Position OverviewThe Electrical Engineer is responsible for defining, designing, and implementing the electrical infrastructure required to support industrial battery charging systems for material handling equipment (e.g., fork trucks, tuggers, AGVs).
This role owns the end-to-end electrical scope associated with charging infrastructure, including load analysis, power distribution design, technical specifications, permitting, and execution oversight. The engineer ensures that all systems are code-compliant, scalable, and aligned with operational and budget requirements.
The position plays a critical role in enabling reliable plant operations by ensuring adequate and efficient electrical capacity to support material handling systems.
Power Requirements Analysis & System Definition
• Analyze facility operations and material handling fleet requirements to determine total and peak electrical load for battery charging systems.
• Develop load studies and capacity assessments for integration into plant electrical infrastructure.
• Define electrical distribution requirements including transformer sizing, panelboards, circuit distribution and redundancy considerations.
• Coordinate with facility engineering to validate available plant capacity and upgrade needs.
Engineering Design & Technical Specifications
• Develop electrical design concepts for mobile equipment battery charging stations, battery charging rooms and infrastructure, routing, protection, and safety systems
• Prepare detailed technical specifications and scope of work for bid packages, including equipment requirements, installation standards, and performance criteria
• Ensure designs align with operational efficiency, safety standards, future scalability
• Ensure full compliance with applicable regulations.
• Coordinate inspections and ensure all installations meet regulatory and safety requirements.
• Incorporate best practices.
• Manage bid process including supplier identification, technical evaluations, clarifications and bid leveling.
• Review and approve vendor drawings and electrical submittals.
• Ensure vendor designs align with defined specifications and facility constraints.
• Budget tracking and cost control.
• Manage installation timeline and milestone adherence.
• Coordinate with general contractors, suppliers, internal engineering teams
• Support installation, commissioning, and system validation
• Resolve technical issues during construction and startup phases
• Collaborate with material flow and operations.
• Align charging infrastructure with operational strategy.
• Optimize charger locations and utilization.
• Support implementation of efficient charging strategies (opportunity charging vs centralized charging).
Requirements
This is how you will take us forward:- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- ~5-10+ years of experience in:
- Industrial electrical systems
- Power distribution design
- Manufacturing or facility environments
- Experience with electrical infrastructure for industrial equipment or charging systems
- Strong knowledge of: Industrial power distribution systems, load calculations and capacity planning, low and medium voltage systems.
- Familiarity with: Battery charging systems for forklifts or industrial vehicles,
- Electrical design tools and schematics
- Experience preparing technical specifications and bid packages
- Ability to manage contractors and vendors during installation
