Electrical Specialist (East)

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Yanacocha Water Treatment Plant (WTP):

Located 800 km northeast of Lima, Peru, Yanacocha is South America’s largest gold mine. The WTP Project consists of two of the largest acid water treatment plants in South America (the West one with capacity of 3,000 m3/hour and the East one with 2,700 m3/hour). Early works are currently being performed on site, preparing the permanent platforms and laydown areas for the East and West plants, in addition to the Class 2 estimate, Level 3 schedule and Execution Plan.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will be required to plan and lead the electrical activities of the pre-commissioning of the project. You will identify risks and trends, prepare energization procedures and test protocols, manage progress reports and proactively course correct to ensure objectives, deadlines and requirements are met.

Major Responsibilities:

• Organizing, preparing and executing a plan to complete all pre-energization and post-energization electrical tests.
• Leading the Pre-Commissioning electrical team under his charge, providing leadership and technical support, assigning priorities and making continuous and daily monitoring of the execution of tasks.
• Carrying out reviews of the protection settings on all electrical equipment and these have to be according to the protection coordination study, alert if there are differences and correct prior to the energization of equipment and systems.
• Having the Safety, Health and Environmental (ES&H) concepts and procedures incorporated into the day-to-day during the planning and execution of the tests. Ensuring that each member lives embedded in the ES&H process.
• Preparing activity plan and tests at component level, at subsystem level and integrated tests at system level when necessary.
• Ensuring that the Blocking and Labeling process (LOTO) for energy isolation complies to the letter in each of the associated activities.
• Ensuring the detailed preparation of Red Line documentation, for each change to be generated in the field with respect to the originally approved design. Coordinating with the Field and Home Office Engineering teams to ensure that these changes are eventually translated into ‘As-Built’ documentation.
• Completing the Energization step-by-step for each of the main project teams, according to the energization procedure. Managing the issue of Energization Notifications.
• Participating in the coordination of the electrical Tie-in activities of the project, ensuring compliance with each of the electrical tests that are required.
• Leading, coordinating and supporting the electrical testing service contract, ensuring efficient progress control and ensuring that each result is within the tolerances required by electrical norms and standards.
• Directing, carrying out and participating in the process of Turnover/delivery of the subsystems/systems, both from construction to Commissioning, including the development, monitoring and resolution of the items on the to-do list (punch list) related to electrical equipment.Carrying out the coordination for the support in the tests of the integration to the SCADA.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires a degree in Electrical Engineering with more than 10 years of experience in testing and energization of Medium Voltage (up to 33 kV) and Low Voltage (up to 480 Volts) equipment and a minimum of 8 years of experience in pre-commissioning and commissioning. 

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Certified and qualified engineer.
• Deep knowledge in electrical equipment such as GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgears) of 22.9 kV, Switchgears in general, Transformers, Power Switches, Motor Control Center, Diesel Generators, Asynchronous Motors, Variable Speed Drives, UPS, Battery Bank and chargers, etc., and the control and operation philosophies associated with this equipment.
• Relevant experience in substation testing (protection relays and TC and TT testing (primary injection, secondary injection), electrical distribution.
• Knowledge of the regulatory and industry standards applicable to mining projects in Peru, and of the design criteria relevant to electrical systems (ANSI/IEEE/NETA) for the development of test plans and procedures.
• Mandatory computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Previous experience with Bechtel start-up processes and procedures, in addition to managed/supervised start-up activities on one or more large-scale projects.
• Must be able to read and understand/interpret electrical schematics, SLD, wiring, instrument loops and mechanical drawings of PFD.
• Technical knowledge of commissioning, operation, integration to the SCADA, maintenance or testing and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of engineering systems and calculations, applications of engineering and commissioning methods.
• Responsible for reviewing project designs and making recommendations for design changes to make projects safe during the energization and commissioning process.

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