Electrical Field Engineer

Overview

A world leader in water treatment solutions, IDE specializes in the development, engineering, construction and operation of desalination, water reuse, and industrial water treatment plants.

• Responsible for the Power network and equipment of the Plants operated and maintained by IDE Americas.
• Overseeing Status and well-functioning of MV and LV
• Power network and Switchgear
• Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)
• Reduced Voltage Soft Starters (RVSS)
• Develop and follow up on the Maintenance Repair and Replacement Plan (MRRP) for electrical equipment
• Develop a migration work plan for discontinued equipment models
• Propose actions, upgrades, and modifications to ensure the reliability of the plant power network and equipment.
• Configure and commission new drives
• Lead the diagnostics equipment and repaired faulty equipment.
• Provide engineering support to electricians in routine preventative maintenance
• Evaluate preventative maintenance work orders and reports and propose improvements where necessary.
• Liaison with vendors, sub-contractors, and electricity providers.
• Prepare and upgrade records, including drawings.

• Experience with MV/LV equipment in the manufacturing industry, preferably the process industry or generating plant.
• Experienced with configuration, commissioning, and the maintenance of both MV and LV VFDs, RVSS, and switch gear
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an equivalent position, preferably in a continuous process or generating plant.
• Strong analytical skills focused on LV VFDs, RVSS, and switch gear diagnostics and maintenance.
• Familiar with AutoCAD.
• Ability to work in a demanding and busy environment.
• Ability to work independently, involving fieldwork and ability in traveling to other Plant sites when necessary.
• Willing to work long hours, weekends, and holidays and be on call when required.
• Successfully pass a background and drug test.

• Willingness to lend your efforts wherever needed
• Self-motivated
• Effective communication skills both written and spoken
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Work successfully as a team member or independently
• Commitment to quality of work and company goals
• Enthusiastic to learn new systems, process and technologies
• Effectively perform in stressful situations
• Complete work within assigned timeframe
• Willing to travel in the US, occasional trips to Santa Barbara

• Ability to lift up to 50lbs and over 51lbs with assistance
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, crouch, kneel, climb, balance, push/pull, and walk for long periods of time
• Finger dexterity to work keyboard or operate tools, grasp tools and carry objects
• Ability to see in the normal range of vision with or without correction sufficient to read computer screens, documents, dials, gauges, meter-reading equipment, and operate motor vehicles and equipment
• Hear in the normal audio with or without correction

• Industrial environment working both indoors and outdoors continuously around:
• Dust
• Heat
• Salt and fresh water
• Uneven, rough or slippery surfaces
• Hazardous chemicals in solid, liquid, and vapor form