Senior Electrical Engineer

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
– Proven technical experience in an EPC project in the oil & gas or renewable industries and able to work with minimal supervision
– Proven experience as Requisition Engineer for major electrical equipment including specification, bid analysis and detail design development
– Proven experience of electrical content for major rotating mechanical equipment
– Proven experience of writing technical documentation including reports, standards, specifications, philosophies
– Experience in responding to client/third party comments on technical documents including specifications and datasheets
– Reports progress of the work and able to be responsible for planning and estimating
– Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
– Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates. Provide similar support for Variation Orders
– Interface with all disciplines and departments. Maintaining close co-ordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Team, as required
– Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
– Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and to maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices and operational requirements
– Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings and engineering meetings, as required
– Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them in proceeding with their deliverables
– Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures. Procurement assistance includes preparing and reviewing requisitions, evaluating technical quotations and preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer
– Review vendor documentation, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary
– Check final vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved
– Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary and manpower related
– Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
– Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR’s Lessons Learned system
– Be aware of costs related to own work and of the discipline
– Prepare/ review one-line diagrams and schematics diagrams
– Participate in FAT & inspection and preparation & resolution of punch lists
– Shows flexibility and willingness to help colleagues during heavy workload periods, holiday or, illness cover
– Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience