Location: Baltimore,MD, USA
Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.
Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?
Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!
What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?
Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.
About Electrical Engineer (Staff or Senior) Position
Ideal candidate would be based at Alpharetta corporate office. Though this position may be based remotely along Colonial's Pipeline and open to relocation consideration.
Depending on the candidate pool this position may be filled at the Staff or Senior Level
As an Electrical Engineer, you will perform various engineering design and technical analysis activities. This position provides electrical engineering technical expertise, leadership, and engineering analysis to complete a wide variety of difficult engineering assignments, applying electrical engineering techniques and analyses to improve facilities safety, reliability, & efficiency. The Electrical Staff Engineer is proficient in the utilization of accepted engineering theories and practices, understands and analyzes complex electrical issues including power systems up to the 230 kV range: Electrical Engineering Studies, including Short Circuit, Load Flow, Arc Fault Analysis, Power Factor correction and Protective Device Coordination. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you a subject matter expert and will serve as a mentor to other team members.
What You Get to Do:
Participate on teams to evaluate/implement/upgrade specialty engineered equipment such as low and medium voltage switchgear, high voltage substations, large induction motors, soft starts, VFDs, UPS, PLCs, automation equipment, etc.
Participate in troubleshooting electrical problems; lead the analysis of electrical equipment including large motors root cause failure and motor sizing / interchange; develop alternatives and propose & implement solutions for long-term reliability.
Perform engineering design, develop, and review preventive maintenance procedures, perform system integrity reviews, and technical analysis activities.
Respond to technical inquiries, make technical recommendations, improve design tools, and develop design procedures.
Utilize system operating philosophies, design parameters, engineering standards and good engineering practices and workflow processes in performing assigned duties.
Conduct studies to improve facilities safety, reliability, & economics, utilizing Colonial's operating philosophies, design parameters, engineering standards, workflow processes, and recommended practices for design and analysis.
Prepare information to be shown on design drawings; coordinate design work with other engineers, designers, and drafters; review design drawings for quality, accuracy, and completeness; and approve drawings for release to construction vendor.
Prepare information to be included in specifications; coordinate work with administrative assistants; review work for quality, accuracy, and completeness; and approve specifications for release to vendors and contractors.
Monitor and record vendor equipment testing at the factory before shipment to job site for installation; monitor and record critical equipment installations and testing at the job site during installation.
Periodic monitoring of adherence to design drawings throughout construction; and coordinate the development of facility as-built drawings when installations are complete at the job site.
Facilitate meetings of cross-functional teams, support Colonial's organizational structure, and its corporate policies and procedures. Teach/mentor others.
What You Bring to the Table:
Bachelor's Degree inElectrical Engineering disciplinefrom an accredited college or university; will consider a combination of experience and/or education.
Ideally, 8+ years in Electrical Engineering in Energy Production/related industry or approximately 5+ years in Electrical Engineering in the Oil and Gas industry.
Ability to travel up to 25-30% of the time.
Knowledge of Electrical Power Distribution design and equipment, and applicable US Electrical Codes and Standards (IEEE, NEC).
Knowledge of General Industry and Oil/Gas codes and standards (NFPA, NEMA, IEC, API, CFR Part 195, etc.).
Knowledge and practice of Electrical Safe Work Practices, Electrical systems Modelling software (e.g., ETAP), and Digital Protective Relays (e.g., GE Multilin, SEL).
Knowledgeable and skilled in incident analyses.
Commitment to consistently adhere to policies and procedures and be a positive example for others by demonstrating the Company's core values of Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Safety, and Excellence in completing work assignments.
Self-motivated, have phenomenal work ethic and looking for the right company to support your growth.
Got Extra to Bring ?
Ideally, 10+ years Electrical Engineering in the Pipeline or Oil and Gas Industry.
Professional EngineeringCertification (PE).
Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company:
Getting to work for a company that helps to meet our county's energy needs and keeps us moving!
Team members who care about each other while accomplishing remarkable things.
Highly competitive benefits – Check out Colonial's Total Rewards (
Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for? Apply today!
Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.
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Colonial Pipeline Company operates the world's largest pipeline of its kind. It delivers refined petroleum products – gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military – through a network of 5,500 miles of underground pipe buried under more than 3,000 miles of right of way in the Southern and Eastern United States. A vital part of the nation's infrastructure, Colonial places the highest emphasis on safe operations that protect its employees as well as the communities in which we live and serve, and the environment along the pipeline route.