Principal Electrical Engineer

Rate range: TBC

Project: BW Offshore

Contract duration: 12 months ongoing

Site conditions: Perth Office

Key Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting and root cause investigations for electrical system failures, equipment reliability issues, and operational incidents.
• Review event reports, alarms, operational data, and maintenance records to identify failure mechanisms and develop corrective actions.
• Support daily operations through close engagement with operations, maintenance, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Develop and improve preventative maintenance strategies, procedures, and technical documentation.
• Manage and track punch-list items, ensuring issues are investigated, resolved, and closed out effectively.
• Provide technical leadership during equipment outages, commissioning activities, and fault investigations.
• Support development of scopes of work for third party contactors to undertake engineering and design services.

Required Experience and Skills

• Extensive experience with three-phase UPS systems, including Static Transfer Switch (STS) systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic capability, including the ability to analyse event logs, alarms, and operational data to determine root causes.
• Proven experience investigating and resolving dry-type transformer failures, including burnout and overheating issues.
• Experience identifying and resolving recurring equipment failures, such as beacons, instrumentation, and electrical component faults.
• Strong understanding of electrical equipment internals and hardware operation, with the ability to fault-find beyond drawing reviews and documentation.
• Experience with IT and TN-S earthing systems and associated electrical protection requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Gas Turbine Generators (GTGs), including synchronization of generators to busbars and synchronization between generating units.
• Conversant with High Voltage Partial Discharge (HV PD) monitoring systems and interpretation of monitoring data.
• Thorough understanding of commissioning, testing, and inspection requirements for electrical equipment and power systems.
• Experience developing and implementing preventative maintenance procedures and reliability improvement programs.
• Ability to troubleshoot directly from electrical drawings, schematics, protection diagrams, and system documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience leading or participating in daily operational and coordination meetings.
• Review & approval of revised/new electrical deliverables produced by third parties.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in offshore, FPSO, oil & gas, power generation, or process facilities.
• Experience supporting brownfield operational facilities with critical electrical infrastructure.
• Knowledge of reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) principles and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Experience managing interfaces between operations, maintenance, engineering, and vendors during fault investigations and corrective action implementation.

Personal Attributes

• Highly analytical with a structured approach to problem solving.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify underlying causes rather than treating symptoms.
• Effective communicator capable of translating complex technical issues into practical solutions.
• Proactive and collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement and issue resolution.
• Comfortable working in operational environments where equipment reliability and plant availability are critical.
• Willingness to travel to Darwin regularly (monthly business trips).
• Willing and able to travel offshore (adhoc/infrequent trips).