Project Engineer - Electrical

Noble Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Noble Corporation in Houston seeks an Electrical Project Engineer to coordinate electrical, automation, and power distribution scopes across offshore drilling assets. You will support projects from planning through commissioning, handover, and close-out, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule adherence.

The role requires 5–10 years of offshore/marine project experience, strong stakeholder communication, and ability to work across disciplines with vendors, shipyards, and class.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Automation, Instrumentation, or related.
• Approx. 5–10 years of offshore/marine/project experience, preferably from MODUs, drillships, or similar assets.
• Experience with electrical/automation systems including HV/LV, PMS, drives, motors, UPS, instrumentation and safety systems.
• Ability to review drawings, vendor documents, specs, and test plans for safe project delivery.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally to offshore sites and shipyards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project scopes from planning through execution, commissioning, handover, and close-out.
• Review drawings, vendor documents, specifications, procedures, test plans, and close-out files to support delivery.
• Support inspections, FATs, commissioning, functional testing, and acceptance testing.
• Coordinate with vendors, shipyards, class, and internal departments for clear interfaces and execution.
• Provide electrical/automation input to work packs, schedules, and risk assessments.

Skills

Project engineering

Offshore experience

Electrical systems

Automation systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Automation

Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation

Tools

MS Office 365

MS Project

IFS

Maintenance systems

Document control tools

Job description

The Electrical Project Engineer is responsible for supporting and coordinating technical project scopes across the Noble fleet, with a primary focus on automation, power distribution, control systems, commissioning, and equipment upgrade activities. The role supports project delivery from early planning and technical clarification through execution, testing, handover, and close-out. This position requires a practical offshore and marine background with the ability to work across multiple disciplines, including engineering, operations, marine, compliance, procurement, vendors, shipyards, class, and project management. The role is suited to an electrical professional with approximately 5–10 years of relevant experience who can combine solid technical knowledge with structured project execution, safe work practices, clear stakeholder communication, and strong follow-up on cost, schedule, quality, and risk. The position is broader than a pure commissioning role and should be able to support general project engineering activities while bringing electrical and offshore systems competence to modification, upgrade, reactivation, and operational readiness scopes.

Key Responsibilities

Project Coordination & Execution

Coordinate and support project scopes from planning through execution, commissioning, handover, and close-out. Support modification projects, equipment upgrades, recertification scopes, reactivation activities, and operational readiness work on offshore drilling rigs. Provide electrical and automation input to project work packs, technical specifications, statements of requirements, cost estimates, schedules, risk assessments, procurement packages, and execution plans. Monitor project progress, identify technical and execution risks, and proactively support mitigation of constraints related to safety, quality, cost, schedule, logistics, resources, and operational readiness.

Technical Review & Documentation

Review drawings, vendor documents, specifications, procedures, test plans, commissioning records, and close-out documentation to support safe project delivery. Support inspections, FATs, commissioning, functional testing, trials, and other required acceptance testing. Maintain organized project records, including correspondence, drawings, redlines, specifications, procedures, vendor data, test records, and close-out files. Prepare project reports, updates, technical notes, lessons learned, and responses to technical queries.

Stakeholder Coordination

Coordinate with vendors, contractors, consultants, shipyards, class representatives, company agents, local support functions, and internal departments to maintain clear interfaces and effective execution. Work closely with Operations, Engineering, Marine, Compliance, Procurement, and project stakeholders to resolve technical queries, support decision-making, and align project execution with business needs. Support coordination of logistics, materials, spares, services, and site activities related to assigned project scopes.

Technical Support & MOC Activities

Provide troubleshooting and technical support for electrical, automation, power distribution, control, drilling support, and related marine systems. Support MOC activities, including technical reviews, redlines, documentation and procedure updates, and handover materials. Help ensure project work meets company procedures, industry standards, vendor requirements, class and regulatory expectations, and safety protocols. Perform other assigned duties and projects.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical qualification in Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Automation, Instrumentation, or a related technical discipline.

Approximately 5–10 years of relevant offshore, marine, drilling, shipyard, or industrial project experience, preferably from MODUs, drillships, semi-submersibles, FPSOs, offshore vessels, or similar complex assets.

Technical Skills

Working knowledge of electrical and automation systems, including HV/LV distribution, switchboards, PMS, drives, motors, UPS, instrumentation, safety systems, controls, and interfaces. Experience with commissioning, testing, inspection, maintenance support, upgrades, repairs, or equipment acceptance in offshore, marine, shipyard, or vendor settings. Able to review technical documents, drawings, procedures, vendor deliverables, spares requests, work packs, test records, and close-out files. Familiar with MS Office 365, MS Project, IFS, maintenance systems, document control tools, or similar platforms.

Professional Competencies

Strong project engineering skills, including planning, budget support, procurement follow-up, vendor coordination, risk assessment, schedule awareness, and escalation. Practical problem-solver with sound judgment on safety, quality, cost, schedule, and operational impact. Works independently across office, shipyard, vendor, and offshore settings while keeping teams informed. Communicates technical topics clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. High ownership, positive mindset, and flexibility to support project and operational needs. Willing to travel domestically and internationally to offshore, shipyard, vendor, and project sites. Committed to safety, compliance, and company procedures throughout project execution.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with offshore drilling equipment, marine power, DP support, automation, cranes, thrusters, or safety and control systems. Experience with major offshore or marine vendors/platforms such as ABB, Kongsberg, NOV, Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell, GE, Wärtsilä, Rolls-Royce, or similar. Experience with shipyards, newbuilds, conversions, upgrades, reactivation, class work, or major maintenance campaigns. Experience supporting an owner’s representative, discipline lead, site supervisor, or technical focal point during execution.

Working Conditions

This role involves a combination of onshore office-based work and travel to offshore rigs, shipyards, and vendor facilities as required by assigned project scopes. The position requires flexibility in working hours to accommodate coordination across time zones with offshore crews and international project teams. Domestic and international travel is expected, including attendance at offshore locations, shipyards, vendor facilities, and project execution sites.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Noble Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor. We own and operate one of the most modern and technically advanced fleets. Noble has been engaged in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells since 1921. Noble performs, through its subsidiaries, contract drilling services with a fleet of offshore drilling units focused largely on ultra-deepwater and high specification jackup drilling opportunities in both established and emerging regions worldwide. Our vision is to be the leading offshore driller by being first choice for employees, customers, and investors. Our mission is drilling to power the world responsibly. Noble is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, citizenship status, physical or mental disability of an otherwise qualified individual, genetic information, membership or application for membership in a uniformed service, engaging in legally protected activity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.