Maintenance Engineer (Electrical)

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview

The Maintenance Engineer (Electrical) will report directly to the Maintenance Manager and will direct contractors, coordinate with maintenance and others in the planning and execution of capital projects and related activities. The Maintenance Engineer (Electrical) will also intersect with other members of management and the Corporate Engineer to ensure effective communication to support the performance of this function.

Specific Responsibilities

Specific primary responsibilities are defined by the following, but not limited to;

• Develops, implements, and maintains capital investment and automation strategies, programs and projects.
• Designs and implements engineering processes, policies and procedures.
• Plans and establishes engineering agenda and ensures performance scheduling.
• Development and management of the engineering project portfolio.
• Monitoring and control of capital spending.
• Project plan development including scope, schedule, budget estimate, and risk identification. 
• Responsible for new installation and equipment improvements.
• Hands on trouble shooting of complex integrated electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic equipment.
• Designs and implements engineering processes, policies and procedures.
• Identifies and implements process, equipment and functional improvements to achieve excellence.
• Plans and establishes engineering schedules and ensures performance to schedule.
• Set engineering strategies to support business objectives.

Operational

Ensures compliance of all safety requirements by Maintenance employees during outage including, but not limited to:

• Crane safety.
• Fire protection.
• General safety/environmental required activities.
• LOTO
• Manages all major outages throughout the plant while coordinating equipment re-builds both on and off site. Coordinates major outage activities with respective planners to minimize downtime.
• Provides expertise in the principles of root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Good Interpersonal Skills knowing how to be an active listener.
• Time Management. 
• Problem Solving.
• Flexibility

  Other Responsibilities

• Effective interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,).

  Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering 

Physical and Other Requirements 
Ability to safely move around in a plant environment; including but not limited to;

• Walking, standing bending lifting 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand, bend and sit for long periods of time.