Lead Electrical Engineer

Live Connections; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Connections is seeking an Electrical Engineer Lead to head an engineering team responsible for designing and developing production facilities and process skids for Oil & Gas projects across upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.

You will interact with clients, vendors and internal teams to ensure timely delivery, perform FEED verifications, prepare technical queries, and coordinate with planning and execution centers to meet project milestones. Extensive travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering required.
• 10+ years of industry experience in oil & gas projects.
• Proven experience in FEED and detail engineering for upstream/midstream/downstream sectors.

Responsibilities

• Review ITT documents and prepare technical queries to Client.
• Perform preliminary sizing calculations for FEED verification.
• Prepare MTO and coordinate procurement activities; interface with construction and commissioning teams.
• Coordinate with vendors, designers, and third-party engineers to ensure alignment with project schedules.
• Participate in design reviews, SAFOP/HAZOP meetings, and ensure compliance with codes and standards.

Skills

Team leadership

FEED engineering

Electrical systems design

Vendor coordination

Project planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ETAP

DIALUX

Job description

Position: Electrical Engineer Lead

Job Description

• Electrical Engineering Team Lead will lead the team of engineers. Involve in the design and development of production facilities, process skids for greenfield and brownfield projects for the Oil & Gas Clients operating in the upstream / midstream / downstream sectors.
• Interact and communicate effectively with direct reports, team members, clients, subcontractors, vendors and other consultants and stakeholders and assist other execution centres as and when required

Roles and Responsibilities

• Review the ITT (Invitation To Tender) documents provided in the proposals. Prepare technical queries (TQs) to Client. Interfaces Prior Experience/Expertise Required Seek scope clarification, Follow up the tender bulletins.
• Carry out FEED verification activity by carrying out preliminary sizing calculations to ascertain the adequacy of various engineered equipment as outlined in ITT documents.
• Issue inquiry requisitions, review techno-commercial offers from vendors.
• Prepare scope split matrix for the engineering work.
• Liaise with projects / planning as well as with engineering team at regional execution centres on project schedules, establish target completion dates, ensure target dates are achieved.
• Assign and distribute manpower for the execution of engineering activities within budgeted project man-hours. Recommend cost effective measures to reduce overall manpower costs.
• Provide inputs for the preparation of equipment layout, organize the issuance of engineering drawings and technical documents for Inter-Discipline Checks (IDCs) coordinate with other engineering discipline in the integration of data inputs.
• Review vendor drawings and documents, design calculations and ensure vendor equipment specifications meet with client equipment specifications and are within budgeted costs.
• Coordinate with fabrication contractor and issue Installation detail drawings, cable tray and equipment support model extracts, MCT schedules etc .
• Prepare Material Take Off (MTO) for Bulks and initiate procurement activities, identify the gaps, take corrective action as required.
• Interface and provide technical support to construction sites and commissioning engineers, provide construction, startup & commissioning, operation and maintenance assistance at as required.
• Monitor and assess engineering performance, quality and provide feedback for improvement.
• Participate in client meetings as required to provide technical input and execution guidance.
• Co-ordinate with third party engineering companies and manage them on Electrical front.
• Undertake FATs and other inspections/visits as required.
• Participate in model and other design review such as SAFOP, HAZOP meetings as required.
• Ability and willingness to travel, as required to fulfil project and business needs

Qualifications and Experience

Education Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Experience

• 10+ year Industry experience.
• Plans, schedules, conducts, and coordinates detailed phases of engineering work in a project or staff group.
• Performs work that involves conventional engineering practice such as resolving conflicting design requirements, and/or difficult coordination requirements.
• Understanding of industry or regulatory international codes and standards pertinent to the engineering discipline.

Expertise

• Experience in executing proposal, FEED and detail engineering of oil & gas projects.
• Knowledge of industry process such as MEG,TEG, PWT, SWT, Desalters , Power units, Dehydrators, Gas and Solids treatments and Process Electric Heaters and control panels.
• All project phases execution from engineering to start up, including precommissioning, commissioning and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of LV, MV and HV systems, MCC, transformers, GEG, GTG, EDG, MTO's.
• Understanding and perform electrical system studies such as Load flow, short circuit, harmonic analysis, transient stability, relay co-ordination, arc flash, etc., using ETAP.
• Designing of all electrical systems such as grounding, lighting , small power and power distribution arrangements, lightning, protection, Heat tracing and cathodic protection.
• Knowledge of hazardous classification specifications, schedule and layouts
• Knowledge of Lighting design using DIALUX software