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Principal Designer

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
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The Principal Designer will lead design activities for electrical systems in the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors, focusing on high-level design and procurement for facilities.
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Principal Designer

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KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset

life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

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As part of the electrical engineering team you will be involved in the design of electrical systems for the oil and gas and/or power including renewable energies industries. This may be a conceptual study or front-end engineering design (FEED) or a design execution involving, the procurement of all equipment and detailed drawings for the construction and commissioning of an entire facility.

Responsibilities:

  • Expertise in drafting/design activities using AutoCAD/Microstation
  • Drafting SLDs and schematics with support of engineers
  • Prepare electrical layouts independently taking care of inter discipline interfaces
  • Prepare design/construction standards with minimum support
  • Modeling of cable trays, light fixtures and other electrical items in E3D/S3D environment
  • Prepare material quantities for electrical bulks independently
  • Use of review tools like NavisWorks/Smartplant Review
  • Understanding and implementing client requirements / local / international codes and standards relevant to electrical design
  • Understand and implement quality system requirements

Qualifications including Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

  • Basic level of proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications specifically: Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and Word
  • Diploma (Full Time) /Degree (Part Time) in Electrical Engineering
  • Good understanding of Electrical concepts and 3 phase power calculations
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • 14 - 16 years of experience in Oil & Gas / industrial projects

Preferred Qualifications Education, Experience, & Skills:

  • Experience in managing a small team of designers
  • Experience in working in multi-cultural environment
  • Provide effective training to young designers in 2D/3D Tools

Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability

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Top Skills

Autocad
E3D
Microsoft Office 365
Microstation
Navisworks
S3D
Smartplant Review

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