Occidental Petroleum
Eng Staff Electrical
Houston, Texas, USA · Staff+
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About the role
- Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life.
- Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive electrical engineering support for power distribution equipment, including start-up and troubleshooting services.
- This applies across high, medium, and low voltage substations, transformers, switchgear, motor control centers, protective relays, variable frequency drives, soft starters, and motors.
- Collaborate in the design phase for both minor and major projects, performing load flow, short circuit, relay coordination, arc flash, motor start, and harmonic studies utilizing Windmil or ETAP software.
- Develop and validate protective relay programs for SEL or Multilin relays (651R/710/351/751/387/787), and oversee or assist with relay testing via current injection using Doble.
- Offer expertise for solid state power electronic devices, including low and medium voltage soft starts, variable frequency drives (480V to 12.47kV), and excitation controls for large synchronous motors.
- Conduct system modeling to optimize efficiency, employing capacitor banks and voltage regulators within power distribution networks.
- Manage factory acceptance testing for low and medium voltage electrical apparatus and facilitate start-up procedures for projects of varying scale.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Advanced proficiency in electrical systems
- Experience Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years' experience in electrical engineering
- At least 5 years of direct field experience
- Expertise in relay settings and programming for distribution feeders, transmission lines, transformers, reclosers, and motors, including proficiency programming Schweitzer relays
- Experience with large motors (exceeding 5,000 HP) and synchronous motors
- Strong analytical capabilities with proven effectiveness in resolving highly complex issues
- Familiarity with root cause analysis related to electrical failures
- Valid driver's license
- Skills & Competencies
- Extensive background in commissioning electrical projects and substations up to 230kV, as well as switchgear from 2.4kV to 24.9kV
- Knowledge of power electronics and motor controls, encompassing variable frequency drives, soft starts, and across-the-line starters
- Exceptional communication skills-verbal, written, listening, and presentation
Skills
- The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products.
Compensation
- The salary range for this position is:$ 0 - $ 0
Company info
- The Company anticipates that it will accept applications for this position for 14 days after the posting date, although it may extend that date depending on applicant flow.
- All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.
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