Manager, Electrical Engineering

About the Job

We are hiring a Manager of Electrical Engineering, to be based in Texas, with 40-50% travel throughout the region.

Provide Electrical Engineering and Project Management oversight to an assigned area regarding all electrical engineering projects, repairs, and as applicable, preventative maintenance. Manage internal and external electrical engineers in the planning and design of electrical and automation systems including establishing equipment selection criteria.

Manage the coordination of projects with regional electrical and operational staff and vendors to ensure engineering projects are appropriately staffed and milestones are achieved. Manage junior EE's as they work with regional electrical managers in prioritizing work during equipment outages such as capital projects, expense projects, and preventative maintenance. Assess needs and internal resources available to perform the required tasks and coordinate the use of outside contractors as necessary.

Evaluate project deliverables, timelines, and closeout to increase efficiency, quality, and volume.

Mentor/instruct the regional electrical staff and junior EE's to ensure conformance to safe and best practices in all aspects of electrical systems, including design, construction, and testing. Create and provide training for Regional Electrical Staff and EE's to improve troubleshooting skills and construction methods.

Review and develop reports, as necessary, to show the effectiveness of electrical engineering, power savings, or other such metrics. Must maintain knowledge of current methods, best practices, and code standards including NEC, NFPA, IEEE, and NEMA relating to assigned work. Develop technical specifications and purchase requisitions for process control equipment. Provide input to the creation and modification of Corporate Standards, Specifications, and Policies.

• Enforce safe operating standards, continually improving practices.
• Manage and improve current methods for tracking documentation, project work, and other similar topics.
• Cost Estimating - Provide electrical cost estimates for proposed new facilities and plant modifications. These estimates will include costs for electrical equipment and installation costs.
• Engineering Design Services - Provide complete distribution/control design design for aggregate, asphalt, and ready-mix facilities. Design shall include PLC/HMI programming, plant networks, and control schematics. Provide technical supervision in formulating calculations, evaluations, feasibility studies, and optimum design criteria for plant electrical integrity, reliability, and endurance. Services provided are conceptual operating plans, detailed layouts, and equipment selections.
• Project Management - Provide project management activities on projects working with internal personnel as well as outside contractors, developing schedules and goals to meet milestone requirements.
• Project Review - Participate in the review of capital and expense projects pertaining to design correctness, feasibility, and cost for the sections of the project related to process control.
• Standardization and Innovation - Participate in the standardization of projects and databases for both engineering and estimating information. Maintain an awareness of technology trends in the electrical and instrumentation industry and the application thereof by competition and others. Analyze future plant control systems and apply new technology and original innovation to attain competitive superiority where possible.

• Motorized vehicles, computers, telephones, fax machines, cell phones, and electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and clamp-on ammeters.
• Use of telephone, computers, cell phones and other electronic devices is essential.
• Must have the ability to lift 30 pounds and to stand and walk for long periods of time.
• Must have the ability to drive a pick-up truck/car on a daily basis; there may be a periodic need to travel by airline.

• Ability to work in a stressful, deadline-oriented environment that requires complex, technical information and decision-making.
• Able to present…