FLNG Electrical Engineer

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Support overall operation of electrical power systems and electrical equipment.
• Work closely with Operations and Maintenance personnel to troubleshoot electrical problems (including medium to high voltage equipment). Provide second-level troubleshooting when equipment issues are beyond the technical knowledge of the Electrical Technician.
• Act as electrical resource with Engineering Department for site capital projects to ensure that site policies, procedures, standards and specifications, and operational needs are met.
• Provide technical support and assistance to all units on issues such as control strategies, electrical distribution safety and maintenance.
• Participate in area Process Hazard Analysis/Reviews when required.
• Provide checkout and start-up support of facilities to meet production and business needs.
• Responsible for ensuring electrical aspects of all new, modified or altered equipment meet design criteria, internal standards, and external regulatory requirements.
• Provide Operations with technical support on chronic reliability issues. Implement site reliability improvement initiatives.
• Provide input to all proposed Management of Changes to ensure changes do not conflict with industry standards (as well as site's reliability objectives) while ensuring that both personnel and equipment risks in their areas have been assessed and addressed prior to implementing the changes.
• Establish and monitor reliability metrics to monitor electrical equipment health and performance (uptime, MTBR, MTTR, etc.).
• Support site on electrical classification analysis.
• Support, maintain, and improve site electrical distribution systems.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience in petroleum or chemical manufacturing facility with Client facility experience preferred.
• Experience with low, medium, and high voltage electrical systems and equipment.
• Experience with Electrical Control and Monitoring Systems
• Demonstrated knowledge of load shedding and load shedding sequence. Thorough understanding of electrical distribution systems and high, medium, and low voltage electrical equipment.
• Able to direct activities of electrical contractors and vendors.
• Working knowledge of IEC 61850 protocol
• Able to navigate the electrical system models.
• Working knowledge of Arc Flash standards such as IEEE 1584 and Electrical Safe Work practices (NFPA 70E)
• Familiar with NEC (NFPA 70), API RP 500 (Area Classification) and OSHA electrical safety requirements
• Familiar with industry maintenance standards such as ANSI/NETA MTS-2019: Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment