Senior Electrical Engineer, LNG Power Systems

Mindlance; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance seeks an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to review, evaluate, and support complex LNG-related power systems across utilities, industrial, and LNG facilities. You will focus on power system architecture, MV distribution, reliability, emergency power, construction support, commissioning, and codes compliance.

You will assess vendor designs, review studies, evaluate reliability, and coordinate across design, construction, and startup activities with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related technical discipline.
• Senior-level experience supporting electrical design, review, construction, commissioning, or owner’s engineering for utility, industrial, LNG-related facilities.
• Strong understanding of power system architecture: interconnection, substation design, MV switchgear, transformer sizing, one-line diagrams, and emergency power strategies.
• Experience reviewing power system studies: load flow, short-circuit, motor starting, voltage drop, arc flash, protection coordination, and harmonic studies.
• Working knowledge of ETAP and/or SKM PowerTools.

Responsibilities

• Review interconnection designs, substation design, MV switchgear (13.8 kV, 4.16 kV), MCCs, transformer sizing, DA diagrams, power distribution redundancy, and black-start/emergency power strategies.
• Review power system studies: load flow, short-circuit, motor starting, voltage drop, arc flash, protection coordination, harmonic studies.
• Provide technical review of MV equipment (metal-clad switchgear, vacuum breakers, relays, protection schemes).
• Evaluate relay settings and coordination philosophy from vendors/partners.
• Support large motor reviews (induction motors, VFDs, soft starts, protection, torsional).
• Review hazardous area electrical design requirements and purge/pressurized enclosures.
• Provide technical oversight for emergency power systems (standby gens, UPS, batteries, critical load segregation).
• Support reliability engineering: N-1, RBI, availability, maintenance strategy.
• Review construction activities for cable trays, underground ducts, grounding, installation, testing.
• Support commissioning/startup: FAT, SAT, relay, transformer, Megger, hi-pot, generator tests.
• Coordinate electrical interfaces across instrumentation, process, mechanical, rotating equipment, civil, and utility teams.
• Ensure designs align with codes, LNG regs, interconnection, relay, metering, and power quality requirements.

Skills

Power system analysis

Interconnection designs

Substation design

Medium-voltage switchgear

ETAP

SKM PowerTools

One-line diagrams

Emergency power systems

Reliability analysis

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ETAP

SKM PowerTools

Job description

Mindlance seeks an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to review, evaluate, and support complex LNG-related power systems across utilities, industrial, and LNG facilities. You will focus on power system architecture, MV distribution, reliability, emergency power, construction support, commissioning, and codes compliance.

You will assess vendor designs, review studies, evaluate reliability, and coordinate across design, construction, and startup activities with cross-functional teams.