Electrical Design Verification Engineer

• Overall experience: 10 to 15 years with reputed international EPC Contractors like Technip, Worley, Wood, Petrofac etc. (Operation experience is not accepted)
• Electrical Engineers with experience in Design, Detailed engineering, and EPC of Oil & Gas or petrochemical Projects. The engineers should have a minimum of 8 years of core design experience in the discipline with any EPC or FEED Contractors while working in the Oil & gas and allied industries. The selected Engineer would be part of the Bureau Veritas Design Review team based at their Technical Center located in Abu Dhabi.

• Independently review and verify Electrical Design Basis and design philosophies for oil & gas projects in line with applicable codes, standards, and client requirements.
• Perform design reviews of electrical power generation and distribution systems (HV, MV, LV), including substations and system architecture.
• Review UPS systems supplying DCS, ESD, F&G, telecom, and other safety-critical loads, verifying sizing philosophy, autonomy, redundancy, and segregation.
• Conduct independent reviews of electrical Single Line Diagrams (SLDs) for compliance, consistency, and system reliability.
• Review motor specifications, starting philosophy, protection schemes, and interfaces with mechanical and process systems.
• Verify earthing, bonding, and lightning protection system designs to ensure personnel safety, static discharge control, and hazardous area compliance.
• Review electrical equipment specifications, datasheets, and bulk material specifications without assuming design ownership.
• Assess electrical layouts, equipment rooms, substations, transit layouts, and cable routing concepts from safety, operability, and maintainability perspectives.
• Perform compliance checks against international standards (IEC, IEEE, API, NFPA, NEC, BS EN) and project-specific/client standards.
• Identify design gaps, deviations, and non-compliances, and raise formal review comments and technical observations.
• Carry out inter-disciplinary design checks (IDC) to verify electrical interfaces with instrumentation, mechanical, civil, and process disciplines.
• Review vendor documents and participate in technical bid evaluations (TBE) and vendor document reviews from an independent verification standpoint.
• Participate in FATs, Electrical-HAZOP, and design review workshops as an independent electrical discipline reviewer.
• Support client meetings, design review discussions, and technical clarification sessions while maintaining third-party impartiality.
• Prepare and contribute to design review reports, comment registers, close-out notes, and verification deliverables in support of certification activities.
• Verification of the Safety Critical Elements (UPS, Earth-bonding, ATEX equipment, navigational lights, Emergency Lighting etc.) at sites (Vendor, Offshore sites during Construction and Commission etc.)

The engineer should have the following experience from the EPC Contactor

• Preparation of Electrical Design Basis, Electrical Design Criteria, and project-specific electrical philosophies.
• Preparation of electrical equipment specifications and data sheets for DGs, transformers, switchgears, UPS, batteries, motors, cables, and DBs.
• Experience with electrical power generation and distribution systems, including HV, MV, and LV networks and substations.
• Electrical load list preparation, load calculations, and development of electrical system architecture.
• Sizing calculations for generators, transformers, UPS systems, batteries, cables, earthing, and lightning protection systems.
• Development and checking of Single Line Diagrams (SLDs) and typical electrical schematics.
• Preparation and review of bulk electrical material specifications and material take-offs.
• Experience in electrical equipment layouts, substation layouts, electrical room layouts, and cable routing layouts.
• Exposure to electrical system studies such as short-circuit, load flow, motor starting, and protection coordination (preparation or review).
• Experience in earthing and bonding system design, including lightning protection systems.
• Knowledge of hazardous area electrical design, including Ex equipment selection and installation practices.
• Preparation and review of vendor technical queries (TQs) and responses during engineering and procurement phases.
• Participation in technical bid evaluations (TBE) and review of vendor documents for electrical packages.
• Inter-disciplinary coordination with instrumentation, mechanical, civil, and process disciplines during engineering execution.
• Participation in FATs, HAZID, HAZOP, and design review meetings as part of EPC project execution.
• Support to construction and commissioning teams through design clarifications and site technical support.
• Exposure to onshore and offshore site activities during construction and commissioning phases.
• Familiarity with international electrical codes and standards (IEC, IEEE, NFPA, NEC, BS EN) and client specifications

Selected Engineer will work on various Oil & Gas and allied Projects involving the

• Design Review
• Engineering document review
• Safety Critical elements Verification during the EPC stage
• Technical Audits
• RCA Studies/Third Party Assessment of incidents related to electrical discipline

• Always comply with all applicable legal requirements, BV Abu Dhabi HSE Policies and procedures, client’s HSE procedures and code of practices.

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