Smelter Power Systems Electrical Engineer

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The Power Systems Electrical Engineer is responsible for the 24/7 support of Warrick’s rectifier station and plant‑wide high voltage power system. The engineer will be accountable for providing engineering expertise to the electrical crews, contractors, production centers, and plant management to insure the safe and reliable operation and upkeep of a large high voltage infrastructure to insure continuous and reliable power delivery to the Warrick aluminium production areas.

• Provide electrical engineering expertise to ensure equipment reliability and system improvement support for the Warrick smelting aluminium plant as pertaining to both high and medium voltage applications.
• Supervise all Plant high voltage power operation, including system line‑up, production center requirement, and collaborate with all areas of the plant.
• Develop and provide clear, concise switching orders for all system changes as well as provide direction for establishing electrical safe work zones for persons working near electrical hazards.
• Provide 24/7 failure response (in the event of a system issue, provide immediate response through in‑house and contract resources to return system to support full efficiency in expedient manner).
• Provide detailed analysis on all high voltage related incidents.
• Lead capital budget initiatives for the high voltage power system (prepare funding requests, provide expenditure projections, implement actions, and track execution).
• Develop and implement multi‑year maintenance plans.
• Own the design, rebuild, install and commission equipment including, but not limited to high current rectifier systems, transformers, high voltage switch gear, high voltage transmission line, and metering for the smelting aluminium plant (voltages include 138KV, 15KV, 4160V, and 480V)
• Safety Protocol SPA across the Warrick Enterprise – Power Plant, Smelter and Fabricating on electrical safety, high and medium voltage.
• Be an active participant in the Alcoa Electricals Safety Standards Team and Power Engineers network.

Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do. To be successful in this role and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:

• Proven experience in leading, managing and performing electrical projects including design, installation, and commissioning.
• Have interpersonal and problem solving skills, using both theoretical and practical methods to achieve improvements or fix identified problems.
• Must communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, have team and interpersonal skills to motivate change, ability to balance tasks.
• Possess digital literacy especially in Microsoft Office applications.

• Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Prefer 3-5 years of medium and high voltage maintenance and reliability experience within an industrial manufacturing or electrical utilities environment.
• Electrical Engineering Degree with emphasis on high voltage and power distribution systems.
• In‑depth electrical and operational knowledge of high current power rectifier systems.
• Understands short circuit, arc flash, load flow, and relay coordination studies.
• Knowledge of maintenance and operation of electrical equipment, can troubleshoot and has Root Cause Problem Solving experience.
• Basic mechanical expertise with high voltage switch gear and structures.
• Can evaluate equipment condition, understands and interprets testing results, and can perform reliability assessments.
• Familiar with transformer oil analysis, electrical testing and substation maintenance requirements.
• Have a solid understanding of CMMS applications.

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