Electrical Engineer - Fredericksburg, United States - Universal Dynamics

Description

Job Description

Job Description

This role will be primarily responsible for providing engineering input in support of New Product Design and order processing functions.

Primary duty requires knowledge of an advance type in a field of learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized instruction and study and performs work which is original and creative in character, requiring invention, imagination, and talent.

Performs work which is predominately intellectual and varied and is of a character that the output or results cannot be standardized in terms of time.

Work requires consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in its performance.

Roles/Responsibilities:
Develops and designs electrical controls for use in auxiliary industrial machinery and material handling systems
Designs, documents, programs, or contracts programming work for PLC circuits and systems
Develops and maintains U.L. industrial control panel and flame control panel programs
Troubleshoots, writes, and modifies control circuits on manufactured or testing machinery and systems
Travels to customer's sites when required to develop, startup, or troubleshoot electrical, systems, PLC and proprietary controls on UNA-DYN supplied machinery and systems
Creates and reads logic and flow diagrams for program design, programming, simulation and testing, and start-up
Performs all aspects of start-up and commissioning new control systems
Develops bills of material/controls expenditures within limitations of project budget
Creates and assembles final documentation
Uses Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology and techniques to prepare or delegate the preparation of drawings from own layouts, rough sketches, or concepts
Prepares bills of material (BOM) and other documentation in SAP
Contacts suppliers to receive pricing and technical information for purchase on projects
Meets with customers and our representatives in field for site review/pre-engineering evaluation
Ensures all changes and modifications are appropriately documented and noted correctly
Ensures customers have sufficient information i.e., drawings, manuals, documentation, to facilitate a successful installation and operation
Interfaces closely with mechanical, systems, and electrical engineers, drafters, and designers to develop electrical schematics and detailing
Works closely with manufacturing during control panel manufacture
Attends meetings and seminars for updated job information and professional development training
Supervises Electrical Engineers & Electrical Designers – allocating work as needed.
Responsible for checking and validating Electrical Engineers and Electrical Designers designs and drawings where required.
Ensures Electrical Engineers and Electrical Designers compliance with internal drafting standards.
Responsible for reporting progress of all assigned tasks.
Identify any personal or Electrical team training needs to the Director of Engineering and help locate suitable courses.
Take the technical lead on specific projects and agree technical approach with the Director of Engineering.
Is available for onsite customer support (presentations and fault finding as required).

Qualifications:

A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree and 3-5years of directly related experience in an Electrical Engineering role.

Job-related-experience (JRE) can be substituted for education.

Basic Certification Needed:
Familiarity with automated industrial machine controls and PLC's

Intermediate Certification Needed:
Creative design and problem-solving skills, troubleshooter skills, familiar with mechanisms, motors, heating, pumps, fans, and controls

Expert Certification Needed:

• AutoCAD & SolidWorks Electrical Drafting
• Industrial control systems
• Programmable logic controls (PLC)
• Process control systems
• Computer aided drafting and design technologies and techniques

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