Principal Electrical Engineer - ADNOC Projects

Mc Dermott; Dubai; On-site; AED 201,983 - 275,431; Full time

Job summary

Mc Dermott is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer for ADNOC projects in Dubai, specializing in leading complex electrical design activities. This senior role requires 15 to 20 years of experience, primarily focusing on electrical design for Oil and Energy projects.

The successful candidate will ensure compliance with project specifications while coordinating with various stakeholders and guiding engineering teams.

Exposure to ADNOC project requirements is essential, making this a compelling opportunity for experienced electrical engineers.

Qualifications

• 15 to 20 years of oil and gas experience with major contractors or consultants.
• Demonstrated leadership experience on ADNOC projects required.
• Strong technical background in electrical engineering for offshore and onshore projects.

Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed electrical engineering design work.
• Prepare and review electrical calculations and design analyses.
• Coordinate with all engineering disciplines to support clash-free designs.

Skills

Electrical engineering

ADNOC projects

Oil and gas projects

FEED engineering

Detailed electrical design

Offshore electrical systems

Electrical calculations

Single-line diagrams

Schematic diagrams

Electrical specifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Principal Electrical Engineer - ADNOC Projects

Job Snapshot: Role: Principal Electrical Engineer - ADNOC Projects Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Oil and Energy Function: Electrical-Electronics Engineering Experience: 15 to 20 years Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Principal Electrical Engineer - ADNOC Projects in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Oil and Energy opportunity for an experienced electrical engineering specialist with strong FEED, detailed design, offshore project execution, ADNOC project leadership, procurement support, fabrication assistance, and commissioning expertise. This role is suited for a highly capable engineer who can lead complex electrical design activities, guide engineering teams, coordinate with multidisciplinary stakeholders, and ensure deliverables comply with project specifications, design codes, safety requirements, and client expectations.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Electrical-Electronics Engineering

Salary: 55000-75000

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Context

The Principal Electrical Engineer - ADNOC Projects provides senior discipline leadership across conceptual engineering, FEED, detailed design, procurement, fabrication support, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and offshore hook-up activities. The position has direct impact on electrical system integrity, project delivery quality, vendor coordination, construction readiness, and discipline performance. By leading technical reviews, approving key deliverables, resolving engineering issues, supporting audits, and guiding less experienced engineers, this role helps deliver safe, compliant, and reliable electrical solutions for major oil and gas projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed electrical engineering design work in accordance with project design basis, specifications, codes, standards, and approved procedures.
• Prepare, review, and approve electrical calculations, design analyses, technical reports, procedures, philosophies, specifications, and discipline deliverables.
• Apply advanced electrical engineering knowledge to resolve complex problems, nonstandard situations, and project execution challenges.
• Lead small or medium electrical engineering teams when acting as Lead Engineer, ensuring assigned work is completed within schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Plan and direct discipline execution across scope, deliverables, schedules, manhour budgets, resource requirements, and project procedures.
• Ensure discipline interfaces, responsibilities, deliverables, and review requirements are clearly defined and controlled.
• Represent the electrical discipline in meetings with project teams, customer discipline leads, certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Review project scope, specifications, schedules, contractual requirements, and inter-discipline inputs to identify concerns early.
• Raise change notifications and support variation orders with required documentation, technical estimates, and impact assessments.
• Interface with all engineering disciplines to support clash-free designs, coordinated deliverables, and functional integrity.
• Coordinate with planning, fabrication, marine, project management, safety, document control, cost control, procurement, quality, certification, subcontractors, vendors, and customers.
• Prepare bid proposal inputs, technical query reviews, execution statements, manhour estimates, software requirements, and project-specific engineering support.
• Raise technical queries to clarify missing information, confirm work scope, and maintain McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements.
• Prepare, review, and approve electrical design basis documents, engineering philosophies, technical specifications, datasheets, and bulk material requirements.
• Participate in finalizing deliverable lists and ensure electrical deliverables meet project specifications and functional requirements.
• Review project schedules and fabrication schedules against construction sequence, engineering scope, milestones, and vendor data requirements.
• Attend project kickoff meetings, review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, offshore site surveys, audits, HAZOP studies, SIL studies, and 3D model reviews when required.
• Provide technical direction and review support for designers producing electrical engineering drawings and related deliverables.
• Provide electrical design inputs to other disciplines so their deliverables can progress accurately and on schedule.
• Support procurement activities by preparing and reviewing requisitions, technical quotation evaluations, technical queries, bid tabulations, recommendations, purchase requisitions, and vendor document expediting requirements.
• Review vendor and subcontractor submittals for compliance with project specifications and provide clear technical comments.
• Assist in updating weight reports based on approved vendor information.
• Review and approve design verification through single-discipline checks and inter-discipline checks.
• Provide technical support for fabrication queries, including defect identification, rectification requirements, installation concerns, and field-related electrical issues.
• Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure required documentation has been received, reviewed, and approved.
• Present technical issues to customers in a timely manner and support resolution in line with project and company requirements.
• Perform technical quality audit reviews in accordance with MDR Global Procedures when required.
• Capture lessons learned and enter relevant findings into the MDR Lessons Learned system.
• Guide less experienced engineers on MDR procedures, discipline standards, worksheets, calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, and technical queries.
• Supervise senior electrical engineers and electrical engineers while coordinating with project lead designers for discipline engineering and design deliverables.
• Support departmental technical guidelines, standard calculation notes, global procedures, engineering software, and electrical standards development.
• Identify staff training needs in specific techniques, tools, or proprietary software.
• Support discipline management with employee performance feedback, manpower planning, forecasts, and applicant interviews.
• Review and approve material lists, P and IDs, equipment lists, specifications, datasheets, and scope details for electrical equipment, systems, and services.
• Prepare, review, and approve electrical system studies, electrical calculations, one-line diagrams, schematic diagrams, interconnection drawings, and troubleshooting drawings.
• Prepare and review electrical equipment building layouts, hazardous area classification drawings, instrument and fire and gas detector layouts, and lighting layouts.
• Prepare, review, and approve lighting calculations, illumination studies, electrical load lists, cable drum schedules, spare parts lists, and preservation reports.
• Coordinate equipment inspections and Factory Acceptance Testing, including punch list preparation and resolution after skid or material arrival.
• Review pre-commissioning and commissioning indexes and provide technical assistance during pre-commissioning, start-up, and offshore hook-up activities.
• Review secondary cable routing and advise fabrication teams on installation locations for small electrical and instrumentation equipment not fully detailed in AFC drawings.
• Identify special tools, equipment, and requirements for commissioning and hook-up.
• Prepare and review hook-up installation procedures and coordinate with vendors for installation, pre-commissioning, and commissioning support.
• Coordinate work content split between onshore fabrication and offshore installation.
• Review and approve key electrical deliverables including electrical studies, C and E charts, ESD logic diagrams, specifications, datasheets, requisitions, TBEs, SLDs, cable routing details, electrical load lists, lighting calculations, and error log reports.
• Provide electrical and instrumentation input to pre-commissioning activities and offshore hook-up planning.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• Master's degree in Engineering is preferred.
• 15 to 20 years of oil and gas experience with major contractors or consultants, mainly in detailed electrical design.
• Demonstrated leadership experience on ADNOC projects is required.
• Strong technical background in electrical engineering for offshore, onshore, fabrication, hook-up, commissioning, and energy infrastructure projects.
• Detailed knowledge of electrical design techniques, analysis methods, applicable codes, standards, guidelines, and project execution practices.
• Experience preparing and reviewing electrical studies, load lists, single-line diagrams, schematics, equipment layouts, cable schedules, lighting calculations, hazardous area drawings, and technical specifications.
• Strong understanding of procurement support, vendor document review, technical bid evaluation, FAT participation, material requisitions, and vendor coordination.
• Practical experience supporting fabrication queries, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, offshore hook-up, and site technical issues.
• Capable of leading discipline teams, assigning work, reviewing deliverables, monitoring productivity, and managing engineering priorities under demanding schedules.
• Strong project coordination skills with the ability to manage interfaces across engineering, fabrication, marine, safety, procurement, quality, planning, and project management teams.
• Preferably a Registered Professional Engineer or member of a recognized professional engineering society.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to customers, project teams, and discipline stakeholders.
• Able to contribute to technical papers, presentations, design solution discussions, conferences, seminars, and internal knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Safety-conscious, cost-aware, quality-focused, and committed to engineering integrity.
• Able to work independently with minimal guidance while supporting team development and discipline-level performance improvement.

