Senior Electrical Engineer
About the job
We’re looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Melbourne & Brisbane teams.
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for driving and delivering safe and sustainable electrical design across EPC projects.
Responsibilities
Deliver discipline specific engineering services that meet Long Energy’s, the client’s and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
Undertake and/or support engineering design and technical verification of discipline project deliverables by others.
Proactively seek an understanding of the safety hazards and risks associated with the asset lifecycle of the designed product, plant or structure; be responsible for action and close out where relevant.
Perform and/or manage discipline specific engineering services such as:
• Work within a multidisciplinary team;
• Mentor and provide guidance to projects and clients;
• Prepare/assist and as required oversee the production of engineering calculations, drawings and documentation;
• Ensure all deliverables are checked in accordance with Long Energy’s checking procedures;
• Attend site visits as required;
• Contribute to design reviews for each project;
• Participate in project reviews, design reviews, HAZIDs/HAZOPs;
• Lead, manage and supervise, engineering projects;
• Prepare engineering estimates for the electrical discipline in response to requests for quotation or change notices: scope engineering requirements; detail methodologies and/or engineering tasks in scope and those out of scope;
• Scoping, clarifications and detail assumptions, exclusions and develop deliverables list/s;
• Input into the schedule incorporating a realistic delivery sequence for the discipline with consideration to project milestones;
• Input from other disciplines and receival of rely on information; and
• Ascertaining resources required based on availability.
Communicate effectively and regularly with the project stakeholders including the Discipline Team Lead, Workshare team, Client and Project Engineer/Manager on design progress, budget, technical matters, quality, and resource planning.
Establish relationship and manage packages and/or interfacing with installation contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, site team and client.
Where there is a need for managing work fronts:
Manage sequence of engineering tasks at a high level to ensure deliver according to project schedules (including activities by third party contractors)
Primary interface with customer for discipline-specific engineering issues and deliver the discipline’s design deliverables within schedule and budget
Ensure technical integrity of the discipline’s deliverables through the implementation of checking and design review activities and provide technical direction, control and supervision for engineering and design on the project
Maintain discipline task and deliverables lists for the project and coordinate design with other disciplines and squad checking deliverables
Manage quality and consistency within the discipline and discipline resources assigned to the project
Coordinate change control and technical query process within the discipline
Report progress of discipline deliverables, resolve discipline technical issues
Requirements
An Australian recognised Bachelor qualification in the relevant discipline and extensive experience working at an engineering design consultancy as a professional engineer in the oil and gas (or closely allied) industries.
Strong and proven technical skillset as a Senior Electrical Engineer on detailed design projects and must have ability to work across multiple work fronts.
Experience across all phases of engineering projects from feasibility/conceptual studies through to detailed design and execution (essential).
Strong understanding and experience during detailed design of:
Brownfield interfaces, HV and LV systems, AC and DC systems, Power distribution, Motor Control (MCC), electrical calculations required for design and equipment sizing
Earthing systems and step and touch potential calculations, earthing, arc flash and lightning studies and design
Power system studies (inc. load flow, fault level voltage and motor starting analysis) and protection coordination
Creation of design drawings such as SLDs, schematics, terminations, schedules, layouts
Site experience such as scoping solutions, condition assessments, construction and commissioning
Very good understanding of constructability, maintainability and operability aspects
Equipment inspections, witnessing FATs, SATs, preparing ITPs, MTOs, datasheets, specifications, construction methodologies, philosophy documents, procurement and construction scope of works
Input into electrical estimates and execution schedules for FID, control system interfacing and instrumentation and Shutdown planning
Registered Professional Engineer within Victoria/Queensland, Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status, postgraduate qualifications in the relevant discipline; management, project management or supervisory qualifications or equivalent.
Hazardous Area Accreditation (or experience in design of) and Functional Safety TUV Certification highly regarded.