SMARTWORK IT SERVICES LLC (SWITS)

Senior Electrical/Power Engineer

Job Title: Senior Electrical/Power Engineer

Location : Davenport, IA (Onsite)

Employment Type: Full-time, On-site

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

Responsibilities

Job Description:

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

  • 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.
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries

    Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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