Senior Electrical Engineer
Yinson Production owns and operates eight floating production units, and we are now seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer in Oslo.
The position involves assessment, recommendation and approval of design across the fleet. The work will include system studies and early-phase work on new projects, engineering and delivery of modifications, and troubleshooting on units in service.
About the position
Your task is to ensure the fleet's electrical systems are safe, reliable and optimized.
You will join the Asset Lifecycle Management department in Oslo and report to the Head of Global Technical Support, who holds discipline authority for the electrical discipline and allocates work within the team. The fleet consists of eight units in operation, and the daily work comprises modification work, tenders and early-phase studies, including projects in execution.
We are a dedicated group holding overall technical responsibility for the fleet. You get responsibility for own judgements, and the path from a technical recommendation to a decision is short.
Core Responsibilities
- Technical support to Operations and Business Development
- Development of Electrical Distribution Network and system analysis
- Contribute and support digitalisation strategies including digital twin
- Support/follow up modification works and delivery as well as implement root-cause analysis when necessary
- Development of Yinson standards, philosophies and specifications
- Technical safety, reliability and operability
- Vendor and package management
- Site survey/inspection onboard Yinson facilities as required to collect data and propose improvement of Electrical Systems
- Promotion of best practice and implementation of experience feedback
Duties
- Participate in the EICT discipline's ongoing work as prioritised and support other disciplines within the department
- Interact with clients and manage vendors as required
- Provide technical reporting as required
- Maintain current professional knowledge by tracking developments in methodology, standards and technology, and by absorbing practice from clients and partners
- Apply a troubleshooting and problem-solving approach across lifecycle phases, including support to other disciplines where needed
- Interact effectively with other departments in the company
- Travel as required, including liaising with other Yinson offices, inspections at shipyards, candidate vessels, and operating production units offshore and onshore
Qualifications
Essential:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or an equivalent discipline
- Experience in senior electrical engineering roles working on complex power systems in an industrial or energy environment
- Personal ownership of electrical system studies, including load flow, short-circuit and protection coordination
- Experience from facilities subject to hazardous area classification (ATEX, IECEx or equivalent)
- Professional English, written and spoken
- Willingness and ability to undertake international travel, including offshore
- Self-driven and independent working ability
Beneficial:
- Master's degree in electrical engineering or an equivalent discipline
- Experience from FPSO, offshore, subsea or marine conversion projects or operations
- Familiar with classification society requirements (DNV, ABS, BV, Lloyd's Register) and associated standards
- Power system modelling in ETAP, or comparable system
- Package responsibility for HV/MV switchgear, including vendor follow-up and factory acceptance testing
Functional Competencies
Essential:
- Electrical network analysis
- Engineering design and calculation tools
- Detailed design and design review
- Systems engineering
- Reliability, operability and technical safety
Beneficial:
- Concept development
- Package engineering and vendor follow-up
- Site engineering
- Operations support and Management of Change
We Offer
- Work across the full lifecycle with electrical systems and equipment, for units in production and projects
- Broad discipline responsibility and short decision paths in a lean organisation
- An international technical environment in Oslo with daily contact across our global organisation
- Participation in our digitalisation work connecting real-time data, simulation and equipment information across the fleet
- Terms in line with the wider oil and gas industry: salary benchmarked against Tekna's salary statistics, bonus scheme, health insurance and a good pension arrangement
- A very good lunch arrangement at the office
Send application and CV. Applications can be submitted in Norwegian or English. If you are unsure whether you are a good fit, please contact us first for a non-binding and confidential conversation.
Yinson Production assesses applicants for their competence and suitability for the position. Applications will be reviewed on a continuous basis, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.