Sr. Lead Electrical Engineer Job

JOB  SUMMARY

This position is in the Engineering and Reliability Department and reports directly to the Engineering and Reliability Manager

 

The Sr. Lead Electrical Engineer will oversee long term plant electrical infrastructure improvement/reliability initiatives and interface with the appropriate maintenance, process, HES, and operations to drive the site  electrical infrastructure improvement

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sr. Lead Electrical Engineer daily activities-55%
  • Subject matter expert for the site electrical infrastructure including but not limited to:
    • High, medium, and low voltage distribution (switchgears, cables, transformers, MCC, protection relays, etc)
    • Electrical motors, Variable Speed Drive (VSD), soft starters, and UPS
    • Grounding, lighting, and lightning protection
    • Emergency generation
  • Provide technical leadership on maintenance, assessment and troubleshooting of the plant electrical infrastructure
  • Develop long term improvement plans for the plant electrical infrastructure reliability
  • Lead plant electrical infrastructure reliability studies on existing plant electrical systems and recommend needed improvements to key stakeholders
  • Provide or validate specifications for electricidal infrastructure design studies
  • Provide technical expertise in regard to electrical infrastructure project scope development, project feasibility assessment, and project implementation
  • Contribute to development of plant electrical infrastructure standards that will maximize reliability, efficiency, design, and spare part synergy
  • Develop auditing protocol for electrical system repairs and audit contracted repair organizations
  • Develop 5-year capital plan for electrical infrastructure and add to the plant capital project portfolio
• Failure Analysis - 30%
  • Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on electrical infrastructure failures and analyze data using appropriate reliability analysis tools to develop and implement corrective improvement plans
  • Leadership accountability to ensure that data collected is accurate and addresses the appropriate failure modes of facility electrical infrastructure
  • Provides management team with well written and oral presentations with necessary information and supporting analysis to make appropriate business decisions.
  • Develop/approve equipment repairs per local/national codes and RAGAGEPs.
  • Propose electrical infrastructure material of construction and other design changes to improve electrical infrastructure reliability
• Document Management - 5%
  • Audit/evaluate contracted repair organizations and inspect repairs
  • Accountable to develop and maintain documentation of emergency/temporary electrical infrastructure repairs 
  • Ensure electrical infrastructure records are managing properly