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Job # EE25073

Job Title Application Engineer - Variable Speed Drives

Office Location Roanoke, VA

Business Function/Department Industrial Systems/Project Application and Hardware Engineering

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

General Role Description

Define project system requirements and develop system specifications for Variable Speed Drive application to Industrial Systems projects

Role Accountabilities

-   Develop detailed system specifications through collaboration with mechanical original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and end-user clients, per the contract and global industry standards, to ensure high quality designs and on-time delivery for the following:

-  Low and/or medium voltage variable frequency drives for new and/or retrofit projects

-  Incoming panels, harmonics filter panels and output reactor panels

-   Troubleshoot low and medium voltage, AC and DC variable frequency drive application issues, at client site as assigned

-   Create electrical circuit drawings to ensure a design that meets project requirements and quality standards

-   Provide timely technical guidance to internal and external clients and suppliers as required to ensure total project requirements are met

-   Develop and maintain processes and procedures to support the configuration and tuning of VFDs

-   Ensure "as shipped" systems meet all client requirements as defined in the project contract, including system specifications and performance guarantees, while achieving business goals and objectives

-   Perform development related tasks for drive features or applications for new and existing VFD's, as assigned

-   Evaluate supplier proposals to determine the best technical and most cost-effective solution for the application

-   Manage equipment costs, recommending cost reductions when feasible

-   Prepare purchase specification and ERP requisition in a timely manner to support the project schedule

-   Conduct detailed design reviews, internally and externally, with suppliers and clients

-   Provide technical and costing information for the preparation of technical proposals, using client specifications and knowledge of Company solutions

-   Provide technical consultation to assist clients in specifying solutions to technology challenges that results in projects for the Company

-   Provide project management services as assigned

General Employee Accountabilities

-    Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

-    Give manager best advice

-    Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

-    Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

-    Exemplify Company Core Values:  Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

-    Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

-    Recommend viable improvements proactively

-    Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Minimum Qualifications

-   Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering or related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience

-   2 years' related work experience in specifying, designing, commissioning, and/or maintaining low and/or medium voltage, variable frequency drives

-   Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts

-   Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills

-   Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility

-   Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and Visio

-   Able to climb and work on cranes at heights up to approximately 175 feet, occasionally

-   Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, approximately 15%, occasionally with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

-    5 years' related work experience in specifying, designing, commissioning, and/or maintaining low and/or medium voltage, variable frequency drives

-    Demonstrated knowledge of VFD application to complex coordinated control systems

-    Demonstrated knowledge of DC to DC or DC to AC VFD retrofit projects

-    Demonstrated project engineering and/or project management knowledge, skills, and experience

-    Demonstrated successful working relationships mechanical OEM's and end-user clients

-    Knowledge of electrical CAD software such as AutoCAD, EPLAN etc.

Hiring Range: $110,700-$166,100

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website:  https://www.tmeic.com/.  To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting.  A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application.  Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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