Electrical & Instrumentation Lead

KBR•Newark, DE

About The Position

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides solutions across the asset life cycle, including licensed process technologies, advisory services, technical expertise, energy transition solutions, design capabilities, and smart solutions for optimizing planned and operating assets. The Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Lead serves as the PMC organization's technical authority and owner-representative for planning, design verification, integration, construction assurance, commissioning, qualification, and startup of electrical power distribution, instrumentation, process control, automation, and industrial control systems across the client’s project. The role coordinates the client, PMC team, EPCM contractors, suppliers, automation vendors, and construction contractors to ensure systems meet Lilly standards, GMP requirements, project objectives, and industry best practices. The Lead provides technical leadership and acts as the primary integration point for electrical, instrumentation, controls, and automation systems. The role promotes collaboration among engineering, construction, CQV, manufacturing, maintenance, and operations to support project delivery and startup, incorporating reliability, maintainability, cybersecurity, operational readiness, and lifecycle performance requirements throughout execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
Minimum 10 years of experience with electrical and control systems on industrial capital projects.
Experience with power distribution, utility systems, process control logic and automation, and facility infrastructure.
Knowledge of automation interfaces and power reliability strategies.
Strong knowledge of instrument, control systems, and electrical codes, standards, and engineering practices.
Experience successfully coordinating Electrical and Control Systems with multidisciplinary engineering activities for capital projects in excess of $500M TIC.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or GMP-regulated facilities.
Prior experience in an Owner’s Representative or PMC role for major capital projects in excess of $1B TIC.
Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, and startup activities.
Familiarity with emergency power and critical operation systems.
Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Responsibilities

Coordinate activities among Client stakeholders, the PMC team, EPCM contractor(s), equipment suppliers, automation vendors, and construction contractors.
Ensure electrical and instrumentation systems are designed, installed, tested, and commissioned in accordance with Lilly standards, GMP requirements, project objectives, and industry best practices.
Lead power distribution design reviews, instrument and controls verification, automation integration, and control system architecture activities.
Lead field implementation planning, FAT/SAT oversight, risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder coordination.
Ensure reliability, maintainability, cybersecurity, operational readiness, and lifecycle performance requirements are incorporated throughout project execution.
Act as the primary integration point for electrical, instrumentation, controls, and automation systems.
Drive collaboration across engineering, construction, CQV, manufacturing, maintenance, and operations organizations to support project delivery and startup.