Electrical Controls Engineer

Why work for us?

Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we’re delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before. 

With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry’s most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.

Alkegen offers a range of dynamic career opportunities with globe-spanning reach. From production operators to engineers, technicians to specialists, sales to leadership, we’re always looking for top talent ready to bring their best.  Come grow with us!

The Electrical Engineer ensures proper operation of all electrical power and controls equipment. Major functions include troubleshooting power/controls issues, updating logic, maintaining controls systems, drawings and implementing efficient power/controls projects. Interfaces with and directs electrical construction activities and contractor personnel in the field as needed. Works closely with maintenance and operations to ensure efficient controls operations for the plant.

Responsibilities:

• Plant electrical support, specifying of equipment, choosing vendors, installation design, cost estimating, contractor supervision, and equipment start-up, including debugging and trouble shooting.
• Develops maintenance procedures through the following:
  • Performs technical reviews of procedures
  • Serves as a technical resource during procedure creation and review
  • Creates and reviews job procedures and checklists, and initiates Management of Change work process (MOC).
• Leads minor capital projects from start to finish working with operations, maintenance and finance to ensure proper commissioning
• Serves as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
• Troubleshooting electrical power/controls issues and getting our continuous lines up and running
• Analyzes and reports on the electrical condition of existing and proposed installations to determine preventive maintenance requirements, recommend operating parameters, and means to minimize downtime.
• Provides electrical engineering support to the Engineering team on new projects throughout our existing facilities.
• Provides electrical support for AutoCad drawing production as necessary - use AutoCad to produce finished design and construction drawings.
• Prepares drawing packages, specifications, documentation and equipment-information packets as necessary for job completion.
• Prepares capital appropriation requests for electrical systems, which include:
  • Capital estimates and equipment descriptions.
  • Analysis of project purpose, benefits and alternatives considered.
  • Project presentations to Staff.
• Specific design responsibilities will cover all classes of standard industrial power distribution up through 23KV, as well as control, instrumentation and engineering responsibilities.
• Work with Maintenance & Reliability Engineer to implement reliability strategies based upon opportunity analysis, asset criticality and identified plant/business needs.
• Evaluates and quantifies continuous improvement projects such as equipment reconfigurations, design changes, equipment component changes, etc.

Qualifications:

• The position requires "hands-on" orientation with good electrical and mechanical aptitude.
• Minimum of 3-5 years relevant industrial experience.
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Technology.
• Computer literacy is essential including working knowledge of current version of MS office suite, AutoCad and Wonderware.
• Knowledge of Allen-Bradley programmable controllers and instrumentation is essential, along with knowledge of basic control logic, Studio 5000, Factory talk view studio.
• Working knowledge of industrial power distribution, power controllers, and facilities wiring is desirable.

Preferred Skills

• Hands on. Self-starter and self-accountability. Strong work ethic.

• Maintains a positive attitude and assumes positive intent.

• Team player with excellent communication skills.

• Attention to detail with inquisitive personality.

• The ability to work safely under pressure and to tight timescales.

Comp Range:

• $100k - $120k annual, depending on experience.

If you are interested in being part of a world class function here at Alkegen then we would love to hear from you.

At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people – ALL PEOPLE – breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.

Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class.