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The Operations Electrical Engineer provides electrical engineering support for field electrical infrastructure. This role supports the operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, project execution, and continuous improvement of electrical systems and equipment across field and plant operations. This position is within the ORCM Production Operations Business Unit based in Midland, Texas.

• 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, switch gear, 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 Easy Power.
• 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.
• 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, switch gear, circuit breakers, and associated protective equipment.
• Develop field-ready switching procedures and support safe load-transfer and switching activities under established operating procedures and appropriate supervision.
• 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.
• Experience with medium- and/or high-voltage power-distribution systems is preferred.

• Working knowledge of electrical power-distribution systems,…