Senior Electrical/Power Engineer

Job Title: Senior Electrical/Power Engineer

Location : Onsite Davenport, IA

Employment Type: Full-time, On-site

Shift: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm - 8 hours a day 40 hours a week

Job Description:

Our company is currently in search of a Senior Electrical/Power Engineer to join our team at our business unit located in Davenport, IA.

Responsibilities

The Senior Electrical/Power Engineer is responsible for providing project leadership and management in the engineering, design, procurement, construction, and implementation of systems and equipment primarily for energy efficiency and electrical distribution including:

Identifying and developing innovative solutions related to Energy Efficiency as driven by the DPW energy reduction metrics.

Identifying and completing projects that improve reliability and reduce risk in the plant electrical distribution network.

Managing the project budget to the planned/forecasted spend delivering project tasks to the agreed upon commitment dates with formal close out of projects via final project report.

Additional responsibilities (but not limited to) are the following:

• Manage capital projects (from funds approval to completion) up to and in excess of $1MM in value
• Ensure projects are compliant with the company's engineering standards derived from NEC/NFPA/IEEE standards
• Directs the activities of designers, maintenance personnel, and outside contractors during field construction, planned and unplanned site wide electrical power outages and resolves start-up and operating problems
• Electrical power outage recovery including advising/counseling on failure analysis; participate in and lead problem solving teams, identification of root cause and solutions and organize support from other resources
• Provide leadership, technical direction, installation support and/or commissioning support for execution of major capital projects impacting energy efficiency or the plant distribution network
• Identify energy efficiency projects and work with local power company on receipt of available rebates
• Oversee arc flash and short circuit studies as required by DPW standards and address issues identified through capital or expense measures as necessary
• Although this position is primarily a first shift position; due to the 24/7 manufacturing environment, working off-shift hours and/or weekends to support operations is expected, although not always required

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in electrical engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 3 years project management experience; adept at devising scope, specification and technical designs
• Basic understanding of medium voltage power distribution
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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