Electrical Engineer - Axalta Coating Systems

JOB TITLE: Electrical Engineer

Axalta has a need for a Manufacturing Site Electrical Engineer. The selected candidate will be required to perform a variety of duties such as the following:

• Maintain and provide technical support for electrical distribution systems, including AC and DC power, process, and utility equipment.
• Provide follow-up on electrical equipment and instrumentation failures, determining root cause and identifying actions to prevent recurrence.
• Develop and manage reliability program for electrical equipment, including specific work and preventive maintenance procedures.
• Provide hands-on assistance to electrical and instrumentation technicians with troubleshooting problems, including motor control center and variable frequency drive systems.
• Provide Electrical Safety training for technical, maintenance, and operations.
• Conduct electrical and instrumentation reviews for capital projects and Process Hazards Analyses.
• Support, develop, and implement strategies for improving instrumentation and process monitoring equipment.
• Provide support for ABB distributed control systems (DCS) and Rockwell programmable logic controller (PLC) configuration, programming, and troubleshooting.
• Evaluate existing instrumentation and utilizing engineering design processes to improve accuracy and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 3-5 years industrial plant experience.
• Experience with electrical power distribution systems.
• Working knowledge of electrical requirements in hazardous locations as defined by NFPA70 NEC and NFPA 70E.
• Knowledge of construction practices in hazardous areas.
• Familiarity with SKM or ETAP in modelling electrical distribution systems and running arc flash studies.
• Working knowledge of DCS or PLC systems. Knowledge of ABB DCS and Rockwell PLC preferred.
• Experience with electrical and instrumentation equipment selection and specification, calibration, and troubleshooting.