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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Senior Electrical Engineer in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Reference #: JR-2024-10233 At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what's possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.
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Senior Electrical Engineer - Role and Responsibilities:
Scope of responsibilities include:
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 lead all aspects of vendor shop repairs on high voltage motors and equipment for quality assurance
Issue repair reports at the conclusion of critical jobs for proper 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 alignment 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 safety, preventative maintenance, and operation of electrical systems
100 % compliance with Safety and Environmental standards
Support the maintenance of company electrical safe work practice standards to ensure that they are current with industry standards and recommended best practices.
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
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Qualifications:
A minimum of 6 years of electrical engineering experience is required
Experience in operations and maintenance of large industrial plants is required
Combinations of design and operations experience will be considered
Experience in the management of and electrical safety program
Detailed knowledge of NFPA 70E
Industry training or certification as safety professional
Working knowledge of SKM Power Tools for Windows engineering software
Experience in other software modeling packages such as ETAP will be considered
Working knowledge of SEL and Multilin protective relays
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 and Canada, 15%-20%
Education and Licensing Requirements
A Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering is required
A PE license is preferred
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