Senior Electrical Engineer

Prestigious Charlotte corporate office is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join their expanding Engineering team! Salary up to $150k with excellent benefits. Paid overtime.

Responsibilities of the Senior Electrical Engineer

• Act as E&I discipline Lead Engineers, providing technical support for various projects and initiatives.
• Perform designs and system analyses through calculations basic to Electrical Engineering with direction from a Senior Electrical Engineer, if necessary.
• Coordinate with Process Engineering and other disciplines on the development of Piping and Instrument Drawings (P&IDs).
• Develop logic drawings (E9s) from various data points, such as: P&IDs, vendor description of operation or functional description and coordinating with other project disciplines (Process, Mechanical, Operations, etc.)
• Develop device location drawings (E5 and E6s) working with the modeling group to ensure E&I items are located properly and with access to the device for maintenance.
• Responsible for the design and configuration of the Process Control System (DCS). Provides a detail specification for both hardware and software. at the job site.
• Developing specifications/requisitions for support of purchasing effort.
• Reviewing and approving purchasing quotations, vendor drawings, and QA documents.
• Ensure that relevant E/I information from vendor documentation and drawings is incorporated into the detail design.
• Provide direction and technical support for engineers and designers.
• Analyze designed and vendor supplied equipment for adherence to engineering specifications, required codes & standards, and project requirements.
• Travel to job sites to analyze equipment, collect data and information, interact with plant & fabricator personnel, perform on-site inspections and gain experience valuable to design considerations (i.e., operating conditions, temperature considerations, etc.)
• Travel on field assignments as required to assist with construction, commissioning, and startup of the plant.

Qualifications of the Senior Electrical Engineer

• Basic computer skills for Autodesk products (AutoCAD, etc.)
• Excellent technical writing and interpersonal skills.
• History of experience with specification, startup, and troubleshooting of process control systems (DCS/PLC).
• Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree; Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering Technology degree. Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering degree may also be considered, depending on work experience.