Electrical Engineer III

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Airswift is looking for an Electrical Engineer III to work in Houston, Texas, for an initial 1-year assignment likely to be extended.

Position Purpose

The Senior Electrical Engineer oversees and manages the electrical and controls design of expansion and maintenance capital projects executed by third party engineering firms to ensure compliance with Company standards and specifications and industry standards and managed to the project budget and schedule. Liason with other functional groups within Project Execution, Operations and Shared Services to ensure project and company requirements are achieved and incorporated into the design deliverables.

Key Accountabilities

The Electrical Engineer must have experience in the design of large horsepower (10,000 to 30,000 HP) turbine and electrical motor driven centrifugal compressor stations, and experience in industrial systems and Hazardous Classified Areas meeting NEC requirements and knowledge of the following : 2. Controls Responsibilities : Scope / Dimensions Contacts (Working Relationships) Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Power
• 120 / 208 volt systems including lighting panels, lighting, convenience outlets.
• 480 volt systems including motor controls centers / motor starters, motors, power panels, transformers, auto transfer switches and generators.
• 4160 volt systems including switchgear, motor starters, synchronous motors, circuit breakers, relaying, metering.
• Cable and conduit sizing.
• Starter and overload sizing.
• Grounding systems.
• Cathodic protection systems.
• Allen-Bradley or equivalent PLC base controls systems including Wonderware based operator interface and communication between multiple PLC based systems.
• Motor controls circuits.
• Valve actuators electric and pneumatic.
• PID loop controllers.
• Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD).
• Instrumentation
• Smart and analog transmitters including Rosemount and Honeywell.
• Pneumatic gauges.
• Pressure, differential pressure and temperature transmitters.
• Level gauges & transmitters.
• RTDs and thermocouples, thermowells.
• Flame and gas detector systems.
• Oversees the development of the project scope, schedule, capital cost estimate, execution planning, risks and supporting information related to assigned facility projects.
• Ensures that all facilities are designed in accordance with all regulations, applicable industry codes and corporate standards
• Manages the execution of the design deliverables by a third party engineering firm against the project budget and schedule
• Reviews and approves design deliverables for example drawings, technical reports and material listing sheets
• Reviews vendor materials quotations, prepares technical evaluations, and recommends to the supervisor selections based on technical merit along with price and delivery. For example, turbine / compressor packages, equipment vessels, buildings, pipe, valves and fittings
• Provide technical support during the construction phase and the commissioning phase of the project.
• Reviews lessons learned from past projects and incorporates recommendations into future designs
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers within the team or others based upon technical expertise
• Support and / or lead department initiatives as required
• Ensures that development project scope definitions comply with all regulatory, environmental, health and safety requirements through effective management and coordination of internal functional groups
• Responsible for the successful operations of the assigned area with significant corporate financial impact.
• Oversees the development and / or implementation of technical solutions, ensuring efficient coordination of technical resources and with other internal and external stakeholders.
• Provides informal leadership to peers.
• Project Manager - Weekly interaction to provide updated status on progress, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Supervisor / Manager, Facilities Project Engineering - Daily to weekly interaction to provide project status update.
• External Engineering Firm - Daily interaction to provide oversight on project design activities.
• Operations - Weekly interaction to provide project status update and seek guidance on required design
• features.

Required

Preferred

Working Conditions

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Job function

Design and Engineering

Industries

Oil and Gas

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