Expert Designer Specialist Engineering Standards

Function

Job Description

The Engineering Standards & Expertise (ESE) Secondary Systems (SecSys) department is responsible for developing the standards to be applied in Elia’s infrastructure projects. These standards pertain to electrical equipment used for protection systems, control systems, automation, and measurement in the high-voltage installations of the electricity grid.

The key responsibilities of the Designer Specialist ESE include:

• Reviewing and verifying standard plans/designs (“typicals”) provided by suppliers.
• Participating in factory acceptance tests of electrical equipment when required.
• Creating symbols in AutoCAD based on supplier plans and designs.
• Preparing and/or reviewing standard plans (protection block diagrams and detailed principle diagrams) based on concept notes, standards, approved equipment, methodologies, and guidelines for use in Elia investment projects.
• Managing your own planning according to priorities and deliverables.Being responsible for updating and maintaining all standards/tools utilizing macros/VBA in Excel (covering the entire domain of secondary systems).
• Designing and maintaining additional tools in Excel where needed.

As an expert, you will have additional responsibilities such as:

• Training and mentoring team members to ensure knowledge transfer and the continued development of skills within the department.
• Delivering training courses for colleagues via Elia Academy, contributing to the professional growth of employees.
• Critically assessing and challenging technical concepts developed by other departments, ensuring that proposed solutions are realistic and feasible in practice.
• Supporting projects in the correct application of our standards.µThanks to your thorough knowledge of all domains within ESE SecSys, you are able to ensure consistency.
• You provide the necessary support to the experts working within our framework contracts, based on your technical expertise. 

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Your Profile

• Associate degree/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in electricity, electronics, or automation.
• Good command of AutoCAD.
• Proficient in Windows Office applications.
• Excellent command of Dutch and/or French, good knowledge of the second national language, as well as a good command of English due to frequent contacts with international suppliers.
• Willingness to learn and develop expertise in a field that will demand a high and specific level of expertise over time.
• An effective and assertive communicator who is customer-focused, values teamwork, and is resourceful.
• Flexible and assertive.
• Able to work independently, organized, and proactive, taking responsibility for achieving results.
• Quality-oriented, accurate and precise in work.
• Interested in new technologies in an environment that is rapidly evolving to meet future challenges.
• Skills and/or experience in delivering trainings or inspiring presentations.
• Willingness and availability to provide training sessions and share knowledge through Elia Academy. 
• Willing to undertake short trips abroad to attend factory acceptance tests (FATs) from time to time.

Offer

• Salary: a competitive salary package, year-end bonus, double vacation pay, meal vouchers (€8 per working day), eco-vouchers, year-end vouchers as well as bonuses based on individual and group results. 
• Additional child benefit: for children under the age of 25, if you are still receiving child benefit for them. 
• Insurance: group insurance, hospitalisation insurance and ambulant care for the whole family. 
• Vacation: you will be entitled to 20 vacation days and 12 additional vacation days. 
• Communication: you will be given an iPhone, a phone subscription (for work and private use) and a laptop. 
• Mobility: you will be given a season ticket for public transport or a contribution to the cost of commuting to and from work (66% of the cost of a second-class monthly train season ticket). 
• Interest subsidies: after you have been with Elia for 5 years, Elia Engineering will be able to offer you a subsidy to reduce the interest charges on your mortgage loan. This will only be possible if the mortgage loan was taken out when you were already an Elia employee. 
• Elia shares: Elia will give you the opportunity to subscribe to shares with a discount of 16.66% on the average share price. 
   

Location

Quai Léon Monnoyer 3, 1000 Brussels

(Remote working is possible several days per week.)