Position Overview

• This role is responsible for electrical engineering on large-scale projects, involving designing control systems from scratch, including hardware, software, and networks; electrical panel design and power calculations; risk assessment; component selection and configuration; control system programming; and control system installation and commissioning.

Key Responsibilities

• System Design: Create electrical/control components from concept to implementation based on project requirements.
• Drafting Software: Design using drafting software, preferably AutoCAD.
• System Integration: Modify and integrate systems with other project disciplines as needed.
• Facility Design Interface: Optimize panel locations to minimize voltage drop and design efficient system hardware layouts.
• Vendor Management: Manage vendor scope to ensure safety, functionality, and compliance with all contract requirements.
• Compliance: Ensure designs comply with local, government, and client design/implementation codes and standards.
• Risk Assessment: Generate and implement technical risk assessment documents and mitigations.
• Safety Design: Design and analyze safety-critical parts within a control system, incorporating redundant mitigations for increased safety and reliability.
• Complex Motion Systems: Design systems with complex motion and automation integration.
• Documentation: Develop system configuration and design documents, including operation descriptions, detailed control system design descriptions, panel assembly drawings and schematics, termination drawings, network layouts, implementation/acceptance test plans, and routine maintenance/job plans.
• System Design Calculations: Perform calculations/analysis such as short circuit protection, harmonics, noise reduction/cancellation, power consumption, load flow, protective relay/circuit design, ground fault monitoring, and safety system implementation (SIL/PL rating knowledge preferred).
• Ride System Design: Knowledge of ride system design for attractions involving guests is preferred.
• Shift Flexibility: Work off-shifts as needed during installation/commissioning to support the project.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience covering most responsibilities listed above. Preferred experience in ASTM standards, attractions industry, and safety engineering.
• Knowledge of contract documents and specifications.
• Ability to collect field data and accurately record findings.
• Ability to perform system design functions.
• Skills in planning, customer focus, timely decision making, informing, organizing, priority setting, and problem-solving.
• Experience with hardware/software from major industrial manufacturers (e.g., Allen-Bradley, Siemens).
• Experience with ethernet-based distributed remote I/O systems.
• Ability to travel up to 30% (10% average in recent years).

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Disciplines outside of electrical/controls will not be considered.