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Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

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Houston, TX
Senior level
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Houston, TX
Senior level
Leads electrical engineering scopes for proposals and projects across the Americas. Assigns and supervises design teams, provides technical expertise, develops electrical design standards, manages suppliers and outsourcing partners, and improves execution processes. The role requires expertise in industrial power systems, large motors, switchgear, transformers, power electronics, and power-system analysis software. It also involves mentoring engineers, leading cross-functional teams, and traveling domestically approximately 20% of the time.
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At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.


Reimagine What’s Possible 


To help support an ambitious growth strategy and rapidly growing project portfolio we’re looking for ambitious and hard-working Principal and Senior Principal Electrical Engineers. If you can demonstrate leadership potential, we’ll offer you an outstanding opportunity to develop your career within one if our high performing teams working across a wide range of technically challenging projects. Reporting to the Electrical Engineering Manager, you will also mentor junior team members throughout the broader Air Separation Unit (ASU) organization across the Americas region.  20% domestic travel to Air Products and customer sites.


What's In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

  • Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
  • 401k with 100% vested company core and match
  • Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
  • Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
  • Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
  • Adoption assistance
  • Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
  • Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
  • Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
  • EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
  • Many more supplemental benefits available

 

Roles / Responsibilities:

  • Leading the electrical scope of work on a range of proposals and projects implemented in the Americas region.
  • Assigning tasks to the electrical design teams, providing supervision and technical expertise to ensure delivery against time and quality constraints.
  • Providing technical input for the ongoing development of Air Products’ electrical design standards.
  • Liaising with existing suppliers and outsourcing partners, seeking additional partners to add value to AP and customer projects.
  • Defining execution models for electrical engineering scope, monitoring performance and developing improved processes where appropriate.

Requirements / Qualifications:

  • An Electrical Engineering degree plus PE status, or actively pursuing PE status.
  • Proven experience in electrical power engineering in a design function within the process design industry.
  • Demonstrated understanding of large motors (induction and synchronous) in the range of 1-10MW. Experience with larger motors (10MW up) will be a plus.
  • Experience in specification and procurement of low, medium and high voltage switchgear, power transformers and power electronics (LCI's, VSD's and Thyristor Controllers).
  • An ability to work with software packages for analysis of power systems (e.g. SKM Powertools or ETAP).
  • A dedicated and driven approach & be committed to getting it right with a never-ending desire to learn, improve and contribute.
  • Experience leading cross functional teams. 

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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
  
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.).  You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.  

Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail us at [email protected]. General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you’ll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.  

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