
Commissioning and Startup Electrical, Instrument & Controls Engineer
Air Products
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Allentown • Pennsylvania • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Highly cross functional, requiring effective relationships and influence within Gardner and Leadership, passion, and mindset for driving safety, health, and well-being culture, value of risk identification and avoidance, continuous improvement, value of tools and work processes, industry standards, and vision of construction strategies that deliver overall project execution and safety performance.
- Collaborate closely with PDO functional electrical engineering, instrument and controls engineering, and operations teams, along with 3rd party customers on integrated and advanced electrical / instrument commissioning engineering, design and planning.
- Provide direct electrical engineering support for projects actively in electrical commissioning and startup, assisting field Q-EC electrical technicians with relay programming, motor starting, electrical equipment issues, evaluation of electrical test results, interpretation of installation drawings, standards & codes, electrical safety standards & codes, and acceptance testing standards & codes.
- Provide instrument and controls guidance on installations, commissioning, and troubleshooting instrumented systems, following the Air Products standards and work processes.
- Ability to implement electrical and instrumentation construction and commissioning best work processes and work with 3rd party vendors to support resource demands.
- Develop electrical construction packages and E&I contracting strategies.
- Assist with the managing, training, and mentoring of the Air Products’ qualified electrical commissioning (Q-EC) competency program.
- Assist in managing, training, and mentoring Air Products instrument technicians through the instrument technician competency program.
- Coordinate FATs, equipment acceptance testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning, energization, and functional testing procedures with vendors of new electrical equipment (i.e. LCI drives, high-voltage VFDs, H2 electrolyzers, partial discharge equipment, etc.).
- Experience with high-voltage energy isolations (HVEIC) as author, reviewer, person executing the isolation & performing switching, as well as removal of isolations.
- Coordinate FAT’s for process interface buildings (PIB’s) and analyzer buildings.
Requirements
- Minimum of 15 years (total) of electrical field, design, and engineering experience.
- An Electrical Engineering degree is required.
- Proven experience with electrical construction management, electrical acceptance testing, electrical commissioning & functional testing, and equipment energization
- Familiar with instrument construction management, instrument acceptance testing (loop checking), instrument and controls commissioning, functional testing, and validation, and equipment energization
- Proven record of success in safety, environmental, quality and employee involvement.
- Demonstrated strong commitment to employee involvement, leadership, team building and diversity.
- Approx. 35-60% travel to active sites, projects, and equipment inspections/FATs.
Benefits
- Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
- 401k with 100% vested company core and match
- Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
- Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
- Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
- Adoption assistance
- Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
- Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
- Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Many more supplemental benefits available
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
electrical engineeringelectrical commissioningrelay programmingmotor startingelectrical equipment evaluationinstallation drawing interpretationacceptance testinginstrumentation commissioningloop checkingfunctional testing
Soft skills
leadershipteam buildingemployee involvementmentoringcollaborationinfluencecommunicationcommitment to safetycontinuous improvementdiversity
Certifications
Electrical Engineering degree