Electrical Systems Engineer

Job Description

Name of the Position: Electrical Systems Engineer

Qualification: Bachelors in electrical engineering

Reports to: Principal Electrical Engineer – South Pacific

Purpose of the position:

• Ensure that all electrical systems provide adequate functionality at required reliability with minimum cost of ownership in compliance with internal and external regulations.
• Support the implementation of a strategy for sourcing, engineering, maintaining and troubleshooting electrical systems in a standardised way.
• Support the continuous improvement of assets, work processes and people capabilities to maximize business profitability optimizing functionality, reliability, efficiency and lifecycle cost of electrical systems.

Geographical Area of responsibility

Australia & New Zealand but located in Vadodara, Gujarat

Functional area of activity

Operation, engineering, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical systems including:

• Power system analysis including fault, load flow, arc flash, protection co-ordination, motor start-up etc. using ETAP (Version 20.0 and over)-

High/Medium/Low voltage substations and switchgears,

• HV & LV Motors,
• Motor starters including VSD, start/delta, liquid resistance starter, soft starter etc.
• Transformers,
• Generators,
• Battery & UPS system,
• Lightning protection and earthing,
• Electrical equipment in hazardous area (EEHA) AU/NZS familiarity.
• Online and offline electrical testing,

RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership

• Support RSP technical lead on various improvement objectives.

Operations

• Provide Electrical Systems technical support to the operating sites.

Maintenance

Provide technical advice to local maintenance teams for the sourcing, replacement and troubleshooting of electrical systems. This includes:

• Standardisation of equipment and service providers,
• Review of online and offline maintenance plans,
• Review of online condition monitoring test results,
• Assess the competence of maintenance personnel for electrical systems and ensure that gaps between the actual and the required competence are closed.
• Ensure that maintenance for electrical systems is adequate, cost efficient and in compliance to Linde work processes

Projects / Modifications

Modifications

• Design and/or review all major modifications to electrical systems.
• Ensure update of the related plant documents in document management system after modification,
• Lead implementation of initiatives resulting from safety alerts,

Provide input to

• scope definition, costing & schedule
• specification of respective equipment & services
• selection of vendors & service suppliers
• subcontract construction & installation activities
• testing & commissioning for major modifications of the existing electrical systems (including emergency situations).

For electrical systems of new plants or process units:

• ensure relevant requirements are defined and reviewed by members of the team
• ensure electrical system structures & vendors are compliant with Linde standards and specific project/site requirements
• participate in relevant project reviews and acceptance (incl. factory and site acceptance tests, handover of systems)
• ensure maintenance teams are trained to operate, maintain and troubleshoot the new systems
• ensure all necessary documents are handed over, are of good quality and are stored in the Linde Gas Global Document Management system.

Troubleshooting

• Provide remote support to RSP electrical engineers where requested.

Reporting / performance management

• Review downtime reporting of electrical system failures at sites
• Review internal and external maintenance cost
• Review open actions for sites and provide direct support for site teams to close actions.
• Report implementation status of initiatives resulting from alerts, Lessons from Reliability Events and directives

KEY INTERFACES

External interfaces

• Suppliers - Selection of suitable regional suppliers, agree on technical scope/solution, stage gate inspection to ensure quality.
• Service Providers (for maintenance & engineering) - Selection of suitable regional providers, agree on scope, ensure quality.
• Plant Suppliers - Define requirements, review proposed design, participate in stage gate reviews and plant acceptance.

Internal interfaces

• communicate directives, alerts & initiatives. Support maintenance, trouble-shooting etc
• Projects & Improvements - develop design concepts, review EMOCs and provide expert input to improvement projects - eg, support scope definition, system design and design reviews.
• Opportunity & Project Development - define technical requirements specific to local site. Participate in stage gate reviews, Lead handover and acceptance of electrical systems
• Procurement - Work with Procurement to ensure that all supply agreements are properly implemented when required.

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Key soft skills

• Ability to take right decision based on facts under pressure
• Establish and maintain collaborative authority with contractors/suppliers
• Ability to influence/convince cross functional teams including superiors
• Strong problem solving and project management skills.
• Good negotiation skills
• Good oral & written communication skills in English language to explain and document reasoning for decisions.

Key functional skills

• Experience in performing various power system studies using Etap (Version 20.0 or over).
• Experience in operating, maintaining, troubleshooting HV and LV electrical systems.
• Experience with electrical isolation and re-energisation.
• Detailed technical knowledge of relevant electrical equipment and systems.
• Background in electrical safety with knowledge of hazards involved in operation and maintenance of electrical systems.
• Detailed knowledge with relevant national and international codes and standards.
• Experience in root cause failure analysis
• Strong capability to facilitate or lead risk assessments and make risk based decisions
• Experience in designing and building electrical systems.
• Experience in design of lightning protection and earthing.
• Experience in hazardous area inspection, design, maintenance.
• Experience in performing power system studies (fault level, load flow, arc flash, protection coordination) using Etap model.
• Read and understand electrical schematics.
• Experience with cable sizing and earth loop impedance calculations.