Principal Electrical Engineer

Airswift; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is recruiting for a senior electrical reliability engineer to lead troubleshooting and root cause investigations on offshore electrical systems in the Perth area. You will review alarms, event data, and maintenance records to drive corrective actions and preventative maintenance strategies.

The role requires deep expertise with UPS, STS, transformers, GTGs, HV PD monitoring, and fault analysis, with strong stakeholder engagement and ability to coordinate with operations, maintenance and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with three-phase UPS systems and STS systems.
• Proven troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities.
• Experience investigating and resolving dry-type transformer failures (burnout/overheating).
• Experience identifying recurring equipment faults across electrical systems.
• Strong understanding of electrical equipment internals and fault-finding beyond drawings.
• Familiarity with IT and TN-S earthing and protective schemes.
• Knowledge of Gas Turbine Generators (GTGs) and synchronization.
• Experience with HV Partial Discharge monitoring and data interpretation.
• Ability to read electrical drawings, schematics, and protection diagrams.
• Strong stakeholder management for operations, maintenance, and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting and root cause investigations for electrical failures and reliability issues.
• Review event reports, alarms, and maintenance data to identify failure mechanisms and corrective actions.
• Support daily operations by engaging with operations, maintenance, vendors and stakeholders.
• Develop and improve preventative maintenance strategies and technical documentation.
• Manage punch-list items and ensure timely investigations and closures.
• Provide technical leadership during outages, commissioning, and fault investigations.
• Assist in scoping work for third-party contractors for engineering and design services.

Skills

Three-phase UPS systems

STS systems

Troubleshooting

Dry-type transformer failures

Electrical equipment and hardware

IT and TN-S earthing

GTGs synchronization

HV PD monitoring

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder management

Job description

Rate range: TBC

Project: BW Offshore

Contract duration: 12 months ongoing

Site conditions: Perth Office

Key Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting and root cause investigations for electrical system failures, equipment reliability issues, and operational incidents.

• Review event reports, alarms, operational data, and maintenance records to identify failure mechanisms and develop corrective actions.

• Support daily operations through close engagement with operations, maintenance, vendors, and other stakeholders.

• Develop and improve preventative maintenance strategies, procedures, and technical documentation.

• Manage and track punch-list items, ensuring issues are investigated, resolved, and closed out effectively.

• Provide technical leadership during equipment outages, commissioning activities, and fault investigations.

• Support development of scopes of work for third party contactors to undertake engineering and design services.

Required Experience and Skills

• Extensive experience with three-phase UPS systems, including Static Transfer Switch (STS) systems.

• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic capability, including the ability to analyse event logs, alarms, and operational data to determine root causes.

• Proven experience investigating and resolving dry-type transformer failures, including burnout and overheating issues.

• Experience identifying and resolving recurring equipment failures, such as beacons, instrumentation, and electrical component faults.

• Strong understanding of electrical equipment internals and hardware operation, with the ability to fault-find beyond drawing reviews and documentation.

• Experience with IT and TN-S earthing systems and associated electrical protection requirements.

• Strong knowledge of Gas Turbine Generators (GTGs), including synchronization of generators to busbars and synchronization between generating units.

• Conversant with High Voltage Partial Discharge (HV PD) monitoring systems and interpretation of monitoring data.

• Thorough understanding of commissioning, testing, and inspection requirements for electrical equipment and power systems.

• Experience developing and implementing preventative maintenance procedures and reliability improvement programs.

• Ability to troubleshoot directly from electrical drawings, schematics, protection diagrams, and system documentation.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience leading or participating in daily operational and coordination meetings.

• Review & approval of revised/new electrical deliverables produced by third parties.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in offshore, FPSO, oil & gas, power generation, or process facilities.

• Experience supporting brownfield operational facilities with critical electrical infrastructure.

• Knowledge of reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) principles and root cause analysis methodologies.

• Experience managing interfaces between operations, maintenance, engineering, and vendors during fault investigations and corrective action implementation.

Personal Attributes

• Highly analytical with a structured approach to problem solving.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify underlying causes rather than treating symptoms.

• Effective communicator capable of translating complex technical issues into practical solutions.

• Proactive and collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement and issue resolution.

• Comfortable working in operational environments where equipment reliability and plant availability are critical.

• Willingness to travel to Darwin regularly (monthly business trips).

• Willing and able to travel offshore (adhoc/infrequent trips).