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.