Principal Electrical Engineer

Company Overview:

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Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Here, what you do matters.

Job Overview:

Perform and direct electrical engineering for power, oil and gas, and petrochemical projects. Design, analyze and prepare complex project deliverables for power generation systems, substations, power distribution systems, lighting & grounding systems, and other engineering systems as required by each project.

Apply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the industry to address complex problems and nonstandard situations for engineering, fabrication and construction.

Responsibilities for Internal Candidates

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Apply comprehensive knowledge to prepare and supervise the development of key project deliverables, including (but not limited to) the following:

Specifications and Datasheets

Electrical Load List

One-line diagrams

Motor control schematics

Electrical building and equipment layouts

Area classification studies and plans

Lightning protection

Conceptual studies and calculations

Relay Coordination

Cost and planning studies

Lead Project Development and Coordination, including (but not limited to) the following:

Maintain and promote a focus on McDermott’s end-product throughout engineering, fabrication or construction

Function as electrical engineering project lead or electrical task lead

Become fully familiar with the project contract, scope of work, basis of design, specifications, schedule and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues.

Report to and coordinate with electrical engineering lead, project engineering manager, project manager, and electrical department manager

Supervise and coordinate with electrical engineers and designers

Maintain close coordination with other discipline engineers and with the Client’s engineer

Carefully evaluate, communicate and manage change with full awareness of project impact

Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, and quantity and budget control

Lead the development and support of vendor packages, including (but not limited to) the following:

Create, issue and manage requisition packages for Substations, Transformers, and Electrical materials

Create, issue and manage subcontract packages for Heat Tracing, Cathodic Protection and Electrical Installation

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 Site Support, including (but not limited to) the following:

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

Develop procedures and provide detailed technical support and supervision for Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) of electrical equipment

Develop procedures and provide detailed technical support for precommissioning, energization, commissioning and start-up, as required by project

Qualifications for Internal Candidates

Essential Qualifications and Education:

Accredited engineering degree may be required by specific regions

Minimum 15 years of detailed electrical engineering experience, including 10 years in the oil & gas industry

Detailed knowledge of design techniques, analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content and application of standards, codes and guidelines, including NEC, NFPA, IEEE and ANSI, and latest scientific and engineering methods

Exceptional project coordination and execution skills

In-depth technical knowledge of the detailed design engineering process

Advanced experience with Smart Plant Electrical (SPEL), ETAP, MS Office Suite including Excel and Word

US Citizen or Green Card holder

Preferred Qualifications and Education:

Prefer engineering or other technical degree

Prefer PE certificate of registration

Prefer experience at site during construction and commissioning