59487BR

Title:

Principal Engineer

Job Description:

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:

Required Skills (Technical Competency):

• Bachelors/Masters in Electrical Engineering or equivalent at least 12 plus years of experience in grid engineering in power generation industry

• Knowledge and Experience of HVDC product lifecycle design/engineering

• Lead and manage end to end product development lifecycle of HVDC projects in close collaboration with customers and Quest Global team

• Define and implement technical review process and perform critical/milestone review to ensure deliverables quality

• Demonstrated global mindset and ability to collaborate effectively across cultures

• Self-motivated and ability to work independently

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate and present effectively and clearly with clients, management, peers, and team members

• Good business acumen and the ability to analyze data to gain insights and can use these to identify business improvement opportunities

Roles & Responsibilities:

• The HVDC Principal Engineer be the primary interface with our customer and engineering teams in the UK, France, and India.

• You will have responsibility to manage and coordinate the engineering activities of a growing global team while working with our customers to realize a strategic vision, resolving any challenges that arise.

• The Principal Engineer is the face of Quest Global to our employees and our customers, and as such are expected to demonstrate thought leadership, technical expertise, integrity and lead by example. This is a challenging role that will provide opportunities for growth and development within an emerging technology practice at Quest Global.

• Build relationships with existing and new customers, identify opportunities, propose solutions, and review program performance

• Understand transformational requirements from customers and develop appropriate technology/capability roadmap to meet the requirements.

• Interface with customer stakeholders to elaborate the requirements and covert those to work package specifications.

• Drive strategic outsourcing vision working with customer leadership and engineering managers

• Lead engineering teams working for HVDC engagements and responsible for successful completion delivery of work and achieving key performance targets

• Support joint governance meetings for ongoing engagements—communication rhythm, metrics, productivity, efficiency, and escalations

• Identify skills/capabilities required in near/medium term and work with Talent Acquisition team to hire required capability and capacity to fulfil workload demand

• Promote quality culture and administer systems that ensure consistent business excellence; create, monitor, and report on key performance indicators

• Make critical decisions to balance needs of stakeholders (customers, employees, and the company), and develop program strategies

• Champion employee engagement throughout team and promote a good working environment for all employees in line with Quest Global values and culture

• Collaborate with account management to write proposals for new business development

DISCLAIMER: Due to the nature of work candidates should be UK citizen/ EU Citizen/ Valid work permit holder. For further information contact us on: career_uk@quest-global.com

Auto req ID:

59487BR

Job Type:

Full Time-Regular

Assignment Country:

United Kingdom

Total Years of Exp:

8 Assignment State:

Staffordshire

Assignment Location:

Staffordshire

Experience Level:

Senior Level