Senior Electrical Engineer

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible and provide support for the specification, design, implementation, installation, commissioning, startup, and close-out of small-to-large scale capital expenditure projects independently or in conjunction with Central Engineering resources. This position will also provide engineering expertise to assist plant-level Maintenance, Production/Operations, EH&S, and Management personnel in identifying and solving technical process issues. Technical assistance will require understanding of plant power distribution systems and process and machinery control systems.

A practical level of understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering principles are to be applied to assigned project work.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Capital and major maintenance project management that includes scope development, funding requests, budget tracking, schedule tracking and project execution.

* Coordinate day-to-day activities of contractors and plant maintenance personnel during project execution.

* Troubleshoot and resolve issues with existing process equipment and control systems.

* Provide training and technical assistance to plant-level Maintenance, Production/Operations, EH&S, and management personnel to ensure all project goals are successfully attained.

* Design using the latest hardware and software components, design machine control systems to maximize equipment productivity and assure all code requirements and safety standards are strictly met.

* Maintains and continuously improves plant process control systems, plant production network, and data collection.

* Accomplishes annual plant major maintenance and capital projects

* Monitors and maintains plant power

* Prepares for the annual major maintenance and capital projects for the following

* Supports the SAP maintenance work order system - using the data base to help evaluate equipment break downs and root cause analysis.

* 60% office - project development and tasks, reports, projects updates, team meetings/calls

* 40% production floor - project support, equipment installation, commissioning, startups, troubleshooting, programming/testing (PPE applies)

Education and Experience

* Degree preferred in Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline

* 10+ years of experience in a controls or electrical engineering capacity

* Experience with Allen Bradley, PLC, and programming
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