Senior Electrical Project Engineer

Grow your career with this growing company based in Atlanta, Georgia! Senior Electrical Project Engineer to lead electrical engineering for capital projects, facility expansions, and process upgrades. This position will support projects from concept development through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout. Reporting to the Electrical Engineering Manager, the engineer will serve as the Company's electrical technical representative when working with EPC firms, consultants, utilities, equipment suppliers, contractors, and internal project teams. Instrumentation and controls responsibilities will focus primarily on electrical interfaces and coordination. Experience in advanced recycling, chemical processing, refining, plastics, renewable fuels, or related industries is needed to succeed in this role. Must be authorized to work in the USA without the need for sponsorship now or in the future. The hiring manager is looking for someone who has a strong combination of project management experience and electrical/instrumentation technical engineering skills. He needs someone who can manage projects but also has enough technical depth to understand the work they are responsible for reviewing, develop scopes of work, evaluate technical deliverables, and effectively manage engineering contractors and vendors. The technical background is important, but for this role he also needs someone who has experience taking ownership of a substantial project and managing it from engineering and scope development through execution and completion. Education and Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program. Seven or more years of electrical and instrumentation engineering experience in chemical, petrochemical, energy, manufacturing, or a related process industry. Experience delivering capital projects through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup. Experience as an electrical discipline lead, project technical lead, or owner’s engineer. Experience overseeing EPC firms, consultants, equipment suppliers, system integrators, and construction contractors. Strong knowledge of industrial power distribution through 480 VAC and working knowledge of medium-voltage systems. Experience with substations, transformers, switchgear, MCCs, motors, VFDs, protective relays, grounding, and industrial electrical infrastructure. Working knowledge of process instrumentation, control valves, analyzers, PLC systems, remote I/O, and industrial control networks. Ability to review P&IDs, instrument data sheets, I/O lists, loop diagrams, control narratives, cause-and-effect matrices, single-line diagrams, and vendor drawings. Understanding of instrumentation power, grounding, shielding, signal segregation, intrinsic safety, and hazardous-area installation requirements. Experience reviewing electrical-system studies, specifications, RFQs, technical bid evaluations, and construction packages. Knowledge of applicable NEC, NFPA, IEEE, ANSI, ISA, UL, OSHA, and hazardous-area requirements. Experience supporting electrical and instrumentation construction, testing, loop checks, energization, commissioning, and startup. Strong technical leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities. Preferred Qualifications Experience managing multiple EPC or engineering contractors. Experience with medium-voltage systems rated 4.16 kV or higher. Experience with ETAP, EasyPower, SKM, AutoCAD Electrical, or similar tools. Familiarity with Rockwell ControlLogix, Siemens, Codesys, or similar control platforms. Familiarity with Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, Profibus, Profinet, HART, and other industrial communication protocols. Experience specifying pressure, temperature, flow, level, analytical, and control-valve applications. Experience reviewing safety instrumented functions, shutdown logic, alarm rationalization, and packaged-equipment controls. Experience with FAT, SAT, relay testing, instrument calibration, loop checks, MOC, PHA, HAZOP, and PSSR. #J-18808-Ljbffr Jane Roberts Consulting LLC