Plant Electrical Engineer

What we need:

The Plant Electrical Engineer ensures the safe reliability and efficient operation of all plant electrical systems. This role supports design maintenance troubleshooting and reliability improvements for electrical equipment controls and power distribution. The engineer develops and manages preventive maintenance programs ensures regulatory compliance and provides technical support for 24/7 operations. Additional responsibilities include managing electrical projects and budgets conducting root cause analyses and collaborating with operations and maintenance teams to improve plant performance.

What you will do:

• Ensure the safe reliable and efficient operation of the plants electrical systems including design maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical equipment control systems and power distribution.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for AC drive reliability predictive and preventive maintenance.
• Conduct routine inspections and audits of electrical systems and equipment; troubleshoot issues; and develop preventative maintenance programs.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards codes and regulatory requirements through inspections risk assessments and corrective actions.
• Oversee installation repairs and upgrades of electrical systems; manage related projects; and collaborate with maintenance and operations teams.
• Assist in developing capital project programs including budget management and cross-functional coordination to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Design adapt and implement improvements to plant electrical systems to enhance reliability and performance.
• Apply continuous improvement methodologies to drive process and system optimization.
• Participate in Operations/BOD and Maintenance call teams as assigned.
• Perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and implement corrective solutions including process design modifications.
• Manage and support electrical systems within assigned process areas or mill-wide infrastructure including specialized mill equipment when required.
• Provide training to mill supervisors (train-the-trainer) on new or modified equipment.
• Report directly to the Maintenance & Engineering Manager.
• Manages E&I Supervisor vendors and contractors
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position supervises exempt and dotted line to non-exempt support staff. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training planning assigning and directing; performance reviews rewarding and disciplining employees and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Other duties: The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Skills:

• Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; ability to learn new applications.
• Strong understanding of computerized maintenance management systems (e.g. Maximo).
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Basic mechanical knowledge and aptitude.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to build relationships recognize contributions and maintain high standards of integrity.
• Competencies: detail-oriented problem-solving organizational skills and managerial courage.
• Experience using production databases and software to document processes and plan maintenance/upgrade schedules.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering required.
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience including large outage planning and execution.
• Must be able to support a 24/7 operation including availability for on-call support.

Physical Demands:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee may be required to:
  • Sit at a desk for long periods of time or sit while driving a car
  • Frequently use hands to type on a computer keyboard answer the telephone and file documents
  • Frequently walk within the office and occasionally the distance of a large manufacturing facility
  • Occasionally reach with hands and arms above the shoulders
  • Vision abilities required are close vision and depth perception
  • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment:

• The noise level within the office is usually quiet and the temperature is regulated to be comfortable.
• Occasionally the employee is exposed to the Mill work environment which can be hot and the noise level is loud.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud (80dB).
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• Occasionally exposed to loud moving equipment

Employees are required to wear Personal Protective Equipment PPE such as hard hat steel-toed boots gloves safety glasses and hearing protection.

Who is New-Indy Containerboard

• Founded in 2012 New-Indy Containerboard is a joint venture of two successful privately held companies the Kraft Group (Boston) and Schwarz Partners (Indianapolis).
• We are a manufacturer and supplier of containerboard and packaging.
• With about 2000 employees from Southern California to the coasts of the Carolinas New-Indy plays an integral role in the everyday lives of people across the country and around the world through its innovative packaging solutions to serve the needs of every customer.
• We operate in 7 U.S. states and in Mexico with 4 paper mills and 6 packaging companies.
• We focus on environmentally conscious manufacturing processes and facilities including 100% recycled fiber co-generation power plants and waste-water treatment capabilities.
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