Senior Staff Engineer, Electrical

Venture Global LNG

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Venture Global LNG is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Electrical to join their Calcasieu Pass Facility Team in Louisiana. This role reports to the Director, Operations Engineering and is responsible for supporting the development and progressing Ready for Operations (RFO) activities, ensuring a seamless transition of the facility from EPC to the operations phase. The successful candidate will possess technical expertise in Electrical Engineering, with a deep understanding of motors, transformers, switchgear, and other electrical equipment, along with familiarity with industry standards, guidelines, and codes. A working knowledge of general plant equipment in the Oil & Gas industry is also crucial. Excellent written and oral communication skills are expected, as the role involves producing high-quality documents and developing conceptual ideas with minimal guidance. The role will provide intermediate-level Reliability Engineering support to the Operations team, focusing on Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• A minimum of five to ten (10-15) years’ experience working in an engineering capacity, with Electrical equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations.
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
• Extensive knowledge of motors, gas turbines (Frames & Aero-derivatives) and compressors is required
• Technical expertise in the Electrical Engineering discipline with in-depth understanding on motors, transformers, switchgear and other electrical equipment.
• Familiarity with associated industry standards, guidelines and codes.
• Working knowledge of general plant equipment in the Oil & Gas industry.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Expertise in relevant techniques to adequately lead RCFA exercises for failures relating to plant equipment and/or processes.
• Adequate knowledge in relevant techniques to drive fine-tuning & improvements in existing Maintenance practices to achieve a cost-effective, yet safe robust Maintenance strategy.

Nice To Haves

• A Professional Engineering License is preferred.
• Supervisory experience will be considered an asset
• Knowledge of CMMS Systems
• Power system analysis
• RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis

Responsibilities

• Serves as a resident company Technical Expert, providing advice and guidance on Electrical system engineering issues.
• Provide day-to-day Electrical systems support to the Maintenance & Operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment.
• Providing advanced diagnostic support, to allow rapid production recovery, in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outages.
• Provide Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises and provide technical summaries (with causes and recommendations) to concerned parties.
• Provide interpretation and evaluation services to analysis and recommendations from the Reliability Technicians on predictive programs.
• Support HAZOPs, LOPAs and other Process Hazard Analysis (PHA).
• Provide support to the Maintenance team for Turnaround planning and execution.
• Supports availability tracking and improving the overall reliability for plant equipment and Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for Electrical systems throughout the plant.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior