Assistant General Manager

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities
Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to low carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures.

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,209 billion in 2023 in 29 countries, on 5 continents.

Location –
Mumbai (India)

Job Purpose
The John Cockerill Group, a world leader in Green Hydrogen technologies has established itself as a reliable partner for all the stakeholders aiming to achieve Net zero emission targets. We are present across geographies and in all key energy markets. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to green hydrogen for a carbon-neutral world. We are a recognized leader globally for large-scale decarbonized hydrogen production solutions.

John Cockerill's offer ranges from the supply of equipment to the EPC turnkey solution for industry, the energy sector or mobility.

To support the development of its Hydrogen Business Line, John Cockerill Hydrogen (JC H2) is looking for a Power Electrical Engineer (m/f) to be based in Mumbai (India) office.

The Lead Power Electrical Engineer is part of the EAI team, which includes people specialized in industrial electricity, power conversion, automation, and instrumentation. In close cooperation with the EAI team and the purchasing department, the Power Electrical Engineer designs and implements the DC power supply of the electrolyzer, and around system (safety, earthing and grounding, etc.), with the aim of continuously optimizing the solutions.

She/He is involved in the design of products, proposal and execution phases, right up to industrial start-up.

Key Result Areas

• Detailed design for power conversion unit and it's around techniques, taking into account the local constraints,
• Final specification for purchasing, installation, commissioning, maintenance, guarantee, ...
• Participate actively to weekly meetings (product development, supplier, project)
• Identify future solution, based on market evolution.
• Identify improvements and/or weaknesses.
• Follow-up new technologies and suppliers' development to ensure the best technical and economic solution for each of our products.

Key Responsibilities
The Lead Power Electrical Engineer will be responsible for:

• Read and understand the customer' specifications and establish deviation list between John Cockerill usual solution and the request.
• Consider local regulations and the specific requirements.
• Be able to design and specify electrical philosophy.
• Be able to design and specify high voltage transformers.
• Be able to design and specify the power electronics (rectifiers, DC-DC converters, inverters, choppers, etc.);
• Be able to design and specify cooling requirement for power electronics.
• Manage the electrical protections.
• Define the solution of earthing and grounding.
• Participate to FAT and SAT related to it's studies, based on checklists for verification of product conformity
• Contact suppliers in collaboration with the Purchasing Department, to ensure the technical comparison of offers and technical discussions with suppliers.
• Develop engineering process and templates for the team
• Interested and ensure the technological watch, be proactive in the continuous learning of Hydrogen sector
• Ensure boundaries of scope and interfaces with suppliers.

• Knowledge in electrical basic design is a key advantage.

• Be able to design and specify electrical philosophy.

• Realization of low-voltage electrical distribution studies.
• Carry out power balances, cable books and cable calculation notes.
• Realize single-line and multifilar diagrams.
• Develop layout diagrams for EAI equipment, cables and cable trays
• Produce project lists (electrical consumers, load list, cable list, bill of quantities, etc.)

Education And Experience

• You have an engineering degree in power electronics or in the electrical field,
• You have minimum 15 to 18 years' experience in engineering in an industrial environment
• Experience and knowledge in the Oil&Gas or Energy sector is an asset
• You have notions of instrumentation (gas) and a technical basis in automation.
• Knowledge of software like ETAP is an asset

• Knowledge of the following standards, on top of electrical ones (IEC, NEC):

• Functional Safety

• Electromagnetic Compatibility
• Explosive Atmosphere

• API

• You have a strong and autonomous personality, an entrepreneurial mindset and a will to win

• You are able to prioritize and have an excellent sense of organization
• You are able to work in a team and take responsibility on several projects in parallel.
• You are adaptable and at ease with evolving in a continuously growing environment.
• You are fluent in English and French
• You are proficient in MS office, Teams, and SharePoint.

Who We Are
About John Cockerill

• John Cockerill is a global player in energy transition. With more than 200 years of experience in energy, industry and mobility, the company designs and integrates innovative technology to facilitate access to low-carbon energy. These technologies and associated expertise are dedicated to the production, storage, and distribution of electricity from renewable energy sources and to optimizing the efficiency of power plants.
• The technologies apply to steam-gas, hydraulic, hydrogen, solar, nuclear, wind and biomass energy.
• To complement its commitment to the fight against climate change, John Cockerill is also deploying solutions to contribute to greener mobility, to produce responsibly, to preserve natural resources and to fight against insecurity.
• In 2020 John Cockerill achieved a turnover of Euro 1.01 bn in 19 countries. John Cockerill, which is privately owned, employs 5,200 people worldwide, including more than 400 in India.

Equal Opportunity Employer
John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment.

Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?

We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you

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