SHELL INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

SHELL INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
JOB ID: E23300
LOCATION: London, London, United Kingdom

Shell Trading is the principal trading and shipping business within Shell. It is made up of a network of independent companies that trade in their own right, but also leverage the opportunities open to a global organization by sharing information, advice and best practice.
As a world-leading shipping and offshore consultancy, Shell Shipping Technology aims to add value to shipping and marine businesses worldwide by offering a one-stop technical solution to an array of business needs. With around forty consultants providing up-to-date market intelligence, we offer first-class advice from early project development to fast-track implementation of shipping and marine projects.
Our key activities involve the project management of oil and gas-related projects, design and concept feasibility, detailed structural analysis, specification development, technical verification and site supervision. We also work on maritime HSSE audits, vessel condition surveys, technical risk assessment, technical support to fleet operations and maintenance, and casualty support.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
As an Electrical Engineer, you’ll be the responsible for defining, developing and executing control of the electrical elements of marine technical projects and for the day-to-day support of the Shell managed fleet of ships. You’ll coordinate the provision of technical advice to Shell’s fleet operations on a global basis. You’ll provide electrical engineering expertise on new build and conversion projects, ensuring that the associated designs,specifications and construction meet required construction and operational standards.
Specific responsibilities will involve:
• Providing specialist expertise and advice on developments in the relevant technology areas
• Participating in project teams for new ship construction and conversions,including the preparation of outline specifications,evaluation of tenders,negotiation with shortlisted bidders,plan approval,design discussions with builders,and ensuring attendance at commissioning and trials
• Reviewing proposed rule changes of classification societies,ensuring that what is proposed is safe,reasonable,not unduly costly and overall beneficial to the advancement of technical standards
• Maintaining external networks so as to keep abreast of developments in the relevant technology areas and feeding this into Shell projects.
• Leading various aspects of discussions with manufacturers
• Following policy with minimum guidance and effectively interpreting legislative requirements as necessary.
• Being a technical authority on marine electrical engineering.
REQUIREMENTS:
As an Electrical Engineer you’ll have a degree or equivalent in electrical engineering and ideally be a Chartered Engineer. Ideally you will have experience gained with one or more of the following; ship owners, ship operators, shipyards, classification societies or marine equipment suppliers. This will demonstrate your experience in a range of electrical engineering activities including concept design development for new construction projects, ship repair activities, preparation of reports and other technical documentation, and you will be conversant with the relevant international standards and classification society rules.
With extensive practical and theoretical knowledge of relevant issues in ship construction and operations, equipment design, testing and commissioning, you’ll be able to demonstrate your knowledge of state-of-the-art marine electrical engineering. You’ll also have proven competence in failure mode analysis and causal investigation of electrical failures or incidents. A knowledge and understanding of the safe use of electrical equipment in potentially explosive environments is desirable; as is a knowledge of control and automation engineering, but this is not essential.
An excellent communicator with a high level of fluency in written and spoken English, you’ll have proven industry experience and the ability to work with little technical supervision. Ideally you’ll have written or contributed to the publication of papers in international journals or provided input at conferences.
This is a challenging position within Shell; every day you’ll be dealing with a variety of tasks and people, and helping Shell retain its position as an industry leader in marine electrical engineering.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday 18 March 2011
NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1
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Shell is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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SYSTEMS ENGINEER WANTED!

SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Job Type
Company : Total Gas & Power Ltd
Contract : permanent position(local)
Branch : Gas & Power
Location : United Kingdom – London (Canary Wharf)
Interviews will take place in : Canary Wharf
Starting date : As soon as possible
Salary : According to profile

Job description
JOB DIMENSIONS

Financial:
* Impact of systems failure (Canary Wharf, Houston, Singapore & DR sites): several millions of pounds
* Technical advice and recommendations given for the purchase of K£ IT solutions within scope of responsibility
Non Financial:
* Operational role. 24/7/365 support of production server environments
* Sites: 5 (London Canary Wharf, Houston Total Plaza, London, Houston Disaster Recovery sites and Singapore)
* Number of servers : UK (CW & DR): 150 & 30, US (TP & DR) : 60 & 20 and SG : 8
* Number of users supported : London 150, Houston 70 and Singapore 7
ACTIVITIES
Report to the IT Services Manager to carry out all Systems related tasks with an emphasis on Business Intelligence
Architecture & Design
* Research and advise on feasibility of new projects and keep abreast of developments in the server and systems’ architecture fields with an emphasis on Business Intelligence solutions and technologies
* Responsible for the provision of server hardware and software solutions which have company-wide impact
* Design, configure and implement complex server technology solutions throughout the company with an emphasis on Microsoft (OS and DB) and Oracle Linux technologies and in accordance with Group and local IT guidelines
* Ensure the existence of related work documentation procedures.
Production and integration
* Administer and support all aspects of the server hardware, OS and DB (other than Oracle) server infrastructure to ensure the 24/7/365 availability of the service and provide 24/7 1st, 2nd and 3rd line call out service with an emphasis on BI solutions
* Testing and installation of OS and DB (MS only) technical patches for bug fixes and increased level of security
* Provide high-level expertise and support on all Microsoft (OS and DB) and Oracle Linux server technologies as well as all server based business applications with an emphasis on Business Intelligence solutions and technologies
* Ensure the availability of the Disaster Recovery server environment meeting the Business operational requirements
* Carry out the transport to production of the migrations or upgrades of server based applications (other than Oracle).
Technical areas of responsibility
* Overall Microsoft and Linux server, central storage and related back-up solutions,monitoring and proactive maintenance of all systems, central infrastructure for virus-protection, procedures for security patch deployment across all Linux and Microsoft platforms. Administration of all TGP Business Intelligence solutions. Data centre server environment, Disaster Recovery server environment.
CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT
* Fast-paced and complex Trading environment with commercial deadlines requiring 24/7 responsiveness
* Material financial consequences of disruption of IS – Impact of systems failure = several millions of pounds
* Shift Environment covering 08:00 to 18:00
ACCOUNTABILITIES
* Design, implement, administer and support all aspects of the Corporate and Trading server environment (UK, US and SG) – other than Oracle – within the Systems team on a 24/7 basis to provide the business with a performing, reliable and secure IS environment with an emphasis on Business Intelligence solutions

Required skills
Education
* Education to A levels or equivalent

Technical skills :

Required:
* Business Intelligence technologies and Database Applications (Qlikview, SQL Server, Analysis Services, SSIS and SSRS 2005/2008), Development skills (C#,Windows scripting and/or Visual Basic)

Advantageous:
* Windows 2003/2008 Server, Systems Management Solutions (SCCM, Altiris), Active Directory architecture Security & authentication, Symantec Netbackup, Citrix XenApp, Vmware ESX v4, IIS, Systems Monitoring Solutions, AV platforms (McAfee, Symantec), HP Server and SAN hardware, MS Sharepoint admin.
Experience
* Proven experience within a relevant industry demonstrating the ability to design and build large-scale, mission critical, scalable, resilient system solutions
* Good understanding of the Energy Trading business and constraints
Skills
Personal skills
* Organisation and planning abilities, ability to identify deadlines
* Good communication skills, adaptability, flexibility in working within a team
* Work under pressure
APPLICANTS MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM