Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Overview

The Senior Electrical Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the electrical discipline. This role acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience, sharing conceptual and practical expertise related to the electrical discipline. The Senior Electrical Engineer solves complex problems and uses discipline-specific knowledge to improve products or services, impacting a range of customers, operational, project, or service activities with the electrical team and other related teams, ensuring work is within appropriate guidelines and policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, FEED, studies, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards.
• Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations.
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses, including design reports and procedures.
• Manage own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets, and develop plans for short-term work activities in own area.
• Clearly communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding.
• Prepare and oversee the development of key project deliverables, including specifications and datasheets, electrical load lists, one-line diagrams, motor control schematics, electrical building and equipment layouts, bills of material, cable sizing calculations, conceptual studies and calculations, relay coordination, and cost and planning studies.
• Lead project development and coordination, maintaining a focus on the end-product throughout engineering, fabrication, or construction.
• Function as electrical engineering project lead or electrical task lead.
• Become familiar with the project scope of work, basis of design, specifications, and schedule.
• Supervise and coordinate with electrical engineers and designers.
• Maintain close coordination with other discipline engineers and with the client's engineer.
• Evaluate, communicate, and manage change with full awareness of project impact.
• Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control.
• Lead the development and support of vendor packages, including creating, issuing, and managing requisition packages for substations, transformers, and electrical materials.
• Perform and coordinate the review of supplier documents for electrical and non-electrical packages.
• Coordinate and supervise the inspection and factory acceptance testing (FAT) of electrical equipment, motors, and associated skids.
• Lead off-site and/or on-site technical support to construction personnel.
• Manage all site issues and coordinate with office personnel to resolve issues as needed.
• Provide detailed technical support and supervision for site acceptance testing (SAT) of electrical equipment.
• Provide detailed technical assistance for pre-commissioning, energization, commissioning, and start-up, as required by the project.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Prefer PE certificate of registration.
• Accredited engineering degree may be required by specific regions.
• Minimum 12 years of electrical engineering experience, with at least 5 years offshore Oil & Gas experience.
• Demonstrable experience developing and managing Electrical Load Lists.
• Experience with generators, transformers, MV/LV switchgear, MCCs, UPS/DC systems, and VFDs.
• Experience with power-system calculations/studies.
• Experience coordinating electrical requirements with process, mechanical, instrumentation, telecom, HVAC, and package engineering disciplines.
• Experience with ABS-classed offshore facilities.
• Experience with IEC 61892, IEC 60092.
• Strong working knowledge of many design techniques, analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the content and application of standards, codes, and guidelines, including NEC, NFPA, IEEE, and ANSI, and the latest scientific and engineering methods.
• Technical knowledge of the detailed design engineering process.
• Project coordination and execution skills.
• Intermediate experience with Smart Plant Electrical (SPEL), ETAP, and MS Office Suite including Excel and Word.