Venture Global LNG · 1 day ago
Principal Engineer, Electrical
Point Celeste, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
15+ years expVenture Global LNG is a provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas, focusing on innovative and cost-effective energy solutions. They are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to support the transition of their facility from EPC to operations, ensuring reliability and efficiency in electrical systems.
ConstructionEnergyNatural ResourcesOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Serves as a resident company Technical Expert, providing advice and guidance on Electrical system engineering issues
Provide day-to-day Electrical systems support to the Maintenance & Operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment
Providing advanced diagnostic support, to allow rapid production recovery, in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outages
Provide Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises and provide technical summaries (with causes and recommendations) to concerned parties
Provide interpretation and evaluation services to analysis and recommendations from the Reliability Technicians on predictive programs
Provide support to the Maintenance team for Turnaround planning and execution
Supports availability tracking and improving the overall reliability for plant equipment and Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for Electrical systems throughout the plant
Qualification
Required
Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
A minimum 15 years' experience working in a senior engineering capacity, with Electrical equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations
Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable
Extensive knowledge of motors, gas turbines (Frames & Aero-derivatives) and compressors is required
Technical expertise in the Electrical Engineering discipline with in-depth understanding on motors, transformers, switchgear and other electrical equipment
Familiar with associated industry standards, guidelines and codes
Working knowledge of general plant equipment in the Oil & Gas industry
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
Ability to produce coherent, high quality documents
Self-starter and ability to develop on conceptual ideas with minimal guidance
Provide, as a minimum, intermediate level Reliability Engineering support to the Operations team
Expertise in relevant techniques to adequately lead RCFA exercises for failures relating to plant equipment and/or processes
Adequate knowledge in relevant techniques to drive fine-tuning & improvements in existing Maintenance practices
Preferred
A Professional Engineering License
Knowledge of CMMS Systems
Power system analysis
RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis
Company
Venture Global LNG
Venture Global LNG develops, constructs, and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$46.48BKey Investors
Stonepeak
2025-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-07-28Post Ipo Debt· $15.1B
2025-05-01Post Ipo Debt· $3B
Leadership Team
Jack Thayer
Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Blake
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Recent News
2026-01-22
2025-12-20
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