Electrical Engineer

Perenco; Corfe Castle; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Flexible Benefit Allowance

Excellent Pension Provision

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Discretionary Bonus

Profit Sharing Scheme

Job summary

Perenco is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer for its Wytch Farm site in Dorset to provide day-to-day electrical support and lead the Electrical Technician team. The role focuses on maintaining electrical systems, ensuring safety compliance and driving continuous improvement across the asset.

You will work with the Senior Site Electrical Engineer to uphold technical integrity, optimise maintenance strategies, and contribute to project delivery and regulatory discussions in a hazardous

Qualifications

• HND or equivalent technical qualification (apprenticeship acceptable).
• Ten years relevant experience, at least five years in oil & gas / petrochemical environments.
• Experience with HV networks, fault levels and load flow is essential.

Responsibilities

• Analyse plant breakdowns and implement actions to improve performance.
• Lead maintenance strategies and optimise inventory management for electrical equipment.
• Manage non-inventory procurement and specify equipment.
• Lead incident investigations and ensure root cause actions are tracked.
• Coordinate with technicians and contractors for planning and execution of maintenance and projects.
• Support training and development of technicians and engineers.
• Deliver electrical projects and minor modification work as required.

Skills

HV networks

Electrical safety

Hazardous areas

Electrical switching

Maintenance planning

Education

HND or equivalent technical qualification

Job description

Operations / Maintenance - Electrical Engineer

Position title

Electrical Engineer

Contract

Permanent Contract

Contractual hours

Full-time

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Electrical Engineer to join Perenco's engineering team at Wytch Farm, Dorset. The role is responsible for providing day-to-day electrical engineering support across the asset, leading the Electrical Technician team to deliver safe, reliable and efficient maintenance activities, while helping to shape the long-term strategy for the site's electrical infrastructure.

Working closely with the Senior Site Electrical Engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining the technical integrity of electrical systems, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards, and supporting the safe and efficient operation of the facility. You will also contribute to maintenance optimisation, project delivery, incident investigations and continuous improvement initiatives across the asset.

This is a Monday-Friday site based role.

Key responsibilities include:

• Analyse plant breakdowns and implement actions for improved performance; specify modifications to plant equipment and systems.
• Manage the effectiveness of equipment maintenance strategies – constantly updating these in the light of continuous improvement.
• Review and optimise inventory requirements for electrical equipment. Manage non-inventory procurement requirements including specification of equipment.
• Take lead on incident investigations where requested (mostly within discipline) and proactively ensure that the root cause of the incident is understood and actions raised to address.
• Liaise with technicians, contractors and others to ensure efficient planning and execution of maintenance and project work.
• Support the training and development of technicians.
• Plan and deliver electrical projects / minor modification work as required
• Complete in-discipline engineering reviews for all plant modifications
• Perform Standard electrical engineering calcs and checks.
• Participate in HAZOP and LOPA studies on behalf of electrical discipline (as required).
• Ensure relevant ETPs and SMS documents associated with the Discipline are adhered to – in own work and that of others within the discipline (supporting the Senior Electrical Engineer in this regard).
• Provide ATEX compliance management within discipline.
• Approve updates to electrical engineering drawings
• Act as electrical discipline approver for relevant Operational Risk Assessments
• Support relevant Regulatory discussions

Skills & Competencies:

• Broad experience with electrical equipment in a hazardous process industry including
  • Variable speed controllers; HV/LV motors;
  • HV/LV protection; HV/LV distribution systems
  • UPS systems; trace heating & cathodic protection
  • HVAC systems; lighting & small power;
  • HV & LV electrical authorisation and switching.
  • Hazardous area equipment classification
• Strong commitment to safety, with practical experience of risk assessment and process safety management principles.
• High standards of workmanship, attention to detail and concern for accuracy.
• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Provide innovative and creative solutions to challenges.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels within the organisation.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Technical competence within an electrical engineering discipline, recognised apprenticeship or equivalent technical qualification (HND preferred).
• Proven track record of working with HV networks with a good knowledge of HV network fault levels and load flow.
• Compex training preferable.
• Ten years relevant experience, at least five years within an oil & gas / petrochemical environment

Benefits:

At Perenco we value and reward our people, offering competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits including:

• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Flexible Benefit Allowance
• Excellent Pension Provision
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Discretionary Bonus
• Profit ‘Units’ Sharing Scheme