Electrical Project and Drives Engineer

Electrical Project and Drives Engineer

The Role Under the direction of Manager Electrical and Automation – Coil Processing, the Electrical Project and Drives Engineer is responsible for electrical and drives projects related to the coil processing line to include design, start-up, and troubleshooting.

Requirements

• Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Key Result Items

• Overall design responsibility of PLC and HMI Systems and Hardware for Coil Processing Lines.

• Selection (sizing) of Drives and other components such as transformers, Line Reactors, contactors, braking resistors, etc.

• Power and torque calculations for Drive systems.

• Sizing power cables and control wires, fuses, circuit breakers, etc.

• Program / Write Drive control code for position, speed, and current / torque control.

• Tuning of above-mentioned control loops (Proportional, Integral. And Derivative gains or bandwidth method).

• PLC and HMI programming for Coil processing machines and complete lines.

• Engineering of E-stop, Zone control, and other safety circuits.

• Design and component sizing/selection for other control circuits (fuses, power supplies, control relays, motor starters, etc.)

• Operator Station and control panel layouts.

• Creating Bills of Material.

• Shop testing and field start-ups of Control Systems for coil processing Lines (PLC, HMI, AC and DC Drives, etc.)

• Interaction with customers and vendors.

• Troubleshoot problems with customers over the phone and/or remote connection to PLC, HMI, AC and DC Drives, etc.)

• Assist in safety risk assessments.

• Assist in cyber security assessments, scans and hardening.

• Assist internal customer service department with identifying parts needed, pricing, etc.

• Some travel required. Approximately 25% - 30%

• Technology

• AutoCAD experience

• Microsoft Office

• Knowledge of computer and industrial communication networks.

• Experience working with SAP

• Experience working with CimDB

• 1AndritzWay Core Behaviors

• Customer Focus

• Ownership for Performance

• Shared Commitment

• Openness

• Education and Experience

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience.

• Five to ten years of Electrical Engineering experience working with PLC and HMI programming and troubleshooting in an industrial environment with an OEM, Integrator, or End-User.

• AC and DC Drive system experience (preferably Rockwell / Allen Bradley, Siemens, and Nidec / Control Techniques)

• Familiarity with National Electric Code (as applies to industrial applications), NFPA79, and UL508A

• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word.

• Physical Requirements

• As required to individually perform Key Result items

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.