Senior Electrical Engineer - U.S. Energy

U.S. Venture, Inc. • Appleton, WI

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About The Position

The Senior Electrical Engineer will perform electrical engineering design services and other related electrical development support throughout all stages of the project life cycle. This position will be located in Appleton, WI or Milwaukee, WI with requirements to travel up to 50% of the time. Candidates must be local to the area or willing to relocate for this position. Relocation assistance may be provided.

Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or electrical engineering technology is required for this position.
• Suggested minimum of 5-10 years’ experience as an electrical engineer or related position.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Successfully pass a pre-employment drug test (do not test for THC / marijuana).

Nice To Haves

• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build positive business relationships.
• Possess strong analytical skills and strong knowledge of electrical design.
• Good listener with strong written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Action oriented, self-motivated.
• Able to deal with a variety of people and situations in a positive and open-minded manner.
• Well organized and represent the company in a professional manner.
• Ethical and trustworthy.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Maintain a broad and in-depth product knowledge base along with full understanding of all departmental procedures.
• Assist other engineers or upper management and staff as a technical specialist or advisor.
• Help coordinate, mentor, and guide less experienced engineers’ efforts.
• Develop electrical components and system concepts that satisfy business and compliance needs/demands.
• Ability to read and review P&IDs and electrical drawings such as one-line diagrams, panel wiring diagrams, instrument wiring diagrams.
• Create electrical layout and design drawings of power, control, and communication systems using various AutoCAD products such as AutoCAD Electrical and AutoCAD Plant 3D.
• Provide selection and specification of power distribution equipment (transformers, switchgear, OCPDs, power cables), motor control equipment (contactors, overloads, soft starts, VFDs), and Instrumentation & Control equipment (PLCs, HMI, Level/Flow/Pressure measurement devices).
• Apply NFPA 70 to all electrical designs to ensure compliance in the project permitting stage to final inspections.
• Design, implement, retrofit, and program PLCs using RS Logix 500, RS Logix 5000, and Studio 5000 software.
• Integrate networking and field devices using communication protocols such as Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, Modbus RTU/RS-485/RS-232, radio and fiber optic communications.
• Design, implement, and maintain SCADA systems.
• Design and implement HMIs using software such as Wonderware InTouch, C-more, Factory Talk View (Allen-Bradley PanelView).
• Monitor and analyze equipment and system performance using data queries and trends.
• Be available as on-call support to work with maintenance team to troubleshoot equipment and system failures.
• Develop and execute electrical design verification test plans per requirements specifications to ensure prototypes meet design requirements.
• Perform calculations.
• Checking and approval of drawing packages and calculations.
• Participate in design reviews for projects to ensure quality design output.
• Complete all as-built updates to drawings upon completion of projects.
• Maintain the drawing database and vault to ensure a consolidated record of all projects is kept.
• Confer with engineering management and project engineers on problems encountered and questions arising on projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees