Principal Electrical Engineer

About the position

You will provide electrical engineering services to Worley and its customers, including technical support and supervision within the electrical engineering team. The purpose is to manage a team of electrical engineers and designers and oversee their work on oil, gas, and chemical projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of electrical engineers and designers and oversee their work on oil/gas/chemical projects.
• Plan, organize, and direct engineering work, ensuring on-time completion, safety-in-design and quality outcomes from conception to completion.
• Collaborate with project management, client, and other disciplines to meet project objectives.
• May lead one or more projects while providing guidance for other lead engineers within the program.
• Maintain relationship with project management and client to ensure satisfaction with the quality and progress of the project.
• Communicate effectively (written, emails, verbal) with the team and with management.
• Deliver electrical engineering services that meet Worley, its customers' and applicable statutory and regulatory specifications, on time and within budget.
• Initiate, manage and if required supervise electrical engineering project requirements.
• Perform electrical engineering services such as participate in relevant meetings, prepare progress reports and follow required checking procedures.
• Ensure the project scope is clear and that changes comply with project change management processes.
• Provide assistance and advice during procurement, construction and commissioning activities.
• Act as the electrical engineering Lead on specific projects if required.
• Outline project requirements including actively promoting workshare, assign tasks and supervise progress.
• Proactively resolve any discrepancies between Worley and its Customer's requirements.
• Keep up to date with the latest developments and technical innovations in electrical engineering.
• Assist and support junior personnel within the electrical engineering team if required.
• Identify issues and problems, develop appropriate solutions, and ask for assistance when required.

Requirements

• Excellent technical and practical engineering skills and ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work.
• Excellent knowledge of the fundamental requirements of electrical engineering and the basic requirements of other engineering fields.
• Excellent knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory specifications.
• Competent use of relevant software such as MS Office Suite and electrical engineering specific software, ETAP, PSCAD, SPL.
• Development, design of electrical distribution systems, equipment selection, protective relay selection, power management system configuration, interface management.
• Perform/review power systems studies and protective device settings.
• Extensive technical and practical experience in electrical engineering in the same or similar industry including experience in working in multi-disciplinary projects and teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Nice-to-haves

• Relevant postgraduate qualifications in engineering, management, project management or supervisory qualifications or equivalent.
• Professional Engineer (P. E or P. Eng) status US/Canada.
• 8 plus years' experience in oil and gas industry.
• Saudi Aramco experience.

Benefits

• Eligible for PTO
• 401k
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance