Job summary
The Electrical Engineer will join bp Solutions and be primarily deployed to provide electrical engineering support to Production and Operations (P&O) Site Projects in the Western Hemisphere.
Entity:
Production & Operations
Job Family Group:
Engineering Group
Job Summary:
The Electrical Engineer will join bp Solutions and be primarily deployed to provide electrical engineering support to Production and Operations (P&O) Site Projects in the Western Hemisphere.
Job Description:
Key Accountabilities
- Support electrical deliverables in P&O Western Hemisphere Site Projects (up to $100M), in project phases: Select through to Execute. This includes:
- Provide technical review, guidance and approval of design engineering and construction contractor deliverables, such as:
- Project design, including equipment specification and selection.
- Engineering packages technical content.
- Technically evaluate requests for exceptions to specifications or standards.
- Work with engineering contractor to verify they are performing required activities.
- As part of the wider bp Solutions team, the role is expected to also have opportunity to contribute to:
- Global electrical engineering leadership and operational support of bp’s global portfolio of P&O assets.
Essential Experience and Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Industrial experience, preferably in the oil and gas industry.
- Experience and working knowledge of:
- Power distribution applications, including substations, relay coordination, and short circuit studies.
- Electrical equipment design, specification, installation, repair, maintenance, and electrical safe working practices.
- A variety of voltage systems, ranging from 120V to 13.8kV.
- Electrical and power system engineering calculations, construction methods, and materials.
- Protection techniques for electrical equipment installed in hazardous classified locations.
- Industry and regulatory standards for western hemisphere (e.g. NEMA/ANSI).
- Providing electrical engineering operational support to industrial assets, including safe operation of electrical equipment, reliability initiatives, and maintenance strategies.
Ability to:
- Read/decipher regulations and industry codes along with explaining requirements to others.
- Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Able to address technical matters with conviction at all levels of the company.
- Engage and work with all levels of the organization, including contractors and bp employees.
- Manage multiple priorities and customers across multiple sites, and possess good organization, facilitation and group coordination skills.
- Work in an agile manner, without close supervision, using both remote working and site visits to progress activities.
Desirable Criteria and Qualifications
- Previous work experience in connections to Utility incomers of up to 138 kV
- Knowledge and experience of power system modelling and protection relay coordination.
- Experience of working across different cultures, supporting different operating Regions and engaging with a wide variety of customers or suppliers.
- Professional Engineering License.
Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
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