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Global Electrical Discipline Lead

PPG Industries, Inc
Springdale, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/27/2026

As a Global Electrical Discipline Lead, you will support the electrical engineering field within the Global Engineering team for capital projects and sites within PPG with primary focus on the Industrial Segment. Electrical Engineering skillsets required include:

  • Train and evaluate for electrical hazardous area classifications across PPG global footprint (USA, Mexico, Europe, Asia) and resulting electrical system designs.
  • Electrical equipment specifications (draft and review) including certifications (CE/ATEX vs NRTL) and factory testing requirements.
  • Support incident investigations around electrical systems incidents and equipment failures to identify causes and solutions.
  • Site power system capacity, reliability, and safety assessments. Includes power system load studies, arc flash studies, relay coordination, end of life assessments, and harmonic studies.
  • Capital project electrical and utility development support for electrical systems.
  • Electrical discipline reviews for project peer reviews during project development.
  • Factory testing, field testing, commissioning and startup requirement definitions and support.
  • Estimate support within the electrical system scope.
  • Train and evaluation for electrical safe work practices
  • Mentor site teams, global team members, and engineering contractors in electrical best practices

Based in a PPG facility, you can work a hybrid schedule. We are open to candidates outside of metro Pittsburgh, provided they are commutable to a PPG plant.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Be the electrical subject area standards and processes owner for design and requirements.
  • Support electrical scope development, cost estimating, specifications, construction packages, quality assurance, and technical support for startup and commissioning for capital projects.
  • Be the electrical engineering Subject Matter Expert for the engineering and site teams including electrical studies and specification of electrical equipment.
  • Lead engineering efforts for electrical man hour estimates and material takes offs.
  • Promote safe, balanced, solutions to opportunities within the design work process to further increase the efficiency and predictability of capital projects.
  • Support certifications and code compliance for electrical equipment purchases.
  • Audit manufacturing sites for electrical compliance, accurate documentation, maintenance programs and provide accurate recommendations.
  • Evaluate latest technology for electrical equipment.

Qualifications:

  • BS in Electrical Engineering
  • 20 years' experience supporting electrical engineering needs at sites and capital projects.
  • Experience within chemical manufacturing or capital project management is preferred.
  • Understand global electrical related codes and standards ( NEC, NFPA, IEEE, OSHA, IEC, FM global, UL, NETA, ANSI and NEMA)
  • Travel 25 to 50% of time, some international travel required.
  • Experience collaborating with international suppliers and engineers required.


Jak pracujemy: W PPG czymy zespoy, aby przyspieszy wspoprac i rozwoj kariery, pracujc stacjonarnie od poniedziaku do czwartku oraz z moliwoci pracy zdalnej w ramach flexible Fridays". Harmonogramy pracy mog si roni w zalenoci od lokalizacji.

O nas:
PPG: CHRONIMY I UPIKSZAMY WIAT

Dziki przywodztwu w dziedzinie innowacji, zrownowaonego rozwoju i kolorystyki, PPG pomaga klientom z brany przemysowej, transportowej, dobr konsumpcyjnych oraz budowlanej i posprzedaowej udoskonala wicej powierzchni na wicej sposobow ni jakakolwiek inna firma. Aby dowiedzie si wicej, odwied nas na stronie www.ppg.com i led @PPG na X.
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Proaktywni. Odwani. Godni zaufania. Wszystko, co robimy, zaczyna si od naszych
klientow. Suchamy, dziaamy szybko i nie przestajemy, dopoki nie rozwiemy ich
najwikszych wyzwa. Kiedy nasi klienci odnosz sukces, wszyscy roniemy.
Dziaamy wiadomie i szybko
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ryzyko, aby wyprzedza konkurencj. Pracujemy szybko i proaktywnie, wykorzystujc
wysokiej jakoci dane do opracowywania rozwiza, ktore tworz warto.
Osigamy doskonao operacyjn
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problemy, bierzemy odpowiedzialno i zawsze dostarczamy rozwizania. Jestemy
zarowno proaktywni, jak i reagujcy, aby napdza cige doskonalenie i osiga wyniki.
Wspieramy naszych pracownikow pierwszej linii - twarze PPG dla naszych klientow.
Konkurujemy, by zwycia
Skoncentrowani na przyszoci. Zdeterminowani. Ambitni. Z pasj rozwijamy nasz
dziaalno i odnosimy sukcesy wraz z naszymi klientami. Dostarczamy wyniki, wdraamy nowe
technologie i wykorzystujemy zwinno oraz szybko jako nasze atuty.
Jestemy dumni z bycia czci PPG
Silni. Zjednoczeni. Peni pasji. Pracujemy bezpiecznie, dziaamy uczciwie i cenimy
ronorodno naszych perspektyw. witujemy osignicia i jestemy dumni z
pozytywnego wpywu, jaki wspolnie wywieramy, chronic i upikszajc wiat.
W PPG korzystamy ze sztucznej inteligencji w procesie rekrutacji, aby uczyni go bardziej efektywnym. Narzdzia AI nie podejmuj decyzji dotyczcych zatrudnienia. Wicej informacji mona znale na stronie https://careers.ppg.com/pl/pl/candidate-resources.
PPG zapewnia rowne szanse wszystkim kandydatom i pracownikom. Oferujemy moliwo rozwoju i budowania kariery w rodowisku, ktore zapewnia satysfakcjonujce miejsce pracy dla pracownikow, tworzy atmosfer cigego uczenia si oraz akceptuje pomysy i ronorodno innych. Wszyscy kwalifikujcy si kandydaci bd brani pod uwag przy zatrudnieniu bez wzgldu na pe, ci, ras, kolor skory, wyznanie, religi, pochodzenie narodowe, wiek, status niepenosprawnoci, stan cywilny, status weterana, orientacj seksualn, tosamo pciow lub jej wyraanie.
Jeli potrzebujesz dostosowania z powodu niepenosprawnoci, wylij wiadomo email na adres recruiting@ppg.com.
Zakresy wynagrodze i wiadczenia w PPG mog si roni w zalenoci od lokalizacji, co pozwala nam na konkurencyjne wynagradzanie pracownikow na ronych rynkach geograficznych. PPG uwzgldnia wiele czynnikow przy podejmowaniu decyzji dotyczcych wynagrodzenia, w tym midzy innymi umiejtnoci, dowiadczenie i szkolenia, kwalifikacje i wyksztacenie, licencje i certyfikaty oraz inne potrzeby organizacyjne. Mog mie zastosowanie rownie inne zachty.
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