Regional Electrical Engineer

What are we looking for?

An electrical engineer to support our manufacturing facilities located in Chester SC, and Roebuck SC. The ideal candidate will serve as a maintenance and project technical resource and strategically assess plant needs and areas for improvements. The role will troubleshoot maintenance issues, supervise technical repairs and manage capital improvements. The ideal candidate will be committed to safe work practices.

What you'll own in this role:

• Analyze plant processes, design and implement improvements.

• Serve as Project Manager for capital projects related to electrical systems.

• Assess long-term electrical asset needs for the sites, to feed the 5-year capex plans. Help develop CAPEX needs for the sites.

• Evaluate and improve sites' maintenance strategies.

• Work with Maintenance/Electrical Techs to troubleshoot difficult problems

• Manage and index electrical system documentation.

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for sites' electrical infrastructure including design, implementation, inspection and maintenance.

• Understand manufacturing processes and process instrumentation. Collaborate with site resources to support continuous improvement goals and strategies.

• Collaborate with peers within Synthomer across the US region and globally to develop control narratives.

• Train Maintenance Techs and Electricians on electrical system, PLC and instrumentation troubleshooting.

What you'll need to be successful:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related engineering field.

• 2+ Years of experience in industrial electrical systems with working knowledge of NFPA 70 and NFPA 70E

• Ability to read piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID), single line electrical drawings, loop sheets and similar technical documents.

• Manage goals and responsibilities with minimal supervision. Work both independently and in team-based environments across multiple operations sites.

• Project management skills

Qualifications that will set you apart:

• Experience in a Chemical Manufacturing environment

• Experience designing and installing instrumentation and control systems in hazardous areas (NFPA 70 Section 500 installations); class 1, division 1 and division 2 environments or IEC equivalence

• Experience with electrical power distribution

• Experience with industrial bus protocols such as Modbus, ASI, Profinet and EtherNet/IP

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employee must be able to wear required safety equipment including but not limited to steel toed shoes, hard hat, safety glasses, goggles, hearing protection, and fall protection.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb stairs; sit; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee is rarely required to climb ladders. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, and rarely lift and/or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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Why Synthomer?

We are ambitious!

We have grown significantly - both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we're recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.

We believe in high challenge, high support!

We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.

We personalize our approach to development!

At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.