Job description

Please Note: BS in Electrical Engineering is a requirement to be considered for this position.

Primary responsibility is to apply the principals and practical application of electrical engineering in the design, manufacturing, maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability and continuous improvement of the site’s processes to meet departmental goals and future business requirements.

• Provide leadership and technical solutions to ensure the highest standards of environmental, health, and safety performance are achieved.
• Provide technical support to maintenance and operations to improve equipment uptime, capability, reliability, and throughput.
• Mentor supervisors, craft, and operation leaders to improve the team’s overall understanding of the electrical systems in the department.
• Provide technical ownership of manufacturing equipment and systems.

Key Accountabilities

• Improve equipment electrical and automation systems performance and reliability through planned projects, gathering input from operators, crafts and plant floor observations.
• Develop long term solutions and mitigation plans for the most impactful root causes of equipment breakdowns.
• Provide troubleshooting support during equipment breakdowns. At times will include non-standard work hours by phone or on-site.
• Prepare detailed plans utilizing scheduling and project management principles for major equipment outages to meet project deadline and budget.
• Provide technical support for continuous improvement projects as part of a cross-functional team.
• Prepare technical specifications for repair or procurement of new equipment and instrumentation.
• Provide electrical engineering support for capital projects as requested.
• Utilize predictive and condition monitoring techniques to monitor equipment health.
• Support special projects as requested.

Leadership Competencies, Technical Skills Requirement

Leadership

• The ability to communicate effectively at every level of the organization is critical in both written and oral formats.
• Strong interaction skills with production operators and maintenance crafts.
• Demonstrate the ability to function in a cross-functional and team oriented environment as a leader or team member.
• Assessing and reporting safety hazards associated with low to medium voltage equipment.
• Lead small capital projects that are primarily deal with electrical equipment and instrumentation.
• Site leader for electrical hazardous area classification and arc flash safety.
• Scheduling and executing electrical equipment maintenance.

Technical Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university and 5-10 years of relevant manufacturing on and industrial site experience.
• Experience with specifying various types of instrumentation found in chemical plant operations, such as pressure, level, and flow instrumentation.
• Experience with installation and specification of electrical motors, motor controls, substation equipment, breakers, variable frequency drives, and cables.
• Troubleshooting skills for industrial electrical systems including controls, drives, DC/AC control systems, and 25Kv/4160V/480V power systems.
• Controls system experience, DCS and PLC programming, etc. is a plus but not required.
• Familiar with National Electrical Code, including NFPA70E.
• Practice with loop drawings, instrument data sheets, electrical single line and elementary drawings.
• Selection and installation of plant lighting, fiber optics and network cabling systems.
• Estimate project costs and accurate timelines.
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, and familiar with MS Project.
• Willingness to acquire new technical and leadership skills, and share existing knowledge with colleagues.
• UPS selection and maintenance proficiencies.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

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