Plant Electrical Engineer

Design, development, 24 hour technical support, and supervision of electrical control systems, equipment, machinery, utilities, and processes in manufacturing.

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to a team responsible for maintaining, specifying, designing, acquiring, and validating manufacturing equipment and tooling.
• Electrical hardware/software design for new projects and /or maintenance repair using sound engineering principals. Computer skills for performing hardware/software design for PLCs, HMIs, drives (AC&DC) and CAD layouts.
• Managing equipment specifications, and procurement of parts for capital and/or expensed projects, as well as, procurement of parts for maintaining existing equipment.
• Managing and scheduling maintenance personnel and/or outside contractors in association with completing projects and maintaining equipment.
• Interfacing with drafters or personally draft drawings for projects or updating existing equipment files.
• Cover engineering call in duties, typically once a month, but can vary.
• Setting up and verifying validity of spare parts required for new and/or existing equipment, and writing preventative maintenance instructions.
• A strong knowledge of power (medium voltage) systems
• Supervising, maintaining, upgrading, and archiving software used in the manufacturing process.
• Arc flash analysis

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• 4-Year college degree in electrical engineering or near equivalent.
• 4-7 years of electrical engineering experience, power experience a plus.
• Design, requisition, and oversee projects
• Computer skills and usage of software similar to those used in the plant.
• Management/supervisory skills are a plus.
• Problem solving skills.
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to design and implement technical concepts, and practices.
• Strong PLC software programming experience, including RSLogix 5000 and Modicon.
• Experience programming VFDs, HMIs, servo drives, robotics, and other controllers required.