Electrical Engineer

Our Client operates in the Oil and Energy industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in Saudi Arabia. It has its branches spread to more than 50 countries, providing employment to more than 68,500 people all over the world. They fall under the Fortune 500 Companies. They are one of the world’s largest oil producers. They are constantly growing by creating new technologies through its Research and Development efforts and branch into new business lines through Investments and Acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide the required technical troubleshooting and assistance to the maintenance staff in resolving power system related problems.
• Provide capital project design reviews and comments for the whole project cycle (design basis scoping paper, project proposals and detailed design packages).
• Perform site activities, such as field engineering, support for pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup.
• Provide all technical support for all field power systems at EWPD facilities and maintain the ETAP models for all plants.
• Prepare conceptual design packages and engineering budgetary cost estimates.
• Develop/review power systems designs for new projects and for extensions to existing systems.
• Review installation, site commissioning and factory acceptance testing for low and high voltage transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers and control gear.
• Analyze the components, design parameters, installation, operation and maintenance requirements of UPS, DC and battery systems.
• Advise on calculation study results and act as leader to implement recommendations. Optimize the conceptual power system design based on system studies.
• Resolve power monitoring system (PMS) software problems.
• Provide project specifications and demonstrate operations and maintenance requirements for transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers and control gear.
• Determine the economics of cost and operation when selecting equipment.
• Assess cathodic protection system.
• Analyze and develop wiring and cable systems designs for new projects and for extensions to existing projects.
• Serve as a technical lead role on ETAP studies, Power Monitoring System (PMS), UPS & DC systems, medium & low voltage Switchgears/Transformers/MCC/Cables/Motors &Generators and protection system during project design and provide support during implementations.
• Analyze cathodic protection surveys and provide recommendations for CP deficiencies.
• Optimize the distribution of CP systems along the pipelines corridors
• Assess the reliability of emergency diesel generators.
• Evaluate the remote power supply and conduct economic analysis for alternative power supply for remote sites.
• Assess the plant grounding and lightning protection systems.
• Assess safety and instrumentation grounding systems and provide recommendations to protect instrumentation and control system against surge and lightning issues.

Requirements:

• BE / BSc in Electrical Engineering. 
• Certified as PE in Power field or equivalent, certified as NACE CP (min CP Level-II) 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) 
• Experience, preferably in the Oil Industry or similar Process Industry.