Electrical Engineer

Position Summary

Under the direction of shop management and Engineering, the electrical engineer uses engineering principles and design software, to help design, develop, and maintain electrical control systems and/or components to required specifications, focusing on economy, safety, reliability, quality, and sustainability.

Job Responsibilities
Electrical Design (90% of duties)

• Perform design work for projects utilizing principles of mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Utilizes computer software, drawings, and other tools to perform engineering tasks. 
• Coordinates manufacturing, installation, maintenance support documentation and testing activities to ensure compliance with specification, codes and design requirements.
• Establishing construction, manufacturing, or installation standards or specifications by performing a wide range of detailed calculations.
• Inspects completed installations and observes operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment.
• Review drawings to ensure technical and regulatory compliance.
• Able to provide information and technical support to internal and external customers that meet customer and company expectations.
• Responsible for reviewing jobs to ensure the job meets or exceeds Customer expectations.
• Coordinate with customers regarding specification/design questions and clarifications.
• Work with Purchasing and Vendors to receive quotes and lead times to complete design.
• Understanding of basic electrical and control system principles and a familiarity with reading electrical schematics, three-line diagrams and control / communication diagrams.
• Ability to coordinate multiple group efforts within the company to achieve objectives.
• HSEQ, DOT, OSHA compliance and conformance that delivered an excellent safety record.
• Competent with AutoCad and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook).  Math Skills.
• Excellent communication skills, organizational skills (coordinate multiple group efforts with the company to achieve results) and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify processes needing improvement and recommendations towards improvement
• Maintaining electrical equipment.
• Able to follow directions regarding assignment and Customer expectation on projects.
• Understand and follows company policies, state, federal, and safety polices.
• Able to work overtime (nights and weekends) to complete jobs in progress.
• Other duties as assigned.

 Electrical Testing (10% of duties)

• Performs power testing of protective relay panels, medium voltage switchgear line-ups, test communication, and HMI components on the relay panel. Testing also involves switchboards, automatic transfer switches, and other power distribution component.
• Reviews project specifications and implement testing procedures to comply with project requirements.
• Reviews test plans of large projects against schematics
• Maintains test folder for all projects with relevant test reports, test drawings, and test pictures.
• Leads problem-solving initiatives to analyze quality failures and help drive quality improvements (ex. ways to improve the efficiency of testing to reduce the time required).

Required Experience and Qualifications:

• Associate degree in related field or equivalent experience or a minimum of 5 years of combined experience.

Additional Information

Travel: Up to 5%

Physical Demands: Occasionally lifting a minimum of 50lbs on a daily.  Position requires standing and using computer and/or phone for extended periods of time.