Airgas Incorporated

Senior Electrical Engineer

Airgas Incorporated$100K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Electrical Engineering required
  • Professional Engineer license required
  • Minimum of 7 years in electrical engineering, design, and support in industrial or engineering environments
  • Competency in cryogenic air separation, HYCO, and SMR technologies
  • Strong understanding of codes and standards like NEC, IEC, and ANSI
  • Expertise in P&IDs, electrical calculations, and power estimation tools like SKM or ETAP
  • Experience interfacing with utility companies for energy solutions

Responsibilities

  • Ensure safety standards are met or exceeded
  • Comply with engineering practices and standards
  • Support project development with electrical scope and labor estimates
  • Provide preliminary electrical design for capital and service projects
  • Collaborate with engineering centers for electrical calculations and installations
  • Review approvals for electrical equipment and controls from various sources
  • Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing and offer construction support

Benefits

  • Comprehensive family benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time
  • Benefits start on the first day of employment
Full Job Description

Location:
Houston, TX (HO) - Engineering - E&C Houston

Air Liquide is hiring for a Senior Electrical Engineer in Houston, TX.

We are looking for you!

Comprehensive Family Benefits: Air Liquide offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
Early Access: Your benefits start on the first day of employment.

Recruiter: Brittany | [email protected]

Reporting to the Manager, Electrical Engineering this EE PE role is responsible for supporting the America's project development team by providing electrical engineering scope development, engineering labor estimate, engineering design requirements, engineering direction, review and equipment specifications. The role will also work with the internal and third party engineering centers to establish electrical calculation and project requirements for substations, plant power distribution equipment and systems, cable installations, conduit installations, cable tray installations, power distribution, lighting systems and grounding systems in addition to participation in Factory Acceptance Testing and providing construction and commissioning support.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Meet or exceed the company's safety standards
  • Comply with all company procedures, engineering practices and other standards
  • Ensure adherence to Air Liquide and industry standards, and all applicable federal, state, and local codes
  • Work with E&C Project Development team to support scope development, electrical engineering labor and equipment estimate are included in the project development
  • Provide electrical preliminary design support to capital and service projects to include scope development, engineering labor estimate, design review and approval, equipment specification, fabrication and construction inspection
  • Work with the internal and third party engineering centers to support electrical calculation requirements for substations, plant power distribution equipment and systems, cable installations, conduit installations, cable tray installations, power distribution, lighting systems and grounding systems in accordance with industry standards and the latest versions of manufacturer software and sizing guidelines
  • Review and approval support of all electrical equipment and controls supplied by internal E&C centers, third party engineering companies, or mechanical vendors in conjunction with the electrical engineering group
  • Review and approval support of all vendor electrical detail design, fabrication and control drawings in conjunction with the electrical and controls engineering group when needed
  • Participate in the Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of the Power Distribution Centers (PDCs) and large electrical motors
  • When required, provide direct supervision to detail design and/or field construction contractors
  • Provide technical assistance to maintenance and operating facilities to resolve electrical operational or performance issues; including troubleshooting assistance, coordination with vendors and/or coordination with third party engineering companies while adhering to the corporate MOC policy
  • Maintain project Work Breakdown System (WBS) for estimating when requested
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Required Qualifications
  • BS degree in Electrical Engineering required
  • Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship.
  • Professional Engineer license required
  • Minimum of 7 years experience in successful electrical engineering, electrical design, and technical support experience in and industrial operating environment or in an engineering and construction environment
  • Competency in cryogenic air separation process technology, knowledgeable in HYCO and SMR technologies
  • Working knowledge of all aspects of electrical application and design as related to industrial application in accordance with industry standards per the National Electrical Code (NEC), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), etc.
  • Ability to interpret and understand P&IDs, to gather information for power calculations and studies for large and small plants, to create electrical one lines use for estimating, power user of SKM tools or ETAP for power demand, motor starting, short circuit, coordination and arc flash studies
  • Ability to support interface with local utility companies and strategize the most cost efficient energy solutions for new and old plant installations
  • Ability to work with the company estimating, product, project and plant project groups creating estimates for new facilities and existing
  • Ability to gather and assemble equipment costs for electrical equipment, transformers, switchgear buildings, MCC, and substation apparatus


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior industrial gas experience

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About Airgas Incorporated

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Airgas was founded in 1982, and acquired by Air Liquide in 2016. The company operates through two segments: Distribution and Production. The Distribution segment offers a wide range of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products, to customers in various industries, including manufacturing and health care. The Production segment offers nitrogen, oxygen, and argon gases for use in steelmaking, welding, and other industries.
Learn more about Airgas Incorporated
Size
18,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1982

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