What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Engineer position at Allied Reliability?
Allied Reliability is seeking an Electrical Engineer for Power Distribution with a Metals, Cement, or Mining background.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Provides technical advice on equipment selection, configuration and troubleshooting of a wide variety of low and medium voltage electrical systems that includes transformers, switchgear, relays, MCC’s, starters, VFD’s, motors, and feeders.
- Works with Operations/Process/Project Management teams in development of the Project Electrical and Engineering Scope of Work, Estimations, Specifications, Control Narratives and Conceptual Design.
- Contributes as subject area resource in a variety of electrical engineering areas providing support for systems design, engineering reviews, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
- Assist and advises in a variety of electrical engineering functions including analysis of power loading, device coordination, arc flash safety, energy use, short circuit studies, etc.
- Reviews and approves work of outside engineering consultants including flow diagrams, single-line drawings, P&ID’s, schematics, general arrangement drawings, specifications, RFQs, bid evaluations, vendor drawings, as-built drawings and manuals.
- Direct and coordinate internal and external resources assigned to projects.
- Participates in construction and commissioning of electrical systems in capital projects. Provide technical oversight to ensure electrical systems are installed and functions according to design specifications.
- Meet expectations with a focus on safety, environmental compliance, equipment reliability, and cost control
- Implement consistent internal goals and tasks for operations.
- Interface with equipment and system integration vendors including expediting documentation and deliveries.
- Support training initiatives like the apprentice program and Electrical safety training.
- Ensure that electrical systems at perform with a high degree of safety and reliability and comply with safety, environmental and engineering codes.
- Comply with safety, environmental, construction and engineering standards.
- Meet the end users expectations with a focus on functional effectiveness, long term reliability and ease of maintenance.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- 8 years of work experience in electrical and instrumentation in heavy industry; project engineering experience is a plus.
- Experience with industrial power tasks like grounding, motor tests, power quality, electrical protection settings, VFD configuration, instrument calibration, motor starting, etc.
- Proficiency with NEC, IEEE, and other NFPA electrical standards and recommended practices; familiarity with basic MSHA and EPA regulations.
- Familiarity with control systems, control panels, instrumentation, networks, and field wiring; familiarity with Aveva and ControlLogix a plus.
- Detail and process oriented with strong problem resolution abilities; ability to use root-cause analysis to troubleshoot electrical systems including medium and low voltage distribution systems, starters, motors and VFD’s.
- Ability to travel up to 25% typically but could include extended assignments during critical construction and start-up periods.
