Job Description

We are currently exploring potential candidates for an upcoming role at McDermott. While this position is not yet open for active recruitment, we want to connect with talented individuals who may be interested in future projects withs us. If you are passionate about building energy's future and want to be considered when this role becomes available, we encourage you to submit your details.

Job Overview

The Senior Electrical Designer completes a variety of Electrical Design assignments as needed and can complete work with a limited degree of supervision. They are an informal resource for colleagues with less Electrical Design experience. They developed proficiency in a range of analytical processes or procedures to carry out assigned tasks. They provide solutions to problems in situations that are atypical or infrequently occurring based on existing precedents or procedures. The Senior Electrical Designer directly impacts the quality of the work of the team.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Prepare and develop arrangement and detail conceptual, FEED, studies, and detail design drawings of high technical quality and professional consistent presentation ensuring clarity and ease of construction
Develop 3D models and ensure clash-free with all other disciplines
Ensure design deliverables are completed and issued per project specifications, MDR, and project Level 2 & 3 procedures, and within agreed schedules
Apply knowledge and/or skills to complete a variety of day-to-day activities within own area
Continue developing skills to complete repetitive tasks efficiently
Prioritize and organize own work to meet agreed-upon deadlines
Become fully familiar with the Contract Scope of Work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notification in the Change Management system, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates Provide similar support for Variation Orders
Interface with all disciplines to develop clash-free designs
Interface with other disciplines to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings
Liaise with other discipline support groups to ensure clearly defined interfaces, deliverables, and schedules are met
Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions), and forward copies to Discipline Lead Designer and Discipline Supervisor
Assist Discipline Lead Designer in preparing estimates for proposals and job scope changes, including execution statements, work schedules, and man-hour requirements
Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
Participate in finalizing deliverables lists, deliverables, and philosophies to ensure compliance with specifications and functional integrity
Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor/supplier meetings, engineering and design meetings, and offshore site surveys as required
Research Customer standards and procedures in order to prepare project-specific design procedures and standards for submission to the Customer for approval
Set up and maintain the Discipline Master design drawing and document files, including final archiving
Prepare and review Discipline deliverables such as:

3D model
Detailed design drawings
As-built drawings

Review drawings issued by other disciplines and incorporate the required data into Discipline drawings
Review vendor drawings and documents and incorporate required vendor data into Discipline drawings and documents
Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
Identify all items for which insufficient data is available to allow the drawing or model to be completed (HOLDS), and list these on the drawing and on the standard HOLDS list form Notify the Discipline Lead Designer when there are updates to the Holds list
Generate IDC design documentation for the project
Perform design verification through single discipline checks (SDC) and/or inter-discipline checks (IDC), providing comments to the Lead Designer
Review all project IDC design documentation for detailed technical interfaces
Maintain single discipline and inter-discipline check drawings and filing
Prepare, issue, and update material and weight data take-offs
Assist Fabrication as required in the resolution of construction difficulties relating to design problems, clashes, etc.
Monitor progress and maintain the Discipline deliverables register on an ongoing basis
Ensure compliance with the Project Execution Plan and the timely completion and archiving of drawings and documents
Keep the Lead Designer apprised of all activities, progress, and concerns, including manpower and budgetary-related
Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
Report errors and suggest resolution for the same
Participate in design reviews and audits
Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR's Lessons Learned system
Guide less experienced Designers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, technical queries, etc.
Provide guidance to trainee Designers
Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standards
Further develop an understanding of MDR's business including processes and procedures
Prepare/review Electrical Design deliverables such as:

3D model Electrical scopes
One-line diagrams
Schematics
Interconnection and wiring diagrams
Block diagrams
Area classification drawings
Conduit and cable schedules Power layout drawings
Earthing/grounding layout drawings Lighting layout drawings
Electrical cable tray drawings Electrical building drawings Electrical support drawings Electrical drawing indexes Lighting design calculations
Cable sizing

Prepare/review bills of material and perform material take-offs for electrical items including cables, lighting fixtures, cable trays, cable glands, termination kits, and MCTs
Participate in clash resolution meetings, as required
Travel to the fabrication yard to assist in mechanical completion, hookup, and/or commissioning, as required

Reports to:

Project: Lead Designer

Functional: Supervising Designer or Engineering Manager

Liaise With: Electrical Engineers, other Electrical Designers, the Lead Designer, and assigned designers in other disciplines

Supervises: Assigned Designers and trainee designers

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education

High School graduate with a diploma in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Design, or Drafting in a related discipline or equivalent experience
6 years min with major contractor or consultant of which 2+ years of experience in oil and gas
Detailed knowledge of associated industry detailing standards
Detailed knowledge of 3D and 2D drafting systems (AutoCAD and/or MicroStation)
Working experience in E3D and/or S3D
Knowledge of QA Systems and a good communicator
Detailed knowledge of AutoCAD and/or Auto lisp Programming, 3D Model creation, Menu and/or Macro compilation skills would be an advantage

About Us

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we've forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Senior Electrical Designer

Senior Designer - Electrical - Onshore