Electrical Engineer-Electrical & Instrumentation

Overview

Electrical Engineer - Electrical & Instrumentation for Pixelle's Spring Grove, Pennsylvania facility. This role focuses on managing and implementing mill capital and major repair projects, providing day-to-day technical support, and delivering power systems engineering within the Utilities Department.

Responsibilities

• Promote and support all facility safety and environmental initiatives.
• Perform front end studies on potential capital projects with high business impact.
• Develop and maintain dynamic capital and major repair plans, adjusting to the changing needs of the mill.
• Support Engineering and Maintenance resources in the implementation of capital and major repair projects with emphasis on safety, environmental impact, quality, cost, and schedule.
• Prioritize and provide oversight to assigned projects completed through Engineering.
• Manage multiple projects concurrently from initial concept through evaluation, estimating, scheduling, cost forecasting, specifications, design, safety reviews, bid review and selection, installation and commissioning, training, spare parts, and documentation.
• Provide power systems expertise and engineering acumen, including design, troubleshooting, and operations support of turbine generators and auxiliary systems, excitation systems, 13.8 kV power distribution, digital and electro-mechanical relay protection, main transmission lines MET1 and MET2 maintenance, electrical maintenance of busses and breakers, arc flash analysis, programmable logic controllers, distributed control systems, low and medium voltage power distribution systems and infrastructure, AC and DC drives, and process control systems.
• Assist in troubleshooting efforts to resolve technical problems in the mill.
• Manage and oversee outside contractors with regard to safety, code, technical and commercial requirements.
• Assist Legal and Purchasing in the development of contractual agreements with vendors on higher-cost equipment and labor purchases.
• Assist Finance in tax, capital vs. expense, and IRR financial decisions and justifications.
• Maintain capital asset and engineering documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers, interns, and co-ops.
• Ensure compliance with codes and standards in all Maintenance and Engineering efforts.
• Participate on and lead cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

Benefits

Competitive healthcare benefit package and 401K match.

Employment type

Seniority level

Industries

Location : Middletown, PA; Salary : $85,000 - $110,000; Other locations : Gettysburg, PA; Valley Forge, PA.

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