What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Specialist position at Catalyst Recruiting, Inc?
Electrical Specialist (Power Distribution)
Locations: Hammond/Gary/East Chicago - that area.
The company is a global chemical company needing a senior electrical specialist.
Key Items:
- Highly hands-on/applied
- Extensive experience in power distribution, switchgear, substations, etc
- Medium voltage and ideally some high voltage
- Induction and synchronous motors - ideally up to/over 20,000hp
- Travel about 20% to plants in the area (some overnight)
Some Position Info:
- Lead/supervise maintenance/reliability work for power/distribution at industrial facilities.
- Work with medium to high-voltage systems at 3-5 plants in a region (20% or so travel)
- Work independently at site, including knowing when to request
- Work with all aspects of developing, implementing maintenance and reliability programs:
- Power distribution, substations, transformers, etc, from 138Kv on down
- The “usual” breakers, switchgear, relay systems, battery/UPS
- Work with massive 15kv motors up to 20,000hp , compressors, pumps, etc.
- Reliability programs – oil analysis, IR thermography, discharge and power analysis, etc
- Root cause analysis and corrective action plans
- Assist with shutdown (aka turnaound) planning and electrical work
Qualifications:
- Extensive experience with 13.8kv; up to 138kv useful but not required for consideration
- Journeyman license is excellent!
- At least 5 years of experience maint/reliability with 5kv – 15kv in industrial setting
- Associates degree great; can have engineering degree - but this is hands-on.
- Required: a lot of current experience in heavy industry, power, chemical, etc, plants.
Salary: At/over $110,000/yr - $120,000 salary plus overtime
Salary : $105,000 - $120,000