Electrical Project Engineer

Shaw•Andalusia, AL

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About The Position

Shaw Industries is searching for an Electrical Project Engineer to Develop and execute capital and expense projects. Provide technical and troubleshooting support to manufacturing. Prepare technical specifications and utilize project management tools to ensure projects meet safety, performance, and budget requirements. Provide technical support and /or installation supervision on other engineers’ projects.

Requirements

Demonstrate Good Judgment
Execute Action Plan
Initiate Action
Build Trusting Relationships Innovate
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree
Experience preferably in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Project Development and Engineering:
Envisions and develops project concept
Solicits and documents plant requirements and specifications
Utilizes technical skills and education to determine loads, speeds, energy requirements, etc.
Develops a project budget and timeline.
Project Administration:
Seek approval from Management to proceed with expenditures required to expand or maintain manufacturing facilities.
Combine specifications, drawings and other documentation into bid packages and solicit bids for equipment and/or services.
Track and maintain control of approved project expenditures.
Issue requisitions and approve receipts.
Document project related information in Smartsheets and publish periodic project reports.
Prepare Asset Detail documents and submit to Corporate Assets.
Assemble completed project file documents and archive per Corporate Engineering Standard.
Project Execution:
Manage contractors on site ensuring that corporate and plant policies such as safety, ethics, environmental, etc., are enforced.
Take full responsibility for all contractor activities; act as the primary liaison between Corporate Engineering and plant management; minimize disruption to normal plant activities and communicate any necessary disruptions to management in advance.
Perform Quality Control function, inspecting all contractor work and vendor supplied equipment to ensure compliance with specifications, drawings, timeline requirements, etc., issued in the bid package.
Participate in plant Shutdown planning activities and provide electrical outage schedules.
Technical Resource:
Provide troubleshooting services for existing manufacturing systems and processes. Recommend and/or evaluate potential process improvements; assemble or serve on process improvement teams, accident investigation teams.
Participate and support efforts regarding initiatives for Energy and Reliability.
Create and modify drawings and layouts as needed in AutoCAD (or other computer aided drafting software as needed).
Provide drawings, specifications, timelines, and cost estimates for future projects as needed by the plant.