Lead Electrical Project Engineer-00034012 Description

Occidental is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil producers in the , including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit Our greatest asset has been, and will continue to be, our people. We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Lead Electrical Project Engineer in our US Onshore Resources & Carbon Management (ORCM), based in Houston, TX. Purpose: Oversee all aspects of the electrical infrastructure projects. Manages the interfaces between electrical engineering team, Facilities &Construction and Business Units teams as well as between third-party supplied engineering contractors, suppliers. Develop clear scope definition of all client scope and interface points including engineering deliverables, scope of services, timeline, etc. Support electrical project teams by providing recommendations on building electrical substations, power lines, electrical protection system protection supported by coordination and reliability studies. Optimize and streamline the current electrical project design process. Coordinates the internal and external engineering teams and ensures completeness of the Engineering/Design deliverables. Support and promote all requirements for overall project engineering and procurement schedules on managing cost by ensuring electrical discipline is cost effective. Overall responsibility reaches until acceptance of the facilities and distribution systems which includes development of close out reports and transfer of all project documentation. Inform and report project status realistically, openly and in good time. Drive electrical lessons learned, identify, and implement best practice across electrical engineering team. Implement new methodologies -such as reliability analysis – across ORCM. Roles and Responsibilities: Be an Engineering lead by ensuring the ORCM projects are implemented in Detail Engineering deliverables for achieving completion with Goal Zero incidents within agreed project timelines and approved AFE cost. Resolution of technical queries raised by electrical field execution and engineers and project manager teams by engaging with Project & Site team members, further ensuring queries of vendors/contractors are also resolved. Prepare the detailed engineering plans in the execution plan and the processes and procedures for engineering teams to follow. Follow-up with Partner on engineering deliverables timely completion and monitoring the review cycles. Ensuring the man-hour consumption of the consulting engineering is within the budget. Ensuring Management of Change is followed based on procedure. Preparing the monthly progress report and issuing the same to PM for his review before it is published to Internal ORCM stakeholders. Appraising electrical project engineers on the project activities. Analyze projects designs and develop innovative solutions to improve economics and maximize return. Ensuring lessons learned from experience and similar projects is not repeated. Design electrical power systems, including equipment sizing, overhead power line sizing, cable routing and cable sizing, equipment selection, etc. Get load request from business units and evaluate the power needs for these projects. Work with Oxy Power Solutions team to get utility services (new services, studies, etc.) Provide projects cost estimating and engineering proposals. Support the development of facilities standards, design guidelines, and tools. Ensure working environment is conducive to productivity to meet BU targets. Remove roadblocks and impediments, manages conflict (internal and external). Present recommendations and approval request to senior management Participate in QA/QC audit processes. Participate in annual and long-term business planning. Job

-Project Primary Location

-United States-Texas-Houston Organization

-DOMESTIC Schedule

-Full-time