Electrical Engineer

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

About the role

The Electrical Engineer within is a key position for the safe and reliable operation of the electrical power systems, instrumentation, and control systems on BP’s pipeline facilities in the Pacific Northwest. In this role, the candidate will work directly with project execution and facility operation’s teams.

The successful candidate in this role will play a key role in developing new project technical designs, identifying lessons learned and reliability improvement opportunities, and reviewing capital and expense projects that are being performed either in-house or by one of BP’s contract engineering firms. They will also perform verification to assure that the modifications or new project designs follow BP’s technical standards, safety practices and the applicable regulatory agencies’ rules and regulations and are fit for the purpose. This role will report to the EC&I Engineering Team Lead and will primarily support the Pacific Northwest regional assets with opportunities to remotely support other assets.

You'll work directly with a diverse array of collaborators including operations support, facility engineering, process safety engineering, and business leadership. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring seamless coordination and alignment with the unique needs and expectations of each group. Key responsibilities will include optimizing project execution in collaboration with operations support, safeguarding infrastructure integrity alongside facility engineering, and implementing rigorous safety protocols through process safety engineering. You'll also play a crucial role in aligning engineering strategies with overarching business objectives under senior leadership guidance. Strong communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills are essential for driving successful project outcomes and fostering a collaborative team environment. 

What you will deliver

• Provide leadership and technical support for troubleshooting and solving the electrical issues that may occur on BP’s Terminal and Pipeline assets. It is very important that the electrical engineer be able to interface and communicate with operations and maintenance personnel. Where necessary coordinate vendor support and lead the team through resolution.
• Provide technical electrical and control system input and design support for the facilities’ Management of Change (MOC), Risk Assessments (HAZOPS) and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Facilitate MOC compliance with BP’s Terminal and Pipeline site technical practices, safety standards and compliance with the regulatory codes and standards.
• Provide technical assistance and direction to and assistance of BP’s maintenance personnel, contractors and suppliers regarding inspection and testing activities associated with electrical related facility changes.
• Provide assistance and technical direction to the facilities’ maintenance personnel in the implementation of instrumentation and electrical equipment and system Integrity Management (IM) standards. This includes in-service inspection and testing programs such as Preventative Maintenance (PM’s), evaluation of maintenance inspection and testing reports, failure investigations, equipment repairs and reliability improvement programs.
• Ensure key electrical facility documents are maintained and up-to-date. including key electrical one line diagrams, elementary and schematic drawings, wiring diagrams, area classification drawings, cable schedules, panel board schedules, layouts and installation details and major electrical equipment vendor data, whether this occurs in-house or is done by BP’s contract engineering firms.
• Ensure all power system studies are kept up-to-date with the facilities’ electrical design changes whether they are done in-house or by BP’s contract engineering firms. This includes the following studies: load list, load flow, short circuit, motor starting, arc flash hazard analysis, coordination, and protective device studies.
• Assist the project team in project feasibility, scoping, solution evaluation, technical design, equipment selection, operating philosophy, etc
• Provide technical assurance reviews of electrical isolation procedures to ensure personnel safety.

What you will need to be successful candidate

• 5+ years petrochemical maintenance, reliability, or project engineering experience
• Working knowledge of industry codes (NFPA 70 NEC, NFPA 70E, API RP 500, and other various NFPA and IEEE codes and standards)
• Experienced and knowledgeable in onshore pipeline and terminal operations.
• Experienced and knowledgeable in the operation and maintenance of Motor Control Center (Low and Medium voltage), motors (fractional through thousands of HP), switchgear, transformers, protective relays, raceways, and hazardous classified area installations.
• Experienced and knowledgeable in industrial control systems and instrumentation
• Ensures technical changes are managed appropriately and all relevant documentation for the assets are kept up to date
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with multiple points of contact in day-to-day work
• Ability to balance competing priorities across multiple collaborators

Education: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or Equivalent Experience

Why join us!

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others. How much do we pay?  121-173K. *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting. This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 15-30 days of vacation.  You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays.  You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at benefits@bp. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more at benefits@bp. We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits may include a pension for eligible employees. You may learn more about our generous benefits at benefits@bp. As part of bp’s wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability.  You may learn more about our generous benefits at benefits@bp. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Asset Life Cycle Management, Automation system digital security, Commercial Acumen, Commissioning, start-up and handover, Communication, Competency Management, Creativity and Innovation, Digital fluency, Earthing and grounding systems, Electrical operational safety, Factory acceptance testing, Financial Management, Fire and gas philosophy, Functional Safety, Hazard Identification, Hazard identification and protection layer definition, Instrument and protective systems, Management of change, Network Technologies, Safe and reliable operations, Safety critical equipment, Site Acceptance Testing {+ 1 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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