Seeking an Electrical Engineer to primarily provide Power Distribution and electrical safety leadership. Experience with PLCs, electrical drives, and instrumentation is highly valued. The role involves continuous improvement efforts with a technical team and offers the opportunity to contribute to plant reliability at a site with a mix of modern and 1950s electrical infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Provide power distribution engineering support for all manufacturing aspects, including medium and low voltage.
• Maintain and develop electrical standards for the site.
• Lead efforts to uphold electrical safety culture.
• Interface with the local utility company regarding high voltage sources.
• Troubleshoot controls issues with operations and the electrical team.
• Evaluate substation and motor control center infrastructure, maintaining a 5-year strategy for upgrades.
• Provide electrical design support for site capital improvement projects, ensuring compliance with local and national standards.
• Potentially expand the role to include design for large capital jobs.
• Guide reliability programs for electrical equipment and develop specific work and preventative maintenance procedures.
• Finalize and maintain arc flash settings using software.
• Implement and maintain coordination settings for 480V substations to the load.
• Lead failure analysis efforts related to site power distribution.
• Interpret and utilize NEC, local electrical codes, and NFPA codes as appropriate.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 3-5 years of plant manufacturing experience.
• Working knowledge of E&I drawings including electrical schematics, logic diagrams, and P&I diagrams.
• Ability to troubleshoot power distribution issues using drawings, diagnostic data, and field observations.
• Ability to size electrical installations and specify equipment for site upgrades and changes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to perform electrical work safely and effectively in an industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of PLC and single loop controllers.
• Understanding of Safety and process interlocks, PFD calculations.
• Knowledge of electrical standards and Process Safety Management (PSM) procedures.
• Strong written, oral communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with others, including operators, mechanics, engineers, and management.
• Ability to mentor the site electrical team.
• Support substation diagnostics.
• Working knowledge of electrical systems with B-phase grounded and high resistance ground systems in service.