Electrical Power Systems Expert

Brussels or Hoofddorp | Hybrid | Customer-Facing Consulting Role

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Are you passionate about electrical power systems, industrial reliability, and helping customers make smarter decisions about their electrical infrastructure? At Schneider Electric, we're looking for an Electrical Power Systems Expert to support our customers in assessing, optimizing, and modernizing their electrical distribution networks. In this highly visible consulting role, you'll combine deep technical expertise with customer engagement to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability across some of the most critical industrial and commercial installations in Belgium and the Netherlands. As a trusted advisor, you'll help customers identify risks, uncover improvement opportunities, and develop long-term modernization strategies for their power systems.

What will you do?

As an Electrical Power Systems Expert, you will perform comprehensive assessments of customers' electrical infrastructures and provide strategic recommendations to improve their operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct electrical power system assessments and audits for industrial and commercial customers.

• Identify electrical, operational, and safety risks within LV and MV electrical distribution networks.

• Evaluate asset condition, lifecycle status, technical documentation, and maintenance practices.

• Analyze system performance, including protection coordination, power quality, harmonics, grounding, and network reliability.

• Identify single points of failure and opportunities to improve system resilience and operational continuity.

• Develop recommendations to enhance electrical safety, reliability, digital monitoring, and asset performance.

• Build modernization roadmaps for electrical infrastructure and power distribution architectures.

• Present technical findings and recommendations to customers and act as a trusted advisor throughout the assessment process.

• Collaborate with Sales, Strategic Account Managers, and Tendering teams to develop customer-focused solutions.

• Perform power system engineering studies, including short-circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, and power quality analyses (20-30% of the role).

• Travel regularly to customer sites across Belgium and the Netherlands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, preferably with a specialization in Power Systems.

• Strong experience in electrical power systems engineering, consulting, or industrial electrical distribution.

• Strong expertise in LV/MV electrical distribution systems, protection systems, and power system analysis.

• Experience with short-circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, grounding, harmonics, and power quality studies.

• Good knowledge of AREI and applicable European electrical standards.

• Understanding of electrical distribution reliability, network topology, and asset lifecycle management.

• Familiarity with power monitoring and energy management systems.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and customer-facing skills.

• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable recommendations.

• Fluent in Dutch and French, with a good command of English.

• Willingness to travel 50-70% of the time within Belgium and the Netherlands.

• Valid Category B driving license.

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• 150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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