Associate Director, Electrical Engineering

Company: Linde
Location: Tonawanda
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2021 sales of $31 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. For more information about the company, please visit our website at .Summary:The overall objective of the Associate Director, Electrical Engineering is to work in a dynamic environment to assure the safety and reliability of our electrical equipment and power systems at Linde facilities worldwide. The position provides technical expertise to global teams and regions, including:

• Participate in development of electrical safety policies and compliance programs
• Electrical reliability engineering and management
• Electrical compliance reviews
• Electrical design reviews
• Participation in RCAs
• Investigation of major electrical events
• Supplier qualification and quality control
• Interface with LE on design reviews, engineering standards, equipment evaluation, and specification reviews.
• Implement and improve electrical preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Develop tools to improve electrical reliability
• Support development of electrical maintenance best practices.Responsibilities:
  • Participate in the development of electrical safety policies and compliance programs
  • Work with global electrical team in the development of maintenance standards and operating procedures for electrical equipment
  • Accountable for identification and implementation of global predictive maintenance tools for electrical equipment such as OMM, ESHM etc.,
  • Accountable for evaluating effectiveness and optimizing electrical preventive maintenance methodologies
  • Lead plant electrical reliability assessments and assist with action item completion
  • Assist regions in identifying and resolving chronic asset failures (bad actors)
  • Assist regions in identifying and resolving long-term asset concerns (reliability threats)
  • Assist Electrical Specialists in global RBUs to develop solutions to technical issues
  • Liaison between global operations teams and Linde Engineering to facilitate alignment on electrical design/construction standards
  • Engage and work across internal teams (Ops, R&D, Procurement, Engineering etc.) as required, to develop and implement strategic solutions to improve availability and reliabilityKey Interfaces:
    • Operating segment operations and reliability managers, COC, COOE
    • Digitalization, Smart Operations, Plant & Process Operations
    • Reliability Centers /Equipment Health Centers
    • SHEQ
    • Linde EngineeringRequired Skills:
      • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
      • Proven technical and operational knowledge of electrical equipment and systems, such as motors, switchgear, transformers, generators, battery systems etc.
      • Proven understanding of best practices in predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance of electrical equipment and systems
      • Proven knowledge of electrical predictive technologies such as partial discharge monitoring, PDMA, transformer oil analysis etc.
      • Proven familiarity with diagnostic tests of electrical equipment and systems
      • Proven fluency in standard software packages.
      • Proven financial acumen, statistical analysis, & fishbone analysis
      • Excellent communication, team interaction and presentation skills.
      • Ability to work independently as well as lead/participate on cross functional teams.

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