What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Engineer position at IBM?
Introduction
As an Electrical Engineer, you will support electrical design and project operations across the Mid-Hudson Valley (MHV). This role requires the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate deep technical expertise in critical facilities, particularly electrical systems.
Your Role And Responsibilities
Role and responsibilities:
Technical Diploma
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
As an Electrical Engineer, you will support electrical design and project operations across the Mid-Hudson Valley (MHV). This role requires the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate deep technical expertise in critical facilities, particularly electrical systems.
Your Role And Responsibilities
Role and responsibilities:
- Responsible for all technical support regarding the electrical infrastructure to ensure 24/7 reliability, from main substations to individual dedicated electrical equipment panels. Serve as the subject matter expert for all site electrical systems including high-voltage distribution, substations, UPS systems, emergency generators and automatic transfer switch systems.
- Oversee break/fix maintenance and preventative maintenance of all electrical infrastructure including UPS systems, emergency generators and other critical infrastructure. Develop, review, and approve site technical specifications to ensure compliance and reliability.
- Have extensive knowledge and experience of data center and critical lab operations. .
- Interface with local power utilities to arrange scheduled maintenance and outages of site dual electric feeds.
- Perform electrical system short circuit calculations, protective device coordination studies and arch flash analyses.
- Provide technical input to all Building Management Systems including troubleshooting, sequence of operations and improvements.
- Review new project electrical and instrumentation/controls designs, oversee and approve project designs, provide construction and commissioning support.
- Work closely with all external design engineers on new projects or retrofits of existing areas. Work closely with other site engineers and Full Service Vendor.
- Author, review and approve all necessary Field Switching Procedures for electrical tie-ins for new equipment or changes to any site electrical infrastructure.
- Provide technical expertise to all site electrical contractors including Full Service Vendor team.
- Lead all annual electrical maintenance shutdowns; provide alternate options for site tenants that need to remain operation due to critical lab operations.
- Troubleshoot all electrical related issues and support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) with Full Service Vendor.
- Provide keen input to annual capital plan to continually improve infrastructure reliability.
- Collaborate with Business Units on new growth initiatives and develop conceptual designs for cost estimation.
- Analyze power monitoring system data to optimize performance and troubleshoot issues.
- Identify and implement energy savings initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with NEC, NFPA, OSHA, IEEE, and other applicable codes.
Technical Diploma
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- 8 years of experience in electrical systems and facilities operations.
- Strong knowledge of electrical codes, safety standards and compliance.
- Skilled at power monitoring tools.
- Proven ability to manage projects, solve problems, and lead teams.
- Excellent communication skills and organizational skills.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering (Professional Engineer License is a plus).