Electrical Engineer

Position: Electrical Power Engineer

Pay Rate: $65-75/hour

Location: FULLY REMOTE with travel 1-2x per month

Start Date: ASAP

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8-5pm

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in power distribution design.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Strong experience with high voltage design above 480v, design from utility feed to low voltage substations, and down to the MCC level.
• Medium voltage protection strategies and medium voltage motor control.
• Experience with SKM, ETAP, or EasyPower.
• Strong experience conducting full Arc Flash studies.
• Ability to read and work with MCC schematics.
• Creation of Equipment Layouts (power, instrument and grounding plans).
• Sizing of power equipment.
• Proficient in performing electrical calculations.
• Develop and update Single line diagrams from information gathered.
• Ability to develop a Motor list.
• Ability to perform site assessments and plant walkdowns.
• Assist in preparing scope definition document.
• Ability to coordinate with third‐party engineering personnel, vendors, contractors, project manager, construction manager.
• Preparation of fabrication packages for Substations.
• Design of cable tray.

Pluses:

• PE license.
• Development of wiring block diagrams.
• Design of lighting layouts.
• Design of power panel schedules.
• Preparation of fabrication packages for VFDs, MCCs, etc., including equipment specifications.
• Preparation of MCC, VFD, and IO/PLC components equipment specifications.
• Electrical portion of P&ID.
• Control Panel/Station layout and IO schematic creation.

Day to Day:

Insight Global’s large manufacturing client is looking for an Electrical Engineer focused on Power and Power System Studies with 15+ years of experience to work within a manufacturing company’s corporate electrical engineering team. The individual will report to and take direction from the company’s resident Power Engineer and the Electrical Design Manager. The Electrical Engineer will work with office and plant personnel, Project Managers, and other disciplines to develop and modify electrical designs and update the arc flash study files in SKM Power Tools software. They will perform plant walkdowns to gather data for arc flash studies, conduct calculations, create/modify drawings, write scopes of work, coordinate with outside contractors/vendors, and make site visits to plants as needed. Additionally, they will write equipment specifications, develop preliminary designs, MTOs (material takeoffs) and man-hour estimates. The position also requires knowledge and ability to provide on-site and remote guidance to safely troubleshoot the power systems of the company’s 50 North American industrial manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities include:

• Serve as a technical resource for the company for efficient electrical power distribution operation consistent with overall company safety objectives
• Conduct site walkdowns and collect all relevant data to complete an Arc Flash Study
• Update, modify and/or create Arc Flash Study Project Files in SKM Power Tools
• Generate reports for short circuit analysis, arc flash analysis, under-rated equipment analysis, a coordination
• study and a list of value engineered corrective recommendations
• Responsible for the electrical power distribution specifications and designs that are safe, high quality, practical
• and cost effective for the application
• Recommend, develop, and implement electrical power distribution maintenance and capital improvement plans
• Work with outside consultants as assigned on various capital and plant projects
• Provide the design and/or specification of equipment and processes
• Provide technical input for engineering design
• Review and approve engineering drawings and plans
• Work closely with other engineering disciplines on multi-discipline projects
• Work as a key part of a project team to meet project objectives
• Work with plant personnel to ensure compatibility with plant equipment and procedures
• Develop project scope definition
• Work with and educate less-experienced engineers in the execution of engineering functions
• Ensure the company’s safety values and practices are adhered to in all designs and plant modifications
• Lead and provide technical input to 3rd party engineering design firms to maintain company standards of
• quality, safety and scope adherence
• Utilize department resources, experience and existing engineering designs in the performance of assignments
• Provide troubleshooting and technical assistance to manufacturing plants
• Meet discipline commitments regarding schedule and budget
• Provide disciplines contribution of labor and material quantities for capital project cost estimates for
• engineering and equipment
• Assist in providing input to the Safety Department for the maintenance of the Electrical Safety Model Program
• Ability to travel 50% of the time mainly within North America.