Engineer, Electrical

Venture Global LNG, Inc.; Louisiana; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Venture Global LNG seeks an Electrical Engineer to join the Plaquemines facility team in Louisiana. The role focuses on supporting Ready for Operations activities and transitioning the facility from EPC to operations.

The candidate will apply expertise in motors, transformers, switchgear, and related equipment, with emphasis on LNG industry standards and safe reliability practices. Strong communication in English is required to produce high-quality technical documents.

Qualifications

• Requires 3–5 years in engineering with electrical equipment in an industrial setting.
• Oil & Gas experience preferred, LNG knowledge advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of motors, gas turbines, compressors, and switchgear.

Responsibilities

• Serve as resident technical expert for Electrical system engineering issues.
• Provide day-to-day electrical systems support to Maintenance & Operations teams.
• Deliver advanced diagnostic support to enable rapid production recovery after outages.
• Lead RCFA activities and provide technical RCFA summaries with causes and recommendations.
• Interpret analysis and recommendations from reliability technicians for predictive programs.
• Support HAZOPs, LOPAs, and other process hazard analyses.
• Assist Turnaround planning and execution for maintenance.
• Improve reliability by evaluating workflows, spares, and storage for electrical systems.

Skills

RCFA leadership

Power system analysis

Oil & Gas experience

Electrical equipment

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Venture Global LNG ("Venture Global") is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

We Are Seeking Qualified Applicants For The Position

Engineer, Electrical

Located

Plaquemines

Summary

We are seeking a Engineer, Electrical to join our Plaquemines Facility Team in Louisiana.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Operations Engineering and will be responsible for supporting the development and progressing the Ready for Operations (RFO) activities, ensuring a seamless transition of the facility from EPC to the operations phase.

The successful candidate shall have technical expertise in the Electrical Engineering discipline with in-depth understanding on motors, transformers, switchgear and other electrical equipment. The incumbent shall also be familiar with associated industry standards, guidelines and codes.

A working knowledge of general plant equipment in the Oil & Gas industry is also key to the successful performance of this job.

Aside, the successful candidate shall exhibit excellent written and oral communication skills in English as the role is expected to produce coherent, high quality documents, be a self-starter and develop on conceptual ideas with minimal guidance.

The Successful Candidate Shall Provide, As a Minimum, Intermediate Level Reliability Engineering Support To The Operations Team With Focus In The Following Areas

• Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA): With expertise in relevant techniques to adequately lead RCFA exercises for failures relating to plant equipment and/or processes.
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): With adequate knowledge in relevant techniques to drive fine-tuning & improvements in existing Maintenance practices to achieve a cost-effective, yet safe robust Maintenance strategy.

General Description Duties & Responsibilities

• Serves as a resident company Technical Expert, providing advice and guidance on Electrical system engineering issues.
• Provide day-to-day Electrical systems support to the Maintenance & Operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment.
• Providing advanced diagnostic support, to allow rapid production recovery, in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outages.
• Provide Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises and provide technical summaries (with causes and recommendations) to concerned parties.
• Provide interpretation and evaluation services to analysis and recommendations from the Reliability Technicians on predictive programs.
• Support HAZOPs, LOPAs and other Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
• Provide support to the Maintenance team for Turnaround planning and execution.
• Supports availability tracking and improving the overall reliability for plant equipment and Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for Electrical systems throughout the plant

Qualifications

Required experience

• A minimum of three to five (3-5) years’ experience working in an engineering capacity, with Electrical equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations. Supervisory experience will be considered an asset
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
• Extensive knowledge of motors, gas turbines (Frames & Aero-derivatives) and compressors is required
• Experience with MV(1.38kV/4160V) and LV (480V) Switchgear and MCC's required
• Experience with HV (138V or above) systems and Gas insulated Switchgear (GIS) preferred
• Knowledge of CMMS Systems
• Power system analysis
• RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis

Required Education

Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Licensing & Certifications

• A Professional Engineering License is preferred.
• Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state-issued driver's license in good standing.

Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.