Power System Engineer
Power Systems Engineer
Industry: Mining / Metals
Engineering – Industrial / Manufacturing
The Power Systems Electrical Engineer is responsible for the 24/7 support of rectifier station and plantwide high voltage power system. The engineer will be accountable for providing engineering expertise to the electrical crews, contractors, production centers, and plant management to insure the safe and reliable operation and upkeep of a large high voltage infrastructure to insure continuous and reliable power delivery to the production areas.
Major Activities/ Key challenges:
- Provide electrical engineering expertise to insure equipment reliability and system improvement support for the plant as pertaining to both high and medium voltage applications.
- Monitor all Plant high voltage power operation, including system line-up, production center requirement, and interface as necessary with all areas of the plant.
- Develop and provide clear, concise switching orders for all system changes as well as provide direction for establishing electrical safe work zones for persons working near electrical hazards.
- Provide 24/7 failure response (in the event of a system issue, provide immediate response through in-house and contract resources to return system to support full productivity in expedient manner).
- Provide detailed analysis on all high voltage related incidents.
- Lead capital budget initiatives for the high voltage power system (prepare funding requests, provide
- expenditure projections, implement actions, and track execution).
- Develop and implement multi-year maintenance plans.
- Lead the design, rebuild, install and commission both new and revised equipment including, but not
- limited to high current rectifier systems, transformers, high voltage switchgear, high voltage transmission line, and metering for the smelting aluminum plant (voltages include 138KV, 15KV, 4160V, and 480V)
- Safety protocol for the Central Services department on electrical safety, high and medium voltage. Provide support and audit to insure compliance.
- Safety Protocol SPA across the Enterprise – Power Plant, Smelter and Fabricating on electrical safety, high and medium voltage.
- Be an active participant in the Electricals Safety Standards Team and Power Engineers network.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 5 years minimum of medium and high voltage maintenance and reliability experience within an industrial manufacturing or electrical utilities environment.
- Demonstrated experience in leading, managing and executing electrical projects including design, installation, and commissioning.
- Have strong organizational and problem-solving skills, using both theoretical and practical methods to achieve improvements or correct identified problems.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, have excellent team and people skills in order to drive change, be able to handle multiple tasks.
- Possess above average computer skills especially in Microsoft Office applications.
- Have a working knowledge of CMMS applications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Electrical Engineering Degree with emphasis on high voltage and power distribution systems.
- In-depth electrical and operational knowledge of high current power rectifier systems.
- 10 years of high voltage experience within an industrial manufacturing or electrical utilities environment.
- Has an understanding of short circuit, arc flash, load flow, and relay coordination studies
- Knowledge of maintenance and operation of electrical equipment, can troubleshoot and has Root Cause Problem Solving experience.
- Basic mechanical expertise with high voltage switchgear and structures.
- Can evaluate equipment condition, understands and interprets testing results, and can perform reliability assessments.
- Familiar with transformer oil analysis, electrical testing and substation maintenance requirements.