Senior Designer - Electrical

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

JOB TITLE: Senior Designer - Electrical

Preparation and review of Bill of material for proposals/jobs. Reviewing the contents and norms mentioned in the proposal/Project documents.

S Carry out all drafting activities, design calculations such as Lighting, Cable sizing, Cable tray loading, trench sizing in consultation with Principal Designer/Concerned Engineer.

S Allocation and distribution of drafting work to junior designers in consultation with Principal Designer/Concerned Engineer.

S Preparation and review of Substation equipment layouts, Overall plant cable routing layout.

S Collect input from all concerned and prepare ‘TDR’ and updating the addition/deletion of drawings in consultation with Lead designer/Lead Engineer.

S To envisage the proper cable trench/cable routing layout considering the necessary clearances with other discipline routings.

S Proper selection of cable type, cable size, cable glands, MCT, Lighting fixtures and its accessories for Safe & Hazardous zones.

S Cable trench/tray loading details. Designing of trench/tray sizes considering future expansion and permissible tolerance specified in Project/Job/Client specifications.

S Prepare and develop Installation standard drawings in line with Project requirement.

S Preparation of Cable schedule, Cable drum schedule, Cable cutting schedule.

S Producing IDC documents, follow up and resolving the conflicts/decisions with other discipline routings.

S Input to Civil discipline for Cable tray support insert plates, floor cutouts, road crossing duct bank, lighting pole foundations, cable trench excavation, etc.,

S Ensure conformity of designs, layouts in accordance with Client/Job/Company (PFI) specification, design basis, Scope of Work and as per drafting basis. Reviewing the layouts from construction point of view.

S Maintaining the necessary documentation as per ISO standards. Updating ‘Documentum’, IDC records, Vendor documents related to design/drafting, check prints and Master drawing files.

Performing all the duties assigned and directed by Lead Designer/Lead Engineer.

Preparing drawings and design calculation such as cable sizing, trench/tray sizing, lighting illumination level. Bill of material based on the information received from Engineers, available client data and Project specification

Essential Qualifications And Skills

• Associate Diploma holder in Electrical Engineering or equivalent Certificate course with a minimum of 10 years of related Petroleum / petrochemical industry experience preferable from a background in working for consultancy organizations in the EPC of the Oil and Gas Industry.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience within the offshore oil & gas industry working for Off shore EPCI consultants / Contractors covering well head ,Tie in and Process platforms. Experience in Offshore HVAC/ HVDC Substation platform layouts is recommended. An added advantage would be experience in Fabrication Yard and review of fabrication drawings
• A minimum of 1-2 years of hands-on experience with 3D modeling using PDS and PDMS software, MDS module for extraction of supports, Smart Plant 3D, Smart Plant Electrical, EE raceways etc.
• Working knowledge on relevant International codes & standards like IEC, NEC, API, IP, IMO, IALA, IACO and Offshore codes & standards from various classification societies and clear concept on typical off shore platforms designs.
• To supervise design, drafting and modeling activities and accountable for successful completion of projects and / or proposals within allocated Cost, Time and Resource.
• Ability to effectively motivate and support a team of designers at the local office and at coordinate and follow up activities with Satellite office.
• Having core competencies like ability to adopt a dynamic, tactful problemsolving approach to tasks and demonstrate coordination monitoring, supervisory and communication skills.
• Having character competencies like proactive approach, eye for detailing, multi-tasking, forward planning and forecasting.
• Ability to provide right inputs to supervisors in order to make quick and conscious decisions on critical issues which might have significant impact on the scope of project requirements.