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LEAD ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER - Surrey, BC
Purpose of Position

This position is responsible for leading projects of varying complexity assigned to the Special Projects Engineering Group, focusing on repeatable orders involving Powder Distribution Equipment and related areas.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Serve as lead engineer on projects for Strategic Platform Clients involving high-volume, custom-designed and manufactured products.
  • Proactively suggest novel solutions to problems as they arise.
  • Optimize repeatable designs for manufacturing.
  • Assign day-to-day project engineering tasks to junior engineers. 
  • Check in with engineers regularly to identify issues that could lead to missed due dates or design issues. Find solutions to keep jobs on track and be a resource when the design engineer has questions. 
  • Provide insight, product solutions and reference projects to enable the success of the electrical design engineering team. 
  • Provide mentorship and encourage growth and technical/professional advancement in the teams. 
  • Complete drawings reviews. Review drawings for accuracy, application of IEM standards, industry standards, and constructability. 
  • Provide onboarding and training for new engineering and support team members. 
  • Provide training exercises for the electrical design engineering team. 
  • Schedule meetings with manufacturing leaders at multiple build locations that are assigned the same product to identify issues, concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Schedule and perform kick-off meetings for new orders and new clients.
  • Work closely with applications engineering during handoff of the initial Basis-of-Design. 
  • Work with the test department and production staff to help coordinate testing of complex products.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
  • Minimum of 3 years of design experience in power products.
  • Excellent working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.).
  • Working knowledge of AutoCAD drafting software.

COMPETENCIES:

  • Advanced knowledge of 3-phase electrical system design concepts.
  • Strong technical capability.
  • Understanding of NRTL certifications and UL listings, e.g., UL891, UL1558, UL67, IEEE C37.20, CSA.
  • Project/task management and the ability to carry out a plan that moves a task to completion.
  • Time management.
  • Ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks.
  • Attention to detail and thoroughness.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.

SALARY RANGE:

  • $52.00/hr - $57.00/hr

To apply, please send your resume to VANjobs@iemfg.com indicating in subject line “Lead Electrical Design Engineer”

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