Electrical Engineer Project

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the lead Electrical Engineer (EE) on assigned projects from pre-sales to final commissioning stage.
• Create designs which meet or exceed Vertiv quality requirements and fall within budgetary requirements.
• Design optimal UPS power systems and/or DC Power Systems based on customer equipment/IT loads.
• Design of switchgear configurations and control schemes, utilizing PLCs and/or relays, to accomplish automated transfer operations.
• Design of ground fault protective schemes, including those involving multiple sources.
• Generation of bills of material, and modification of standard assemblies as required to satisfy the application.
• Familiarity with Modbus and TCP/IP communications protocols, and RS-485 and Ethernet interfaces.
• Manage and Support contracted integration companies to provide a detailed Schematic Design(SD), Detail Design(DD) and Construction Drawing(CD) narrative for electrical design aspects of the solution
• Collaborate with other disciplines and external partners – General contractors or architects to create a construction document set.
• Work with Vertiv’s business units, Business Partners and preferred vendors to specify the appropriate electrical equipment such as UPS, Switchgear, Generator, DC power system, etc.
• Provide detail sizing analysis of Standby Emergency generators based on type of loads – capacitance, inductance, motor loads, high/low inertia loads, UPS, lighting, etc.
• Work with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes.
• Review and approve electrical product submittals.
• Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to and during construction phases.
• Quality control during integration of electrical systems
• Support for all on site integration support 
• Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to and during construction phases.
• Work with commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation and performance of electrical systems.
• Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits and start-up as needed.
• Offer creative, out of the box solutions to the customer.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or possesses acceptable experience and subject knowledge
• Professional engineering (PE) License – optional
• Minimum 4 years of Electrical Engineering experience
• Knowledge of low voltage switchboard / switchgear design, installation, and use
• Knowledge of local, state, & federal codes governing the installation and use of low voltage switchboards/switchgear. 
• Working knowledge in AutoDesk suite of Engineering software including AutoCAD and Revit
• Proven experience with Microsoft Office Applications
• Experience reading and interpreting electrical construction drawings and equipment specifications
• Understanding of the current version of the National Electrical Code
• Interpreting customer specification requirements.
• Have the ability to research new designs, technologies and construction methods for data center equipment and facilities
• Ability to think outside the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality, reliability or maintainability.
• Must possess excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Proven leadership and problem solving skills.
• Proven Project Management skills

 

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

• No special Physical or Environmental requirements

 

TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED

• 5% - 10%

 

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.  

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS:  Safety.  Integrity. Respect.  Teamwork.  Diversity & Inclusion.