Electrical Reliability Engineer

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Georgia-Pacific is now hiring an Electrical Reliability Engineer to join our team in Toledo, OR! The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean.

Many outdoor activities are available near the mill including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.

Electrical Engineers at the Toledo Mill have exposure to a wide away of systems such as instrumentation and controls, low and medium voltage motors, Synchronous motor and controls, D.C.

motors and drives, VFD's, Steam power generation, low, medium, and high voltage switchgear, overhead lines, large relay protection systems, capacitor switching banks for VAR control, etc.

Thorough knowledge and effective application of condition monitoring is critical for early detection of pending failures in these systems.

The position also provides the necessary technical expertise to improve equipment reliability by evaluating and/or redesigning equipment and systems or through project management or capital project support.

Our Team

This individual plays a crucial role in helping to maintain the facility's electrical reliability through design and execution of effective programs and strategies to manage risk and mitigate the consequences of failures.

What You Will Do


* Work to improve the integrity and reliability of all low, medium, and high voltage Electrical Installations, Systems and Equipment for the facility.

This includes but not limited to reliability improvements by developing engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other issues that adversely affect plant equipment operations, project management and trouble-shooting roles.


* Support training programs for maintenance and operations personnel for safe and reliable operation and maintenance of plant power distribution system


* Lead or support root cause analysis "RCA" efforts in areas of expertise and report outs.

Compiling recommendations and implementation/close-out and follow-ups


* Work to develop and track up-to-date and best asset strategies for mill electrical equipment.

Support development and optimization of PM's for all the electrical equipment.

Will on a scheduled base, revisit the active PM's and validate using sound RCM methodologies


* Assist outage planning teams with developing electrical equipment work scopes and execution plans.


* Provide knowledge of various codes and standards, safety rules, laws, regulations, departmental policies and procedures, governing the design and installation of electrical equipment and systems in order to support system design reviews and improvements, construction, commissioning and start up support, etc.


* Function as a Subject Matter Expert, SME, specialist for the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of complex or critical Electrical Systems and Equipment - Power Generation and Distribution, Transformers, Switchgear, Protection Relays, Electrical Switching, LV and MV Motors and Motor Starters, U...