Lead Electrical CSU SME

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Project Overview:

Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing and building an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility located at Generation Park in Houston, TX. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

Commissioning and Start-Up Electrical SME for Pharmaceutical Project Commissioning plans, tests, and verifying complex electrical systems (power distribution, UPS, generators, process power) in pharmaceutical, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant installation and operation, working closely with design/construction teams to resolve issues, document everything, and prepare for facility turnover. Key duties include developing test plans, conducting FATs/SATs, managing punch lists, troubleshooting, and ensuring adherence to NEC/NFPA standards. Experience with commissioning processes for mission-critical and high-reliability electrical systems. Programing AB PLC control systems.
•    Collaborate: Actively seeks out others’ opinions and input and is open-minded to their views. Challenges others appropriately and is also open to being challenged on their own views. 
•    Communicate: Is effective at adapting their communication style appropriately to their audience, providing context and using the right tone and level of information. 
•    Customer Focus: Prioritizes the customer needs and puts these at the forefront of all interactions. Ensure that others within their team maintain this same approach.
•    Deliver: Demonstrates making well thought out, timely decisions and prioritization that leads to successful outcomes. Includes the right people at the right time. 
•    Problem Solve: Accurately assesses a situation to find the best solution or way of working in order to resolve the issues. It is focused on creating a long term fix rather than a short-term solution.
•    Role Model: Contributes to the Bechtel culture by inspiring and motivating others through their positive approach and attitude. Comes to work determined to do a good job, for themselves and for their team.

"This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and will require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership" #LI-AA1 

Major Responsibilities:

•    Plan, coordinate, and execute commissioning of electrical systems including:
•    Lighting systems, grounding, and bonding systems
•    Switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, and MCC’s
•    UPS systems, PDUs, generators, and transfer switches
•    Medium and low voltage power distribution systems
•    Process control and monitoring systems related to electrical infrastructure
•    Witness factory acceptance tests (FATs) and site acceptance tests (SATs) as required
•    Ensure adherence to project safety requirements, electrical safety protocols, and lockout/tagout procedures
•    Develop and implement commissioning plans, test scripts, and acceptance criteria in alignment with project requirements
•    Review and interpret electrical drawings, one-line diagrams, control schematics, and project specifications 
•    Perform functional testing, performance verification, and troubleshooting of electrical systems to ensure compliance with NFPA, NEC, IEEE, and project specifications.
•    Coordinate with Commissioning Team, Design Engineers, Construction teams, vendors, and owner representatives to resolve technical issues.
•    Scoping project drawings
•    Prepares test plans, Electrical Energization Plans
•    Writing Breaker Isolation and Switching Procedures
•    Complete the RASCI Matrix 
•    Supports reviews of performance curves, metrics, trackers, and feedback to show trends, and use in improvements.
•    AB (Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation) PLC programing such as “RSLogix 500 or Studio 5000”. Write, test, and debug control logic using Ladder Logic.
•    Develop and review Electrical system designs including HVAC, chilled water compressors, CRAH/CRAC systems, pumps, and related infrastructure
•    Plan, coordinate, and execute commissioning of Electrical systems.
•    Develop and maintain commissioning schedules, checklists, and test procedures.
•    Ensure adherence to project safety requirements, safety protocols, and lockout/tagout procedures
•    Develop and implement commissioning plans, test scripts, Energization Plans and acceptance criteria in alignment with project requirements
•    Review and interpret drawings, P&ID diagrams, control schematics, and project specifications 
•    Coordinate with engineering, construction, QA/QC, and operations teams to ensure a seamless transition from construction to operations.
•    Coordinate with Commissioning Team, Design Engineers, Construction teams, vendors, and owner representatives to resolve technical issues.
•    Supports reviews of performance curves, metrics, trackers, and feedback to show trends, and use in improvements.

Education and Experience Requirements:

•    Requires BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or 20 years Master Electrical license City of Houston and 20 years of relevant experience or 10-15 years of relevant work experience. Commissioning process power, and AB (Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation) PLC programing.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

•    Minimum 20 years commissioning electrical installation and commissioning environment.
•    Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills for coordination with engineering, operations, and client teams.
•    Experience with Commissioning Software (Smart Completions) and/or Digital Software.
•    Experience in Commissioning or a technical consulting field such as facility design, engineering, construction management or related area.
•    Proven leadership and supervisory skills with a focus on mentorship and accountability.
•    Experience with cleanroom and critical environment systems is highly desirable.
•    Identifies owner’s goals, needs, and expectations for building operation and function; identifies the Commissioning responsibilities.
•    Leadership or Supervisory experience, ideally leading a Construction Automation Team on a Bechtel jobsite.
•    Experience with or exposure to Hexagon’s Smart Completions Software.
•    Familiarity with semiconductor facility standards and critical power.
•    Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
•    Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
•    Understand and have knowledge of Clean Rooms.

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