Title: Senior Electrical Engineer
Location: Baytown, TX (On-Site)
Domain: Required Oil and Gas domain candidates
Roles & Responsibilities:
- The Electrical Engineer, as part of the Engineering Services department at a major integrated petrochemical manufacturing facility, is responsible for the optimization, troubleshooting, and design of a wide variety of electrical equipment.
- This involves time in the field ensuring that the installed electrical equipment contributes to safe, environmentally sound, reliable, and profitable operations.
- Maintain close contact with operations, maintenance, engineering, and project development to identify and implement electrical equipment repairs and reliability improvements
- Design and specify electrical equipment such as motors, breakers, relays, generators, substations, buses, starters, transformers, and other industrial electrical equipment (480V to 230kV)
- Coordinate projects for new or replacement equipment among engineering, maintenance, and operations
- Commissioning, startup assistance, and support of electrical systems with maintenance personnel
- Serve as an electrical technology expert liaison between project engineers, plant maintenance, and operations personnel
- Supports and interfaces with business teams to maintain and improve electrical reliability while reducing maintenance costs.
- Participates in screening, optimization, basic design preparation for electric power systems
- Develops project scoping, design and detail specifications for electric power systems
- Monitors Engineering Quality Control and leads contractor’s electrical work to ensure consistency with project specifications and guidelines
- Support preparation of Design Basis Memorandums and develop Specifications
- Provides technical support and services to operating facilities
- Performs power systems simulations and analyses, including load flow, short circuit, motor starting and reacceleration, arc flash, transient stability and relay coordination
- Updates Company practices and specifications
- Applies customer's Global Practices, Design Practices, General Information and Instructions, codes and standards in support of projects during the detailed design phase
- Participates actively in the Electrical Community of Practice
- Participates in incident investigations in support of assets
- Performs Risk Assessments and develops Equipment Strategies in support of assets
- Manages electrical area classification for assets within the facility supported
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
- Demonstrated experience in petrochemical industry with power systems as an Electrical Engineer
- 10+ years’ experience preferred.
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience:
- Ability to work with a wide variety of personnel at different levels of engineering, design, maintenance, and management.
- Ability to work with internal customers as well as suppliers and repair facilities of electrical equipment.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and clearly in both written and verbal form for the purpose of instructing others in technical matters and obtaining cooperation from various personnel.
- Problem solving / troubleshooting of electrical systems.
- Knowledge of Electrical Safety standards and Area Electrical Classification standards (API, NFPA, NEC, and NETA)
- Knowledge of SKM Modeling, System Studies, and Coordination.
- Willing to travel domestically or internationally in support of electrical equipment construction or repairs.
- Work experience in petrochemical production units and awareness of surroundings from a safety and environmental point of view.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $40.00 - $43.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call
- Overtime
Experience:
- electrical equipment: 9 years (Required)
- power systems: 8 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Baytown, TX 77520 (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Baytown, TX 77520: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person