Electrical Designer - Midstream Oil & Gas

Motion Recruitment; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an experienced Electrical Designer to design and maintain detailed electrical drawings in AutoCAD for midstream oil and gas facilities. The role involves coordinating with multiple disciplines and senior engineers to ensure accurate deliverables.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of electrical design experience in refinery or tank terminals, strong AutoCAD skills, and a TWIC card. Associates degree or equivalent experience is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years electrical design experience in midstream oil and gas, refinery, plant, or tank terminals.
• Experience required utilizing AutoCAD software.
• Knowledge of Allen Bradley ControlLogix 1756 and Ethernet IP protocol a plus.
• TWIC card required.
• Must have good communication skills, written & verbal, work with minimal supervision, and manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate and complete drawings using practical design knowledge.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and assist lead engineer/designer to ensure quality product.
• Conduct field investigations when needed and produce field reports with detailed sketches.
• Keep up to date on new design processes, modeling, drafting techniques, and standards.
• Develop and recommend improvements in design standards to lower cost and improve quality.
• Investigate and resolve design and field engineering problems with new approaches or existing criteria.

Skills

Electrical design

AutoCAD

ControlLogix

TWIC card

Education

Associates degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Work schedule (days / hours)? M-F (8-4) Hybrid schedule (M-W in office, Th-F work from home)

Position Description: This position will be responsible for designing and maintaining detail electrical drawings in AutoCAD Software. Projects and initiatives may vary from working independently or with a multidisciplinary team that includes Project Managers, Design Engineers, and Drafters, and vary in size and complexity.

Duties and Responsibilities to include the following:

• Prepare accurate and complete drawings using practical design knowledge.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and assist lead engineer and/or designer to ensure effective quality product.
• Conduct field investigations when needed, produce field reports with detailed sketches.
• Keep up to date on new design processes, modeling, drafting techniques, and standards.
• Develop and recommend improvements in design standards to lower cost and improve work quality and facilitate maintenance.
• Investigate and resolve unusual design and field engineering problems by devising new approaches or applying existing criteria in novel ways.
• Ensure that effective methods and design/engineering techniques are used.
• Resolve project issues and problems.
• Provide technical guidance to coworkers.
• Contribute to a team environment by accomplishing related results in a cooperative and supportive manner.
• Ensure alignment between all disciplines that are involved with 3D CAD to prepare for model reviews and issue deliverables.

Position Requirements and Skills:

• 5+ years of electrical design experience in midstream oil and Gas, refinery, plant, or tank terminals
• Experience required utilizing AutoCAD software
• Knowledge of Allen Bradley ControlLogix 1756 and Ethernet IP protocol a plus
• TWIC card required
• Must have good communication skills, written & verbal, work with minimal supervision, and simultaneously manage multiple projects to meet scheduled deadlines.

Education:

• Associates degree or equivalent experience is required.