About this role
Job Purpose
To enable local real time Contract Engineering support; we are seeking an enthusiastic Contracts Engineer to join our close-knit Team at Lucy Electric. The role will encompass consulting with our clients to communicate their application needs to our development and engineering team as well as demonstrating our products to our customers when required. The role will provide local technical support and engineering resource for contract projects and generate new contract drawings, options, and Bills of Material (BOMs) to meet our customers’ needs.
This is a great development opportunity for a motivated self-starter to learn all about Lucy Products and how they are used in the electricity industry.
Job Context
As local support for a wider Contract and Engineering team, the role will entail closely interacting with other design, contract and technical engineers.
You will be creating contract drawings and engineering BOMs for both internal and external customers in KSA and overseas. This may involve developing and trialing new features for our switchgear products as well as the preparation of electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
Liaising with customers during product inspections and responding to their technical queries to ensure product compliance will be required.
Job Dimensions
The role will be office based in the company premises in Dammam.
This role reports to the Customer Operations Manager based in Dubai.
Key Accountabilities
These will include:
• Liaison with Sales, Contracts, Engineering, and global Operations staff to deliver customer requirements within timescales, budgets and operational constraints.
• Interpret customer requirements and internal specifications and produce a detailed design using 3D CAD
• Issuing drawings and bills of material to the factory and customers using the Lucy CAD system
• Secondary designs required for specific customers which are outside the standard configurator system. This could involve trialing them through prototype build.
• Positively contribute to achieving the budgeted annual sales target.
• Work to ISO 9001 quality standards.
• Ability to thrive in a high pressure and developing environment. The ability to continuously improve standards & quality of the department.
• Adherence to all Company Health & Safety Policies, Procedures and Safe Working Practices.
• Secondary Activities / Tasks
• To undertake any other duties and responsibilities as required / instructed in order to maintain and / or improve the efficiency, quality and service of the department.
Qualifications, Experience & Skills
• Degree in a Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering application.
• Proven work experience within a similar role
• Understand manufacturing business, people management, financial considerations, quality management, and innovation.
Behavioural Competencies
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Good interpersonal skills and understanding of different cultures.
• Is always curious & goes beyond the obvious
• Targets new opportunities & sets clear objectives
• Commits to continuous improvement
• Facilitates open communications
• Proactively acts to gain customer trust
Lucy Electric is an international leader in intelligent secondary power distribution products and solutions, with features such as remote operation and monitoring. Linking energy generation to consumption, the business specialises in high-performance medium and low-voltage switchgear for utility, industrial and commercial applications.
Other facts
About Lucy Group
Switched on street lighting
Over 50 years’ experience in the design and manufacture of street lighting solutions...
Lucy Zodion is a leader in the design and manufacture of street lighting equipment in the UK, supplying to countries throughout Europe, Australasia, Africa, the Far and Middle East. With a product range spanning on-street lighting installation, electrical distribution and control, our industry prominence has been afforded through years of experience and a dedication to innovation in the products and services we offer.
We’re committed to developing tomorrow’s solutions, today…
Committed to developing futureproof street lighting and power distribution solutions, our key focus is providing a clear package that can meet and exceed the growing needs of connected and environmentally conscious communities across the world.
As the impetus of energy efficiency and data management grows, street lighting as we know it is transforming from illumination hardware into a valuable digital urban asset. Used to facilitate a number of smart solutions that help enrich communities, the connected lamppost has been realised as an integral factor for smarter, more responsive cities. This, alongside the integration of IoT, means streetlights are ever evolving as pivotal features throughout urban areas, providing citizens and councils alike with enhanced more intuitive services.
Lucy Zodion’s next generation solutions harness IoT technology to make unique urban data more accessible and secure. Our vision is to unlock the potential of tomorrow’s cities with a smart, open and sustainable ecosystem that truly benefits the community. This can be achieved through interoperable smart city networks that enable forward thinking city leaders to take control of their urban infrastructure, both today and tomorrow.
What you'll do
- The role involves consulting with clients to understand their application needs and providing local technical support for contract projects. Additionally, the engineer will create contract drawings and engineering BOMs while liaising with customers to ensure product compliance.
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