Global Electrical Discipline Lead

As a Global Electrical Discipline Lead, you will support the electrical engineering field within the Global Engineering team for capital projects and sites within PPG with primary focus on the Industrial Segment. Electrical Engineering skillsets required include:

• Train and evaluate for electrical hazardous area classifications across PPG global footprint (USA, Mexico, Europe, Asia) and resulting electrical system designs.
• Electrical equipment specifications (draft and review) including certifications (CE/ATEX vs NRTL) and factory testing requirements.
• Support incident investigations around electrical systems incidents and equipment failures to identify causes and solutions.
• Site power system capacity, reliability, and safety assessments. Includes power system load studies, arc flash studies, relay coordination, end of life assessments, and harmonic studies.
• Capital project electrical and utility development support for electrical systems.
• Electrical discipline reviews for project peer reviews during project development.
• Factory testing, field testing, commissioning and startup requirement definitions and support.
• Estimate support within the electrical system scope.
• Train and evaluation for electrical safe work practices
• Mentor site teams, global team members, and engineering contractors in electrical best practices

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the electrical subject area standards and processes owner for design and requirements.
• Support electrical scope development, cost estimating, specifications, construction packages, quality assurance, and technical support for startup and commissioning for capital projects.
• Be the electrical engineering Subject Matter Expert for the engineering and site teams including electrical studies and specification of electrical equipment.
• Lead engineering efforts for electrical man hour estimates and material takes offs.
• Promote safe, balanced, solutions to opportunities within the design work process to further increase the efficiency and predictability of capital projects.
• Support certifications and code compliance for electrical equipment purchases.
• Audit manufacturing sites for electrical compliance, accurate documentation, maintenance programs and provide accurate recommendations.
• Evaluate latest technology for electrical equipment.

Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical Engineering
• 20+ years' experience supporting electrical engineering needs at sites and capital projects.
• Experience within chemical manufacturing or capital project management is preferred.
• Understand global electrical related codes and standards ( NEC, NFPA, IEEE, OSHA, IEC, FM global, UL, NETA, ANSI and NEMA)
• Travel 25 to 50% of time, some international travel required.
• Experience collaborating with international suppliers and engineers required.

Gehaltsstrukturen und Zusatzleistungen von PPG konnen je nach Standort unterschiedlich sein, sodass wir unsere Mitarbeiter in verschiedenen geografischen Markten wettbewerbsfahig entlohnen konnen. PPG berucksichtigt bei Vergutungsentscheidungen mehrere Faktoren, wie unter anderem Fertigkeiten, Erfahrung und Schulung, Qualifikation und Ausbildung, Lizenzen und Zertifizierungen sowie andere organisatorische Anforderungen. Es konnen andere Leistungsanreize Anwendung finden.

Unsere Programme fur Sozialleistungen sind so konzipiert, dass sie die Gesundheit und das Wohlbefinden unserer Mitarbeiter unterstutzen. Jeder Versicherungsschutz und alle Leistungen richten sich nach den Bedingungen der jeweiligen Plane und den dazugehorigen mageblichen Plandokumenten.