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Principal Electrical Engineer (Talent Pool)

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Job typeFull-time
Workplace typeOnsite
Experience levelNo experience limit
Education levelNo degree limit

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Position Summary: Lead the electrical discipline in industrial and mining projects, ensuring timely, safe, and high-quality engineering delivery while promoting efficient resource management. Key Highlights: 1. Leadership in electrical discipline for industrial and mining projects 2. Coordination of electrical engineering teams and performance management 3. Ensuring technical quality and continuous improvement in engineering Building on our past. Ready for the future Worley is a global professional services firm comprised of experts in energy, chemicals, and resources. We partner with clients to deliver projects and create value over the life cycle of their assets. We are bridging two worlds—advancing toward more sustainable energy sources while simultaneously helping to provide the energy, chemicals, and resources needed today. Worley is building a talent pool for future projects and invites Expressions of Interest for positions that will become available upon contract award. These opportunities are expected to be available in the second half of 2026 Position Objective Lead the electrical discipline in industrial and mining projects, ensuring timely, safe, and high-quality engineering delivery in compliance with contractual, regulatory, and budgetary requirements, while promoting efficient resource management, productivity, and multidisciplinary coordination. Responsibilities Lead the comprehensive planning, execution, and control of the electrical discipline, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, quality, safety, labor-hour budget, and project-defined productivity objectives. Lead and coordinate the electrical engineering team by assigning priorities, balancing workloads, resolving interferences, and promoting accountability, collaboration, and results focus. Supervise the development, review, and issuance of technical deliverables for the discipline, including design criteria, technical specifications, data sheets, single-line diagrams, elementary diagrams, calculation memoranda, electrical studies, technical evaluations, and associated documentation. Monitor key discipline performance indicators such as physical progress, deliverable completion, productivity, WH, PF, rework, QA/QC observations, forecast, and resource utilization. Identify scope deviations, labor-hour overruns, technical risks, and potential impacts on schedule or cost, and define preventive, corrective, and mitigation actions promptly. Manage discipline scope changes by evaluating technical, economic, and scheduling impacts, and preparing required documentation for change notices when applicable. Ensure technical coordination with other disciplines, clients, suppliers, and internal teams, actively participating in project meetings, design reviews, and decision-making processes. Promote safety in design, regulatory compliance, technical quality, and application of lessons learned and continuous improvement in engineering deliverables. Participate in site visits, technical surveys, and reviews at mining operations when required by the project, maintaining compatibility with site operational conditions and geographical altitude. What You’ll Bring A Civil Electrical Engineer with over 10 years of experience leading the electrical discipline in industrial and mining projects (15 years of overall experience), capable of integrating technical vision, team management, performance control, and multidisciplinary coordination. Must have at least 5 years of experience with electrical equipment (technical specifications, data sheets, and technical evaluations). Requirements **Academic Qualification:** Professional degree in Civil Electrical Engineering/Electrical Engineering (Mandatory), specialization in Power Systems Engineering or related field. **Experience:** 15 years in electrical discipline and 10 years in leadership roles. **Systems:** Electrical analysis software (ETAP, DigSilent, Visual Lighting, DIALUX, Mathcad, etc.) — desirable experience in SPEL and AVEVA ELECTRICAL. **Technical Knowledge:** Power systems, single-line diagrams, electrical studies, grounding grids, lighting, etc. Chilean electrical regulations (RIC and RPTD Technical Specifications, NTCyCS). International electrical standards (ANSI, IEEE, NEC, IEC, etc.) Electrical equipment used in mining projects, including electrical rooms, substations, HV/MV and MV/LV transformers, yard equipment, GIS, electrical SCADA systems, harmonic filters, capacitor banks, emergency generators, MCCs, VFDs, motors, UPS systems, battery banks and chargers, etc. **Soft Skills:** **a { text\-decoration:** none; color: \#464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid \#e6e6e6; } tr th { background\-color: \#f5f5f5; } Technical Judgment — Technical discernment and autonomy to make decisions. Influence — Ability to coordinate and align teams, clients, and suppliers. Leadership — Team development, collaboration, and accountability. Analysis — Data interpretation, identification of trends, and improvements. Optimization — Continuous improvement, standardization, and reduction of rework. **Conditions:** **Base or Work Location:** Santiago de Chile. **Work Modality:** 100% IN-PERSON. Advancing Together We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can speak up, and be heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other basis protected by law. We want our people energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. That’s why we focus on a values-inspired culture that fosters brilliance through belonging, connection, and innovation. We are building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and be heard. And we’re not just talking about it—we’re doing it. We’re reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today’s low-carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there are no barriers to professional success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of achieving sustainable change.

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