Job Title: Electrical Engineer IV
Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid 3 days Onsite a week)
Contract Duration: 12 months
High-Level Description:
The Senior Electrical Engineer oversees and manages the electrical and controls design of expansion and maintenance capital projects executed by third party engineering firms to ensure compliance with Company standards and specifications and industry standards and managed to the project budget and schedule. Liaison with other Client functional groups within Project Execution, Operations and Shared Services to ensure project and company requirements are achieved and incorporated into the design deliverables.
Specific Accountabilities:
The Electrical Engineer must have experience in the design of large horsepower (10,000 to 30,000 HP) turbine and electrical motor driven centrifugal compressor stations, and experience in industrial systems and Hazardous Classified Areas meeting NEC requirements and knowledge of the following:
Power
- 120/208-volt systems including lighting panels, lighting, convenience outlets.
- 480-volt systems including motor controls centers/motor starters, motors, power panels, transformers, auto transfer switches and generators.
- 4160-volt systems including switchgear, motor starters, synchronous motors, circuit breakers, relaying, metering.
- Cable and conduit sizing.
- Starter and overload sizing.
- Grounding systems.
- Cathodic protection systems.
Controls
- Allen-Bradley or equivalent PLC base controls systems including Wonderware based operator interface and communication between multiple PLC based systems.
- Motor controls circuits.
- Valve actuators electric and pneumatic.
- PID loop controllers.
- Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD).
Instrumentation
- Smart and analog transmitters including Rosemount and Honeywell.
- Pneumatic gauges.
- Pressure, differential pressure and temperature transmitters.
- Oversees the development of the project scope, schedule, capital cost estimate, execution planning, risks and supporting information related to assigned facility projects.
- Ensures that all facilities are designed in accordance with all regulations, applicable industry codes and corporate standards
- Manages the execution of the design deliverables by a third party engineering firm against the project budget and schedule
- Reviews and approves design deliverables for example drawings, technical reports and material listing sheets
- Reviews vendor materials quotations, prepares technical evaluations, and recommends to the supervisor selections based on technical merit along with price and delivery. For example, turbine/compressor packages, equipment vessels, buildings, pipe, valves and fittings
- Provide technical support during the construction phase and the commissioning phase of the project.
- Reviews lessons learned from past projects and incorporates recommendations into future designs
- Provide technical guidance to junior engineers within the team or others based upon technical expertise
- Support and/or lead department initiatives as required
Scope & Dimensions:
- Responsible for the successful operations of the assigned area with significant corporate financial impact.
- Oversees the development and/or implementation of technical solutions, ensuring efficient coordination of technical resources and with other internal and external stakeholders.
- Provides informal leadership to peers.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
- 7 years of progressively responsible experience in engineering and project management
Preferred:
- Professional Engineer designation
- Demonstrated ability to be innovative, initiate and manage change.
- Capable of working independently, managing multiple projects and prioritizing tasks accordingly
- Ability to resolve complex issues based on depth and breadth of technical and business knowledge
- Awareness of interrelationships with other stakeholders both internal and external to the project team
- Effectively communicate technical issues and impacts to other technical and non-technical staff
Working Conditions
- Office environment
- Stress levels can be above normal as project work is deadline oriented, highly visible and numerous activities are conducted concurrently
- Overnight business trips to the field may be required, usually requires Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is between $65.00 and $69.00
Our benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and 401k.
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for your interest in this opportunity. However, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Tundra Technical Solutions is a global workforce and technology delivery firm, ranked by Staffing Industry Analysts as one of the largest in North America. At Tundra, we aren't just hiring top talent at the world's most recognizable brands; we are pioneers of social recruitment. This post is for a contract assignment. Assignment duties and duration are subject to business needs and requirements. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.California Notice. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with the following job duties: protect and return property, adhere to confidentiality requirements, comply with security requirements, adhere to policies and codes of conduct.
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