Electrical Project Engineer

Job Title

Electrical Project Engineer

Position Overview

Shaw Industries is searching for an Electrical Project Engineer to Develop and execute capital and expense projects. Provide technical and troubleshooting support to manufacturing. Prepare technical specifications and utilize project management tools to ensure projects meet safety, performance, and budget requirements.  Provide technical support and /or installation supervision on other engineers’ projects. 

  

Responsibilities:  

Project Development and Engineering: 

• Envisions and develops project concept 

• Solicits and documents plant requirements and specifications 

• Utilizes technical skills and education to determine loads, speeds, energy requirements, etc. 

• Develops a project budget and timeline. 

Project Administration: 

• Seek approval from Management to proceed with expenditures required to expand or maintain manufacturing facilities. 

• Combine specifications, drawings and other documentation into bid packages and solicit bids for equipment and/or services. 

• Track and maintain control of approved project expenditures. 

• Issue requisitions and approve receipts. 

• Document project related information in Smartsheets and publish periodic project reports. 

• Prepare Asset Detail documents and submit to Corporate Assets. 

• Assemble completed project file documents and archive per Corporate Engineering Standard. 

Project Execution: 

• Manage contractors on site ensuring that corporate and plant policies such as safety, ethics, environmental, etc., are enforced. 

• Take full responsibility for all contractor activities; act as the primary liaison between Corporate Engineering and plant management; minimize disruption to normal plant activities and communicate any necessary disruptions to management in advance. 

• Perform Quality Control function, inspecting all contractor work and vendor supplied equipment to ensure compliance with specifications, drawings, timeline requirements, etc., issued in the bid package. 

• Participate in plant Shutdown planning activities and provide electrical outage schedules. 

 

Technical Resource:  

• Provide troubleshooting services for existing manufacturing systems and processes.  Recommend and/or evaluate potential process improvements; assemble or serve on process improvement teams, accident investigation teams. 

• Participate and support efforts regarding initiatives for Energy and Reliability. 

• Create and modify drawings and layouts as needed in AutoCAD (or other computer aided drafting software as needed). 

• Provide drawings, specifications, timelines, and cost estimates for future projects as needed by the plant. 

 

Required Competencies: 

• Demonstrate Good Judgment 

• Execute Action Plan 

• Initiate Action 

• Build Trusting Relationships Innovate 

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