Electrical Engineer Iii

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE

Electrical Engineer III

LOCATION

Portland CT

MANAGER

Electrical Engineer - Senior

POSITION TYPE

COMPENSATION

Exempt

$99,800 - $118,800

Our Values

Make It Happen ∙ Customer Driven ∙ Trust ∙ Family Culture

Our values are embedded in our organisation and form the basis of our business planning,

recruitment processes, training, and leadership.

Our Vision

Creating certainty for our customers by engineering and delivering the right maritime solutions

BASIC JOB FUNCTIONS

The Electrical Engineer will work closely with the Senior Electrical Engineer to develop, integrate, and test the completed designs. Assists the Senior Electrical Engineer to analyze and design tasks within schedule and budget. Supports the transition to production and oversees the design of agreed to changes to the configuration baseline.

Assist the Senior Electrical Engineer with completing scope of work, developing bid and proposal responses that include the creation of technical strategies and resulting in the preparation and submission of proposal within the Electrical Engineering section. Creates content for presentations to Customers. Reviews the work of Electrical Engineers II and I to ensure work quality and compliance. Guides and mentors Electrical Engineers II and I to improve the performance and capabilities of the Electrical Engineering group. Resolves problems at a detailed level and escalates risks as needed.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Meets daily with Electrical Engineering team to escalate roadblocks in order to have the barriers removed.
• Develop electrical power generation and power distribution systems for marine applications.
• Integrate Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence (C5i) systems into vessel.

• Create and review wiring routing tables with passthrough information, termination identification, wire type, connector part numbers, label descriptions in MS Access.
• Produce electrical plant load analysis along with wire sizing and component protection in accordance with ABS and other classification society standards.

• Establish functional and acceptance test plans for system designs.

• Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with the specifications, drawings, and terms of the contract including ABS and other classification society standards within assigned SWBS section.

• Partners with Weight Manager to monitor and control the weight of the systems to meet design targets.
• Creator and reviewer of Engineering Change Notifications to formally release design data.
• Initiates Engineering Change Requests when improvements or errors are identified.

• System life-cycle activities – including System Requirements Review (SRR), System Design Review (SDR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Detailed/Critical Design Review (DDR/CDR).
• Development of engineering deliverables in accordance with engineering processes, ensuring safe, fit for purpose engineering deliverables, and presenting material associated with the above life-cycle reviews.

• Coordinates with sub-contractors and vendors to receive inputs to design activities.
• Review and check ShipConstructor 3D models and associated 2D drawings/schematics in accordance with company, industry, and project standards.
• Release drawings following company workflow.
• Create engineering reports to show compliance with project requirements based on design, test, analysis, and similarity.
• Partner with quality to troubleshoot installation issues, determine root cause, and recommend solutions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the department by creating work instructions for best practices as well as mentoring/training junior engineers/designers.
• Independent worker who contributes to moderately complex analysis and designs.
• Reviews peers work for compliance with engineering standards.
• Gains exposure to leading small teams.

QUALIFICATIONS & ATTRIBUTES

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Experience working in small teams of engineers.

Process - Understanding of the project management process as defined by the PMI PMBOK.

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Steel or aluminum shipbuilding, boat building, offshore, or other marine design or fabrication experience.

Experience with government procurement and contracting, in particular reviewing requirements and performing specification traces.

Strong knowledge of computer network system, C5i equipment, and electromagnetic interference.

4 years of marine Electrical Engineering experience

Strong knowledge of ShipConstructor and ship modular construction techniques.

Required Electrical Engineering Skills:

Experience with cable management software.

Required Professional Skills:

Experience using Easy Power.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Position requires use of computer, telephones, and other office equipment, reading, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening, and hearing ability and visual acuity.

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, stoop, kneel, climb, crouch, talk and hear.

• Ability to lift packages, equipment, etc., up to 20 lbs.
• Position occasionally requires ability to work in a manufacturing environment and onboard boats and ships from the beginning of production through the sea trails. This includes mobility to work in and around incomplete hull structures.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Electrical Engineer III Contractual Performance.
• Annual performance review.

RELATIONSHIPS

Birdon’s senior management team, including Divisional and Functional Managers, may provide additional direction and duties from time to time.

Clear communication and people skills are necessary as direct contact with Birdon clients, prospective clients, and production team is an important aspect of this position. It is your responsibility to ensure that Birdon’s values and interests are maintained in support of the customer during all internal and external communications.