Senior Electrical Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company

Senior Electrical Engineer – Ogden, UT

As a Senior Electrical Engineer you will provide electrical engineering support at a zirconium manufacturing facility for equipment and processes for use in commercial nuclear power industry. The plant contains a variety of equipment used in chemical and metals manufacturing industries including chemical processing systems (separators, fluidized bed reactors, distillation furnaces), vacuum arc furnaces, electron beam furnaces and welders, lathes, annealing furnaces, pre-heat furnaces, forges, extrusion presses, pilgers, cranes and lifting fixtures, boilers, cooling towers, planers and mills. Much of the plant equipment is equipped with control systems including Modicon, Rockwell, Siemens, Honeywell and Emerson Delta-V. The plant electrical distribution system is fed from an on-site substation which distributes power throughout the plant and is supplemented with an emergency generator providing emergency power to select systems in the event of a loss of main power.

You will report to the Senior Manager of Engineering and be located at Ogden, UT and is an onsite position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct, daily technical engineering support and leadership for electrical systems, instrumentation and controls for plant processing equipment, plant operations and maintenance.
• Develop electrical drawings including 1-line, layout, schematics drawings, specification of new equipment, electrical distribution systems, instrumentation, and control systems. Responsibilities include design development, leading design teams, overseeing and coordinating installation, fabrication, testing and qualification of new equipment or systems.
• Develop test plans to ensure operation of systems and validation of system designs.
• Establish maintenance requirements for new equipment by following manufacturer’s recommendations and instructions and performing engineering analyses to justify changes.
• Ensure compliance to safety and regulatory requirements for plant and equipment electrical and control systems.
• Conduct failure analyses and identify causes of failures in systems and recommend resolutions.
• Prepare technical reports and presentations to support plant activities and new projects.
• Analyze and recommend use of technological innovations in industrial and process controls for mechanical equipment and chemical processes to solve complex manufacturing problems.
• Analyze and make proposals for new business opportunities and implement strategic plans.

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from accredit institution, courses in power system distribution
• Minimum 5 Years of electrical engineering experience in a manufacturing or chemical plant or consulting firm specialized in heavy industry design/construction
• Project management skills using Microsoft Project
• Teamwork skills working across all levels of an organization
• Working knowledge of ISA, IEEE, NEC, NEMA and NFPA electrical codes and standards
• AutoCAD skill

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program