Principal Electrical Engineer

Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact.  Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore's True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

About Us:

SBM Offshore is the world's deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably.  Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

Job Description:

• Leading the team to ensure that, Electrical Design & Engineering activities are performed according to standard procedure / methods outlined, international codes and standards including client specific requirements.
• Timely completion of designs, requisitions, engineering deliverables and Vendor Document Reviews within the budgeted Man Hours.
• Technical guidance to Electrical Engineers and Designers to carry out the design work as per the requirements of the Project, Adhering to Dept./Discipline Work Instructions and Quality Systems
• Preparation of design calculations for sizing the major electrical equipment. Hands on Experience with ETAP calculations – for Load flow, short circuit, Motor Starting, Relay protection, Harmonic analysis & arc flash studies.
• Preparation of Basis of Design, Design Philosophies, Performance Standards, Key Single Line Diagrams, Protection Schematics and other Key Design Deliverables.
• Hands on Experience in Procurement activity for Electrical & Mechanical Packages covering preparation of Enquiry Specification, review of Vendor Offers, Technical Clarification & preparation of Technical Bid Evaluation.   
• Close Coordination with other disciplines/groups to ensure:

1. Project Manager /Engineer are aware of problems of progress delays.

2. Proper interchange of design information.

3. Proper interchange of documents for IDC

4. Interfaces are correctly defined and captured into deliverables.

• Liaise & Coordinate with Client / Other stake holders for timely resolving the design concerns and comments meeting the deliverables schedule.   
• Aware on Quality procedures & Standards requirements to Ensure that Engineering Activities & Deliverables comply to the quality, design integrity to achieve the first time right.
• Hands on Experience in 3D Modelling Review, guiding team of designers in 2D / 3D electrical engineering, review of layouts / MTOs extracted from the model.
• Monitor & Ensure that Vendor Design Data of Electrical & Mechanical Packages are  incorporated by the PKE's into the respective Engineering Design Deliverables.   
• Familiar with design guidelines & procedures with hands on experience in Standardisation & Innovative Engineering for the Cost & Schedule Optimisation.  
• Ensure that site problems, Technical Queries are dealt effectively and expeditiously resolved complying to the fabrication schedule.

Job requirements:

• Academic : Bachelor in Electrical Engineering
• Exp: 18 to 20 years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas industry. Minimum 6 Years in  Offshore Process / FPSO EPC Projects as Principal Engineer is desirable.  
• SW or Tools: Hands on Experience in ETAP, Aveva Electrical, Chalmlite / Dialux, Navis works Freedom.   

Behaviours &inter-personal skills - Key points: Soft skills

• Team Leadership & Management skills
• Team spirit and good communication skills
• Strong analytical and Excellent problem-solving skills
• Decision making skills.
• Highly Motivated, Agile and innovative.
• Accountable and take ownership.   

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group ("the Company"). For further information, please visit our website at The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does 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.  All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.