Skills Set

• Electrical engineering
• ADNOC projects
• Oil and gas projects
• FEED engineering
• Detailed electrical design
• Conceptual design
• Offshore electrical systems
• Electrical system studies
• Electrical calculations
• Single-line diagrams
• Schematic diagrams
• Interconnection drawings
• Troubleshooting drawings
• Electrical load lists
• Electrical equipment lists
• Cable drum schedules
• Cable routing
• Lighting calculations
• Illumination studies
• Lighting layouts
• Hazardous area classification
• C and E charts
• ESD logic diagrams
• Fire and gas detector layout
• Electrical specifications
• Electrical datasheets
• Material requisitions
• Technical bid evaluations
• Vendor document review
• Factory Acceptance Testing
• Punch list resolution
• Procurement support
• Fabrication support
• Pre-commissioning support
• Commissioning support
• Offshore hook-up support
• Hook-up installation procedures
• Technical queries
• Change notifications
• Variation order support
• Design verification
• IDC review
• HAZOP participation
• SIL studies
• Technical quality audits
• MDR procedures
• Discipline leadership
• Manhour estimation
• Progress forecasting
• KPI monitoring
• Lessons learned
• Customer coordination

Why Join Us

This role is a strong opportunity for a senior electrical engineering professional who wants to lead high-value Oil and Energy projects from Dubai with direct exposure to ADNOC project requirements. The position offers involvement in advanced electrical design, procurement support, vendor coordination, fabrication assistance, commissioning readiness, offshore hook-up, quality audits, and multidisciplinary project execution. It is ideal for an experienced engineer who can combine technical authority, leadership safety awareness, and practical project delivery discipline to support reliable energy infrastructure.

About the Company

McDermott International, Ltd is a global engineering, procurement, construction, and installation company delivering complex energy infrastructure projects across offshore, subsea, onshore, fabrication, and energy transition markets. With more than 100 years of experience, McDermott supports major Oil and Energy developments through engineering capability, fabrication strength, marine operations, technical innovation, and integrated project execution. Its Dubai operations contribute to regional and international projects where electrical engineering quality, ADNOC project experience, safety, and disciplined delivery are essential to successful outcomes.