Electrical Engineer (Engineering)
Electrical Engineer
Who We Are
Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide.
Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.
About the Role
The role of the Electrical Engineer is to provide electrical support for operations as well as providing electrical experience to the site to meet technological and business needs. Electrical engineer may also support capital projects, support continuous improvement processes and cost saving activities.
The ideal candidate should commute to Bowling Green, KY.
Essential Functions:
- Responsible to negotiate with vendors so that Essity's electrical needs are fulfilled
- Responsible for project and activity management
- Responsible for the electrical part in capital projects and activities
- Acts as a resource for R&D projects
- Plans projects and follow up on costs, time and resources
- Performs projects and trials with minimal disruption to productivity and waste
- Ensures that all electrical jobs are properly researched and cost justified
- Plans and directs the work performed by electrical contractors
- Provide start up support for capital projects
- Provides electrical design, PLC and HMI programming
- Provides drive programming and adjusting
- Supports R&D (HQ) in selecting components and machine parts to ensure consistence with US standards
- Establishes and maintain good contact with R&D (HQ)
- Establish and maintains contact with suppliers
- Ensures that electrical documentation is upgraded
- Provides troubleshooting support to Electrical Specialists and Maintenance Technicians
- Identifies training needs for Electrical Specialists and Maintenance Technicians
- Provides technical support to the Lock Out Tag Out Team to ensure that policies and procedures are adequate regarding electrical safety
- Ensures that the site and its operations are in compliance with OSHA, NEC, NEMA and NFPA
- Ensures that all installations and purchasing meet US- and Essity - standards
- Ensures that sufficient maintenance is performed on the power distribution system
- Ensures that the electrical aspect of the facility is in compliance with production needs
- Represents BG for new machine development
- Provides support for R&D on process and product development
- Establishes a good contact with other plants within Essity
- Ensures that applicable budgets are met on all projects and individual assignments
- Provides leadership and direction to project members, electrical specialists, technical personal and operators
Education/Experience:
- BS degree in electrical field or substantial progress in completion of BS degree in electrical field preferred, or equivalent experience
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Good skills in using Excel, Word, Power Point and MS Project
- 5 years' experience in electrical technology used for process production and manufacturing
- Basic experience in CAD (Auto Cad, Elcad, Eplan)
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written
- Good understanding of our machine processes
- Strong PC and software skills
- Training and facilitation skills
- Advanced knowledge of HMI programming (Siemens Pro-Tool, Future: InTouch)
- Experience with AC/DC drives (Socapell, SSA, Siemens (611))
- Strong knowledge of PLC programming (Siemens, Allan Bradley, Texas Instrument)
What We Can Offer You
At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.
Compensation and Benefits:
Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus/sales incentive + benefits
Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:
- United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
- Wellness program provided through Rally
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- PTO offering with Paid Holidays
- Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.
Additional Information
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com
Together, we are improving lives, every day
Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.
Application End Date:
Job Requisition ID:
Essity254172