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Senior Designer, Electrical

Venture Global LNG, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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Overview Venture Global LNG ("Venture Global") is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s two Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

Responsibilities

Act as the drafting and design interface for the discipline for projects and proposals

Ensure quality of drafting, design and back drafting by carrying out quality checks as per the quality procedures and maintain quality records thereof

Monitor and report drafting and design progress for projects to the Engineering Manager

Induct drafting and design personnel to the drafting procedures in the office and ensure adherence to the same

Liaise with other disciplines on technical issues

The ability to work independently to complete demanding assignments through the application of advanced design theories, techniques, and practices on several small and medium size projects

The ability to work within a team environment with a minimum of supervision

Performs moderately to difficult drafting assignments requiring a working knowledge of established drafting techniques, standards, practices and software. Understands and applies company procedures as they pertain to the electrical discipline

The proven ability to oversee the preparation of design and detail drawings from sketches, plans or other design / specification data

Ability to take on responsibility for the design and drafting of HV, MV and LV electrical installations

Direct the work of junior designers and ensure the drawings are in accordance with the client requirements and relevant project specifications

Have the experience to participate in design review with various clients and to advise on technical design and drafting issues and compliance requirements as appropriate

Be able to demonstrate a proven track record of completing a given work scope within time and project constraints

Develop layouts, plans, sections, elevations, and details for facilities, equipment, etc. from reference drawings or catalogs

Performs dimensional and routine calculations required for the preparation of drawings. Records and files electrical discipline documents

Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown on raceway routing, etc.

Responsible for the coordination of all electrical drawings

Quality Assurance – Responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system relevant to the project, etc.

Technical / Industry Experience and Qualifications

10 or more years of experience as an Electrical Design Lead in Oil and Gas Industry

Experience in:

Engineering Workshare

3D Modelling packages such as AutoPlant / PDMS / PDS

CAD

AutoCAD

Microstation

SmartPlant 3D

SmartPlant Electrical (SPEL)

Specialization in the following: detailed drawings for lighting; small power and earthing systems; HV/MV/LV single line diagrams; wiring and control schematic diagram; AC/DC distribution panels, process area electrical equipment layouts, substation and switchyard layouts, cable tray, above grade and underground cable layouts, ductbank sizing and layouts, preparation of installation details, grounding plans, lightning layouts

Cable schedules, cable pulling calculations, cable tray sizing calculations, cable selection & sizing calculations

Lighting calculations (using software AGI32, etc.)

Material take-offs, selection of bulk materials

Heat Tracing system layouts

Able to commute to Downton Houston office Monday – Friday

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training

A Degree or Diploma in Electrical Design / Drafting with discipline specific training

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting

Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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