Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Summary

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations.

Responsibilities

• Project and Divisional Subject Matter Expert (SME) for electrical and power systems, leading the design and execution of large capital expansion projects.
• Prepares equipment/project scope documents for proposals, installations, startups, and validations.
• Ensures power and control engineering detail design is in accordance with FQT project needs, facilitates purchasing equipment, reviews electrical/control designs and applications, participates in energy efficient design, develops, and maintains project schedules.
• Led and participates in commissioning activities to ensure successful start-up and provides ongoing support to maintain optimal performance post-launch.
• “Follows written procedures and guidelines; possesses good verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated individual able to complete multiple tasks in short time frames and works well with others under time pressures.
• Mentors and influences representatives from a variety of functional groups including engineering, maintenance, operations, across multiple site locations.
• Identifies machine, material and/or process improvements and implements solutions.
• May be exposed to high noise environments, dust during certain tasks, and heights.

Requirements

• Experience in a manufacturing or heavy industrial environment (7-10+ years).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Technical/Engineering Field; BSEE preferred. Will consider 15+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Previous Project Management experience strongly preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft products and familiarity with AutoCAD.
• A background with the National Electrical Code [NEC] NFPA 70 and 70E and National Electrical Safety Code.
• Experience with high and low voltage power distribution systems, motor control centers and general power distribution.
• Experience with Variable Speed Drives [VFD], motors and cabling systems, including sizing cables.
• Experience with ABB coordinated drives line ups and Siemens MV drives a plus.
• Previous industrial and general plant experience, including paper manufacturing or continuous processes a plus.
• Familiarity with DCS and PLC controls a plus.
• Industrial power distribution design, construction, and commissioning.
• Proven experience supporting/managing large capital projects, including budgetary responsibilities.
• Exceptional analytical problem solving, equipment vendor management skills, and strong computer skills.
• Influencing without authority.
• Authoring specifications and best practices.
• Problem solving/analytics.
• Communication skills with the ability to engage and drive understanding throughout all levels of the organization.
• Technical Leadership with ability to mentor and lead divisional level technical objectives.
• Basic business ownership skills enabling critical thinking, recommendations and project justifications.
• Exceptional analytical problem solving, equipment vendor management skills, and strong computer skills.
• Influencing without authority.

Qualifications

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities.
• Paid time off (three-week minimum).
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500).
• Bundled joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby).
• Tuition assistance.
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums.

Benefits

• Annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

Pay

Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities.

Schedule

Full-time position.