Associate Electrical Engineer

Job Overview

The primary initial task for this position is to provide support to project lead and team electrical engineers on day-to-day discipline coordination issues, schedule updates, to assist with requisition paperwork, document redlining, and meeting notes, and to become familiar with the discipline activities, deliverables, and team dynamic.

Electrical Engineers perform electrical engineering for power, oil and gas, and petrochemical projects. They design, analyze and prepare complex project deliverables for power generation systems, substations, power distribution systems, lighting & grounding systems, and other engineering systems as required by each project. They provide technical support for engineering, fabrication and construction.

Responsibilities

Key Project Deliverables

• Specifications and Datasheets
• Electrical Load List
• One-line diagrams
• Motor control schematics
• Electrical building and equipment layouts
• Bills of Material
• Cable sizing calculations
• Conceptual studies and calculations
• Cost and planning studies

Project Development and Coordination

• Maintain and promote a focus on McDermott's end-product throughout engineering, fabrication or construction
• Report to and coordinate with electrical engineering project lead and electrical task lead, as applicable
• Effectively communicate with electrical and other disciplines engineering and design
• Coordinate and manage change with full awareness of project impact
• Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, and quantity and budget control

Vendor Packages

• Create requisition packages for Substations, Transformers, and Electrical materials
• Create subcontract packages for Heat Tracing, Cathodic Protection and Electrical Installation
• Review supplier documents for electrical and non-electrical packages
• Attend Inspection and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of electrical equipment, motors and associated skids

Site Support

• Provide off-site and/or on-site technical support to Construction personnel
• Coordinate with office personnel to resolve issues as needed
• Provide technical support for Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) of electrical equipment
• Assist with precommissioning, energization, commissioning and start-up, as required by project

Reporting Structure

• Project: Lead Engineer
• Functional: Supervising Department Manager
• Liaise With: Engineers, Design Supervisors and Designers of their own discipline

Essential Qualifications and Education

• Accredited engineering degree may be required by specific regions
• Some familiarity with the content and application of standards, codes and guidelines, including NEC, NFPA, IEEE and ANSI, and latest scientific and engineering methods
• Some technical knowledge of the detailed design engineering process
• Experience with MS Office Suite including Excel and Word

Preferred Qualifications and Education

• BSEE degree
• 1 year of detailed electrical engineering experience. Previous internship experience can be considered applicable.
• Experience with Smart Plant Electrical (SPEL), ETAP

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