Senior Electrical Designer
Job Description & Overview
As a Lead Designer, you will prepare and develop high-quality 3D and 2D drawings for FEED and detail design, ensuring clear, constructible outputs. You’ll build clash-free models across disciplines and drive deliverables in line with project specs and procedures. The role involves coordinating with multiple disciplines, supporting estimates and change management, and guiding junior designers. This is your chance to contribute to complex oil & gas projects with a focus on quality, safety, and timely delivery.
Responsibilities- Familiarize with contract scope, specs, schedules, and inter-discipline requirements to proactively address issues
- Raise changes via Change Management and support variations
- Develop clash-free 3D designs in collaboration with other disciplines
- Interface with disciplines for input and interface clarity
- Maintain discipline master drawings and documentation files
- Prepare and review 3D models, detailed designs, and as-built drawings
- Review vendor drawings and incorporate data into discipline deliverables
- Generate IDC design documentation and perform design verifications (SDC/IDC)
- Monitor progress and maintain the discipline deliverables register
- Ensure compliance with Project Execution Plan and archiving of drawings/documents
- Lead design tasks and coordinate with Project Team, Client, and vendors when in Lead/Area Lead roles
- Provide inputs for progress reporting, planning, and productivity
- Capture lessons learned and mentor junior designers
- Prepare electrical design deliverables and BOMs
- Participate in model design reviews to resolve clashes
- Guide on MDR procedures, standards, and software
- Maintain awareness of health, safety, and quality requirements
- High School graduate with a diploma in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Design or related discipline; equivalent experience
- Minimum 6 years with major contractor or consultant; 4+ years in oil and gas
- Detailed knowledge of detailing standards and 3D/2D drafting systems (AutoCAD and/or MicroStation)
- Working experience in E3D and/or S3D
- Knowledge of DIALUX or similar lighting program
- Independent work capability and strong English communication
- HSE, TQM, and cost-conscious mindset
- Good organizational, motivational, and supervisory skills
- Flexibility for reassignment and workload sharing
- Understanding of MDR procedures and design guidelines
- Ability to lead, review, and coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces
- strong organizational skills
- team leadership and mentoring
- effective communication
- AutoCAD
- MicroStation
- E3D
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 02 Oct 2026
- Location: london
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Category: General
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