SR Electrical Engineer

Title: Senior Electrical Engineer ( Oil & Gas)

Location: Baytown TX (OnSite)

Duration: 12 months contract

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 contractors 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 customers 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.