Sr. Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria in making minor adaptations and modifications to electrical equipment.
• Apply lean manufacturing techniques.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing tasks, promoting open communication with peers, and providing updates to direct management.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, recommend subsequent budget changes when necessary.
• Maintain compliance with all company and governmental regulations.
• Prepare and/or modify Electrical drawings, specifications, calculations, charts, and graphs.
• Build effective partnerships with plant personal through the implementation of small capital projects.
• Provide technical assistance and training to all applicable personnel regarding electrical systems and functions.
• Aid and lead maintenance in diagnosing equipment problems and recommend methods to prevent reoccurrence of these issues to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
• Identify potential issues related to the proper and cost-effective operation and maintenance of equipment and processes to reduce costs and increase throughput.
• Maintain the integrity of engineering drawings, files, project, and equipment archives along with updating deficiencies as they arise.
• Research, plan, and implement assigned projects/tasks to achieve the stated purpose while using the best technologies at the lowest cost.
• Develop and maintain up-to-date specialist knowledge on equipment.
• Implement the Reliability Roadmap objectives in your assigned area.
• Define network capacity and traffic optimization by designing and automating systems that monitor bandwidth usage, prevent bottlenecks, and optimize data flow to ensure reliable performance of automated applications and infrastructure.
• Cook up and manage vendor, system integrator, and external consultant relationships to ensure project and operational success.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in Electrical Engineering or Technology preferred and minimum of three years’ experience in an industrial environment.
• Minimum three years' experience with controls.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, interpersonal skills, and organization skills.
• Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Continuous Improvement principles helpful.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Ledger manufacturing/Six Sigma experience.
• Aluminum industry experience and experience with the hot rolling process.