Systems Engineer - Industrial Electrical Manufacturing

Brief Position Description:

To perform the maintenance and programming of the central control systems and associated equipment, provide technical assistance to the Electrical / Instrumentation Technicians and provide detail engineering and field supervision for the electrical/instrumentation portion of the

capital projects in an industrial manufacturing cement plant.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Operations

• Ensure that safe work rules and practices are understood, implemented, and consistently followed by employees and subcontractors.

• Set electrical group’s short, medium, and long term goals and objectives.

• Manage the performance of the electrical and systems group.

• Responsible for the management of electrical / systems backlog and SAP maintenance processes

• Ensure adherence to Plant standards, policies and best practices.

• Ensure compliance of regulatory electrical maintenance activities.

• Focus efforts on the achievement of production, reliability and utilization targets.

• Contributes as required to the design and integration of new equipment installations and assures that a maintenance program is put in place.

• Prepare and manage the electrical and systems portion of the maintenance budget.

• Focus to reduce electrical maintenance expenses toward target cost without compromising reliability.

• Responsible for optimizing and maintaining high level control and automation for the plant operation promoting process improvement.

• Responsible for optimizing and maintaining the Human Machine Interface (HMI) working closely with Production perfecting trends, reporting, control, alarms, and displays.

• Responsible for optimizing and maintaining the plant networks, ensuring proper utilization and reliability.

• Responsible for optimizing and maintaining software and hardware of the Programmable Logic Controllers

• Responsible for optimizing and maintaining the plant WEB server.

People/Organization

• Responsible for development and implementation of safe work practices.

• Develop a formal training plan for the electrical group.

• Manage performance of employees through feedback, coaching, and formal and informal reviews.

• Create and maintain a motivating work environment.

• Maintain open communication with other coordinators.

• Participates in succession planning for roles in electrical and systems.

Inspection

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the condition of all plant electrical equipment on a continuous basis

• Ensure the planned inspection of all plant electrical equipment and initiate work orders based on inspection results

• Organize Major Electrical Maintenance Turnaround and Shutdown inspection schedules

• Monitor and coordinate condition predictors, for all critical equipment

• Validate and update equipment specification files as well as history files

• Evaluate and improve the preventive maintenance electrical job plans & create and update electrical inspection job plans

• Ensure systematic review, application and optimization of motor lubrication program

• Propose economic ways to extend the life of plant electrical equipment

Planning

• Determine and list all safety procedures associated with the work to be performed-to include required Risk Assessment and Workplace Inspection on each job plan

• Improve the quality and content of information on electrical work orders

• Define clearly the scope of work to be performed

• Establish the preparatory work required prior to scheduled equipment downtime

• Develop a detailed job plan with all work sequences involved to adequately complete the repairs, including equipment downtime and man-hours required

• Develop a tool list specific to the job to be performed

Specific Accountabilities

• Perform First level and Specific inspection of all plant electrical equipment in all conditions

• Coordinate with production to get feedback on electrical equipment conditions, production constraints and equipment availability for maintenance inspection

• Develop procedures for every WO by providing the employee with detailed job plans

• Plan and maintain the electrical equipment files and history

• Responsible for the quality execution of electrical and systems work carried out on plant equipment consistent with budgets, policies, and deadlines.

• Controls and optimizes equipment and tools to ensure job performance in a safe and efficient manner.

• Manages scheduling of resources consistent with workload and performance capabilities

• Ensures upon completion of repairs, that equipment has been fully inspected, tested, and is ready to e operated in a safe efficient manner.

• Provides documented reporting in SAP on repair jobs including consumption of materials, tools, man-hours and skills and fills equipment history files out.

• Takes appropriate actions when electrical incidents occur.

• Manages inventory of spare parts and insures their availability with the Purchasing Coordinator.

• Participates in outage planning and long range maintenance / investment plan.

• Manages team, defines objectives, carries out performance reviews, promotes quality of work, and facilitates communication.

• Defines Electrical and Systems budget requirements.

• Takes after hour calls to assist with electrical and systems issues and ensures and on-call technician is available for afterhours work as needed.

• Coordinates subcontractor’s maintenance repair activities and ensures they are performed consistent with plant safety, quality and scope of the required job.

• Maintains plant PLC systems

• Maintains plant control computers

• Maintains plant supervisor controls

• Maintains plant network systems

• Promote new upgrades and feature to assist plant performance

• Develop / Maintain plant reports

• Establish and maintain inventory levels of spare parts

• Create and maintain a working relationship with internal customers

• Establish and maintain management records for direct reports, vendors, and work orders

• Design , monitor and actively act upon preventative maintenance programs

• Ensure conformance with Automation, IT, and corporation guidelines

Educational Requirements:

• Minimum of a Associates degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; or 5 years’ experience in electrical, instrumentation, systems or automation field in an industrial manufacturing plant with increasing level of responsibilities.

Experience/Skills Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in electrical and process systems in the cement manufacturing or related field.

• Must be able to work as a part of a team to ensure continuous improvement in their functional area as well as the overall plant operations.

• Must be able to meet on-call responsibilities in a 24/7 operation.