Occidental Petroleum
Eng Electrical
Midland, Texas, USA · Mid
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About the role
- This position is within the ORCM Production Operations Business Unit based in Midland, Texas.
Responsibilities
- Provide electrical engineering support for power-distribution equipment, including start-up and troubleshooting activities for high-, medium-, and low-voltage systems.
- Equipment may include substations, transformers, switchgear, motor control centers, protective relays, variable frequency drives, soft starters, and motors.
- Assist with the design and execution of minor and major projects, including load-flow, short-circuit, relay-coordination, arc-flash, motor-starting, and harmonic studies using tools such as Windmil, ETAP, or EasyPower.
- Support development, review, and validation of protective-relay settings and programs for SEL and Multilin relays, including feeder, transformer, motor, and recloser applications.
- Assist with relay-testing activities, including current-injection testing using Doble equipment, and support the development of low-voltage circuit-breaker settings and protection-coordination studies.
- Provide technical support for power-electronic equipment, including low- and medium-voltage soft starters, variable frequency drives, and excitation controls for synchronous motors.
- Support electrical system modeling and reliability improvements, including evaluation of capacitor banks, voltage regulators, and power-distribution configurations.
- Develop field-ready switching procedures and support safe load-transfer and switching activities under established operating procedures and appropriate supervision.
Requirements
- Experience Requirements
- Familiarity with electrical studies, such as load flow, short circuit, protective-device coordination, motor starting, and arc-flash analysis.
- Familiarity with electrical commissioning and testing practices for substations, switchgear, transformers, cables, motors, and protective devices.
- Skills & Competencies
- Exposure to protective relays, including SEL and/or Multilin equipment, is preferred.
- Knowledge of motor-control applications, including variable frequency drives, soft starters, and across-the-line starters.
- Understanding of electrical safety requirements, including NFPA 70E, and awareness of IEEE 1584 arc-flash methodologies.
Nice to have
- Participate in factory acceptance testing, commissioning, and start-up activities for low- and medium-voltage electrical equipment.
- Review and interpret electrical test results for cables, motors, transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers, and associated protective equipment.
- Participate in root-cause analyses of electrical failures and recommend corrective actions to improve equipment reliability and operational performance.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Foundational knowledge of electrical power systems, power distribution, protective relaying, motor controls, and electrical safety practices.
- Valid driver's license.
- Minimum of 3 years of electrical engineering experience, preferably supporting industrial, oil and gas, power-generation, or process-facility electrical systems.
- Field experience supporting electrical maintenance, troubleshooting, commissioning, construction, or project execution is preferred.
Company info
- Company car will be provided for field work and daily commute.
- All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Occidental does not sponsor employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this position.
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