Principal Electrical Designer

**Job Overview**:
The Principal Electrical Designer directly impacts the effectiveness of their team and related team. They exchange ideas and information relating to Electrical Design effectively. The Principal Electrical Designer may work autonomously within established Electrical Design procedures and practices. They act as a lead, coordinating the work of others. They propose improvements to processes and methods within the Electrical Design discipline.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- Block Diagrams
- Area Classification Drawings
- One-line diagrams
- Typical Installation Drawings
- Motor control schematics
- Panel Schedules
- MCT Schedules
- Lighting Layout Drawings
- Cable tray drawings
- Earthing layouts
- Building Layouts
- MCT Layouts
- Tray support location Plans
- Cable tray sizing calculations
- Conduit & cable schedules
- AG/UG power drawings
- Interconnection & Wiring drawings
- Prepare bills of material and perform MTO of electrical items
- 3D Electrical modeling related to
- Modeling Cable trays
- Modeling Electrical Equipment
- Modeling Electrical field devices
- Modeling Cable tray supports / Supports for field devices
- Modeling Penetrations
- Modeling Cable trenches
- Extracting Drawings
- Extracting MTO
- Clearing Clashes / TDL
- Support Project Development and Coordination, including (but not limited to) the following:

- Maintain and promote a focus on McDermott’s end-product throughout engineering, fabrication, or construction
- Function as electrical design project lead or electrical task lead if required
- Become familiar with the project contract, scope of work, basis of design, specifications, and schedule
- Become fully familiar with the project contract, scope of work, basis of design, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
- Report to and coordinate with electrical design, engineering leads, and electrical design manager
- Supervise electrical designers (if project design lead) and coordinate with the lead electrical engineer
- Maintain close coordination with other discipline designers and engineers. Ensure timely input to other disciplines and also expedite inputs from other disciplines.
- Carefully evaluate, communicate, and manage change with full awareness of project impact
- Assume responsibility for schedule, quantity, and quality of project deliverables
- Ensure quality of deliverables / physical design through robust checking process
- Perform cold eye / SME review for other projects
- Provide support for vendor packages, including (but not limited to) the following:

- Create and issue required MTO for vendor package interfaces
- Create all design drawings to allow the interface to vendor packages with the remainder of the facility including I&CS
- Perform design review of supplier documents for electrical and non-electrical packages
- Provide support for the Inspection and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of electrical equipment, motors, and associated skids
- Provide Site Support, including (but not limited to) the following:

- Assist electrical lead engineer in leading on-site technical design support for Construction personnel
- Assist in managing all site design issues and coordinate with office personnel to resolve issues as needed, either from engineering office or from fabrication yard
- Implement procedures and provide detailed technical support for pre-commissioning, energization, commissioning, and start-up, as required by the project.

**Essential Qualifications and Education**:

- Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Minimum 18 years of detailed electrical design experience, including 8 years in the oil & gas industry on EPC projects
- Strong Knowledge of Electrical Bulks and installation design
- Proven project coordination and execution skills in the delivery of completed project design deliverables
- In-depth technical knowledge of the detailed design process involving large-cap (>$500 million) EPC Projects
- Experience with the utilization of MOPEX execution for large-cap EPC projects
- Proven experience with 3D modeling tools (SP3D/E3D/PDMS), AutoCAD/Microstation, and MS Office Suite including Excel and Word
- Experience with Dialux / Chalmlite for lighting calculation and Roxtec Tool for MCT sizing is preferred
- Prefer prior design lead experience on EPC projects for petrochemical or oil & gas projects
- Prefer experience at the site during construction and commissioning

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