Senior Electrical Engineer

Title

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Job #

51033

Classification

Engineering

Location

Sumter, South Carolina

Hourly Rate

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Position Description

Seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to support panel board and switchboard products. This is a full-time position with benefits.
The Senior Engineer will engineer custom orders from customers using AutoCad and other 3D tools, schematics, and wiring diagrams while working with customercare team, application engineers, and switchboard technicians.
Roles and Responsibilities:
* Interpret detailed non-standard customer requirements and translate them, as closely as possible into previously established standards. Contact field sales and/or the end customer or Consulting Engineer as required to ensuring accurate interpretation of the intent of the specifications.
* Interpret detailed written descriptions of operating sequences and convert them to control and protection schematics.
* Coordinate mechanical and electrical interfaces with other products.
* Complete all phases of the COE engineering process to insure accurate and timely completion of Customer Approval (CA) and Manufacturing Information (MI) drawings.
* Consult with Plant and Field Sales Engineers in interpreting and defining new equipment applications.
* Conduct special development/application projects.
* Conduct technical training for the plant Product Sales Engineers and Technicians.
* Proactively participate on cross functional teams in support of implementing lean manufacturing strategies, including front end business process improvement.
* Demonstrate clear understanding of the full breadth of product line offering, including complex wiring and design applications in order to provide exceptional solution selling support to field sales and/or channel partners.
* Interface with the Design Engineering dept as necessary for development of switchboard custom designs.
* Interface with Quality/Warranty Department to ensure continued post-shipment customer support.
* Support the Quality Dept through assisting in troubleshooting problems during electrical testing and developing test procedures.
* Adhere to all safety rules and procedures, including 5S requirements, and responsible for reporting unsafe conditions to the appropriate management or ESP/ELS representative as required.

Primary Skills Required

* Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint) * Sound technical and application knowledge of switchboards * Proficient in verbal & written communications, organizational & computer skills

Primary Skills Preferred

Education Required

* Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution

Education Preferred

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Work Experience Required

* 2 years of experience in design engineering * Must be legally authorized to work within the United States without company sponsorship

Work Experience Preferred

* 1 year of PLC Programming experience * Experience with MRP/ERP Systems * Experience with systems: VISTA, Bid Manager, AS-400, ENOVIA & DMM