Senior Engineer - Electrical

About the role

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases and chemicals, has an immediate opening for a Senior Electrical Engineer at its Corporate Headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This individual will support reliable operation of Industrial Electrical Equipment and Electrical Power Systems Analysis in company-owned and operated facilities in North America.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to field personnel in the areas of high voltage distribution equipment and high voltage motors/generators.
• Respond and provide technical assistance to electrical equipment problems within the company-owned facilities.
• Direct and coordinate vendor shop repairs on high voltage motors and equipment for quality assurance.
• Issue repair reports at the conclusion of critical jobs for accurate historical documentation.
• Identify engineered solutions to recurring electrical issues.
• Improve plant/equipment reliability through historical trending and improved maintenance procedures.
• Lead and participate in root cause analysis (RCA).
• Implement equipment maintenance strategies (predictive and preventive).
• Ensure consistency to internal and national standards when specifying and maintaining equipment.
• Review and approve engineering documents on plant upgrade projects.
• Support training, coaching, and mentoring of electrical field technicians and operations staff in the preventative maintenance and operation of electrical distribution and control systems.
• Ensure 100% compliance with Safety and Environmental standards.
• Perform electrical engineering power systems analysis calculations including motor starting/voltage drop, short circuit, arc flash and load flow.
• Program protective relays with settings developed in systems analysis.

Minimum Hiring Requirements

• BS Electrical Engineering Degree.
• Active PE license is preferred.
• Six years of electrical engineering experience.
• Experience in operations and maintenance of large industrial plants is required.
• Combinations of inventor and operations experience will be considered.
• Solid understanding of SKM Power Tools for Windows engineering software is preferred.
• Experience in other software modeling packages such as ETAP will be considered.
• Working knowledge of SEL and Multiline protective relays is preferred.
• Experience specifying and working on HV substation equipment, transformers, HV and LV motors and generators, motor control circuits, variable frequency drives, station battery, and UPS systems.
• Ability to travel in North America 15–20%.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the US without current or future sponsorship (e.g., temporary work visa or work permit).

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental and vision insurance (day 1 of employment).
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match.
• Paid vacation, holidays and sick time.
• Paid parental leave (up to 8 weeks).
• Backup child and adult care benefit.
• Adoption assistance.
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare).
• Life insurance (AD&D paid for by Air Products), supplemental AD&D.
• Legal plan and identity theft coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Many more supplemental benefits available.