Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Senior Electrical Engineer
Location: Bergen, Norway
Job Type: Contract (Long term)

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer to support offshore oil & gas projects, with responsibility for electrical system engineering, supplier coordination, procurement follow-up, engineering documentation, calculations, and offshore field activities. The role will work closely with the Discipline Lead, Engineering Manager, suppliers, clients, and other engineering disciplines to ensure safe, high-quality and compliant project delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Follow up on electrical procurement packages, including supplier documentation, drawings, technical queries, and deliverables.

• Coordinate with suppliers and review technical documents, drawings, and engineering deliverables.

• Provide engineering input to job packages, installation activities, and project execution.

• Prepare and update as-built documentation, including supplier drawings and offshore red-line mark-ups.

• Perform electrical system engineering for LV consumers, LV systems, and switchboards.

• Perform electrical engineering calculations, including short-circuit/fault-level calculations and cable dimensioning.

• Support offshore surveys, field verification, and installation-related engineering activities.

• Contribute to electrical, instrumentation, automation and control engineering activities as required.

• Support engineering of Fire & Gas systems, field instrumentation, valves, layouts, and associated systems.

• Prepare Material Take-Offs (MTOs), requisitions, installation job cards, and other engineering documentation.

• Provide technical input to procurement activities related to mechanical packages where required.

• Coordinate and cooperate closely with suppliers, clients, contractors, and other engineering disciplines.

• Provide engineering input to other disciplines and participate in multidisciplinary coordination.

• Identify engineering changes and provide input to change requests and management of change processes.

• Perform engineering estimates and assist with planning and scheduling project activities.

• Report matters of importance, risks, deviations, and technical issues to the Discipline Lead and Engineering Manager.

• Ensure compliance with project requirements, quality standards, and HSSE requirements within assigned projects.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Vocational/Technical education, BSc, MSc, trade certificate, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in the oil & gas industry.

• Good knowledge of offshore EIT (Electrical, Instrumentation & Telecom) installations and requirements.

• Practical experience with LV electrical systems, consumers, switchboards, cable sizing, and electrical calculations.

• Experience with supplier coordination, technical procurement, and supplier follow-up.

• Strong experience with as-built documentation, tags, drawings, and offshore red-line mark-ups.

• Experience with offshore surveys and field engineering is highly desirable.

• Knowledge of instrumentation, automation/control, Fire & Gas systems, and field equipment is an advantage.

• Ability to perform engineering estimates and plan activities effectively.

• Strong communication and coordination skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary and team-oriented environment.

• Strong focus on quality, safety, HSSE, and engineering compliance.

Software Skills:

• Proficiency with relevant electrical engineering, design, calculation, documentation, and project-specific software tools.

• Experience with engineering document management and drawing systems is an advantage.

Recruitment Partner: Sperton

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