duration: To be confirmed

Compensation: Competitive

Travel: Site visits to high-voltage substations

Right to work / visa: Must be eligible to work in Belgium / EU; non-EU candidates must hold a valid Belgian work permit and residence permit

Project reference: High-voltage substation infrastructure projects (client reference to be confirmed)

Client: Confidential - major European electricity transmission system operator (TSO)

About the client

Our client is a confidential major European electricity transmission system operator (TSO), ensuring the reliability and sustainability of the electricity supply and playing a central role in the Belgian and European energy transition, building a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure with a strong focus on innovation, diversity and well-being at work.

Project scope

The Project Leading service contributes to the client's high-voltage substation infrastructure projects (380, 220, 150, 70 and 36 kV) within the infrastructure projects department. Involvement runs from project definition to close-out: participation in definition, study and design; safeguarding execution and administrative closure; technical studies; calculations and the development and follow-up of budgets and planning against required and available resources and client requests; development of tender dossiers and participation in the purchasing process; leading and coordinating on-site execution with internal teams, suppliers, contractors and clients; and communication and reporting on project progress. Depending on experience, activities are performed autonomously or with guidance. Hybrid, based in Brussels.

Role overview

To lead high-voltage substation infrastructure projects end to end, from definition and design through to on-site execution, budget, planning and administrative close-out.

Reporting line: You will work within the infrastructure projects department, coordinating with internal teams across the group and with suppliers, contractors and clients.

Key responsibilities

Project management and studies

• Participate in the definition, study and design of high-voltage substation projects (380 to 36 kV) and safeguard their execution and administrative closure
• Perform technical studies and calculations, and develop and follow up budgets and planning against required and available resources and client requests

Procurement and execution

• Develop the tender dossiers and participate in the purchasing process
• Lead and coordinate on-site execution with internal teams, suppliers, contractors and clients

Communication

• Communicate and report on project progress

Key deliverables

• High-voltage substation projects delivered from definition through execution to administrative close-out
• Technical studies, calculations, budgets and planning produced and followed up
• Tender dossiers developed and the purchasing process supported
• On-site execution led and coordinated; progress communicated

Requirements

Education

Master's degree in electrical or electromechanical engineering, or equivalent by experience, with a strong interest in technique.

Experience

• Must-have: Project management and/or site-follow-up experience on electrical infrastructure
• Must-have: Understanding of high-voltage substation projects (380 to 36 kV)
• Must-have: Strong sense of responsibility and organisation
• Nice-to-have: Interest in the energy sector; ability to work autonomously or with guidance depending on experience

Technical skills

• High-voltage substation infrastructure engineering
• Budgets, planning and tender dossier development

Soft skills

• Organised, client-focused, assertive communicator and a resourceful team player
• Perfect Dutch, mandatory; knowledge of the other national language (French) an important asset