Electrical Method Engineer

Job Purpose:

Ensure safe commissioning, start-up, and maintenance execution on Electrical Equipment, compliant with HSE rules, legislative regulations, and international standards.

Job Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership and Discipline Expertise

• Act as discipline leader for electrical systems (HV, MV, LV, emergency power, UPS, drives, and grounding systems) within the Technical Support Team.
• Provide technical support to onshore NGC operations and maintenance teams, including vendor/subcontractor management and identification of missing spare parts in SAP/CMMS.
• Oversee technical aspects of purchase requests, technical bid evaluations, and post-order follow-up for electrical equipment, systems, and repairs.
• Supervise and coordinate vendor/subcontractor interventions (on-site assistance, workshop activities, remote diagnostics), preparing Scope of Work, schedules, budgets, and dossier closure.
• Support plant troubleshooting for switchgear, transformers, motors, power generation, UPS, emergency systems, and instrumentation power supplies.
• Ensure compliance with IEC, IEEE, NFPA 70 (NEC), API/ASME where applicable, ISO 9001/14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Provide input into CAPEX/OPEX optimization and lifecycle management of electrical assets, ensuring long-term reliability and energy efficiency.

Methods, Procedures, and Continuous Improvement

• Develop and issue electrical discipline procedures, method statements, work instructions, and risk assessments for plant activities.
• Perform failure investigations, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and issue technical dossiers with corrective and preventive recommendations.
• Identify and implement efficiency and reliability improvement opportunities in power generation and distribution systems.
• Maintain accurate and updated documentation of methods, technical procedures, and reports in the CMMS and engineering databases.
• Prepare and present status reports, technical issue logs, KPIs, and reliability dashboards to management.
• Support introduction of predictive maintenance and digital tools such as condition monitoring, online diagnostics, smart sensors, and digital twins.
• Standardize electrical maintenance best practices across the plant to ensure consistency and cost-effectiveness.

Maintenance Engineering and Planning

• Support the Lead Maintenance Engineer in defining preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for electrical systems.
• Develop Scope of Work (SOWs) for scheduled turnarounds, refurbishments, repairs, and non-routine interventions.
• Manage spare parts: movement, stock levels, and replacements to ensure availability for critical electrical equipment.
• Utilize CMMS (SAP, Maximo, AMOS, or equivalent) for planning, tracking, and reporting maintenance activities.
• Establish preventive and predictive maintenance programs for power generation, electrical distribution, motors, drives, and protection systems.
• Integrate energy efficiency and power optimization strategies into maintenance planning, in line with sustainability and cost-reduction goals.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems, Energy, or related discipline)
• 8–10+ years of experience in electrical engineering within oil & gas, LNG, FPSO, petrochemical, or power generation sectors.