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Senior Electrical Designer

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In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Senior level
In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Senior level
Designs electrical systems and facility layouts for oil and gas, power, and renewable energy projects. Creates schematics, SLDs, cable tray and substation layouts, electrical models, material quantities, drawing lists, and design standards using 2D and 3D tools. Coordinates discipline interfaces, applies client requirements and electrical codes, uses design review software, and supports quality compliance. May manage small teams and train junior designers.
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Senior Electrical Designer

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.

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 substation equipment / cable tray layouts with minimum support from supervisor
  • Prepare material quantities for electrical bulks independently
  • Expert use of review tools like NavisWorks/Smartplant Review
  • Understanding and implementing client requirements / local / international codes and standards relevant to electrical design
  • Prepare drawing list for project based on scope of work document
  • Finalise templates and contents for various Electrical layouts based on client / contract requirements
  • Understand and implement quality system requirements

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Equivalent
  • 7 years of related experience with the average experience of 10+ years
  • Advanced 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

Preferred Qualifications:

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

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