Application Engineer - Variable Speed Drives (EE25073)
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
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