Sr. Project Electrical Engineer
Celgard, LLC

The Asahi Kasei Group operates with a commitment of creating for tomorrow. Our business sectors, Material, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment.

We are currently seeking applications to fill the following job opening at Celgard where we develop and manufacture membrane battery separators that are critical components used in lithium-ion batteries for electric drive vehicles (EDVs) and energy storage systems (ESS).

Company:
Celgard, LLC

Job Description:

About the Role

We are seeking a Sr. Project Electrical Engineer to be a part of the Celgard team based in Charlotte, NC. This role performs as a plant engineering department electrical, instrumentation, and controls engineer. The incumbent will be responsible for entire project life cycle from scope determination through timely project closure on assigned projects. This role also aids the other project managers with electrical, controls, and instrumentation design of their assigned projects.

Reporting Relationships

This position directly reports to the Plant Engineering Manager and does not supervise others.

Asahi Kasei and Celgard Values

• Sincerity - Being sincere with everyone
• Challenge - Bolding taking challenges, continually seeking change
• Creativity - Creating new value through unity and synergy

Key Accountabilities

• Project management of capital and expense projects from concept to project closure.
• Specification of equipment, control systems, and process function for new equipment.
• Electrical design of low voltage utility power for machinery and facilities.
• Instrumentation and controls design for machinery and facilities.
• Project material quotation, requisition, tracking, and staging.
• Project forecasting, budgeting, invoice management and controlling costs within project budget.
• Supervise and support electrical installation contractors on project work.
• Supervise and support start up and internal checkout of electrical installation on project work.
• Specify PLC system architecture for new installations.
• Support PLC programmers with machine control concepts and hardware selection.
• Support other discipline engineers with electrical and instrumentation designs for their projects.
• Update electrical drawings in the document control system.
• Occasional support of maintenance personnel with troubleshooting electrical and instrumentation breakdowns.
• Ability to travel, on occasion, domestically and internationally.
• Evaluates performance of mechanical, electromechanical, electrical, and other plant systems and makes recommendations for improvements and cost savings.
• Knowledge and appreciation of safe work practices and environments; Maintains high level of safety among all employees throughout project process.
• Uses technical knowledge and awareness of details to recognize when technical problems are developing in the various disciplines and initiates appropriate corrective actions.
• Application and design of extrusion equipment.
• Application and design in bonding, ovens, winding, conversion slitting and packaging.
• Application and design with thin film web handling and tension control.
• Application with online analyzers and inspection equipment.

Qualifications

Education Background:

• BS in Electrical Engineering required.

Knowledge & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience with electrical, controls, and instrumentation design of machines, utilities, and facilities in a manufacturing or industrial environment required.
• Previous experience with capital and expense project management required.
• Must have demonstrated experience with a strong emphasis on execution of multiple projects and electrical and instrumentation support of other disciplines.

• Must be proficient in use of AutoCAD (standard or electrical) and MS Office products.
• Must be proficient in the application of NEC, ISA, NEMA codes and standards.
• Must be proficient in in the application and design of PLCs, HMI, VFDs, and instrumentation; the application and design of power circuits at 480v and below; the application of motors and motor controls; and the application of temperature and pressure controls.

• Must be proficient with control systems to be able to select for design or modify existing systems. Systems will primarily include Allen Bradley and Mitsubishi PLCs with Allen Bradley and Yaskawa drives.

Key Attributes:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences across all levels of the organization is required
• Must have strong interpersonal skills
• Must be adept at influencing others to move projects forward

Travel:

• Must be able and willing to travel up to 10% for domestically and abroad for training and visiting other company locations

Working Environment

This position is in a manufacturing plant setting that would require working in a production environment around chemicals. Work is 80% desk-based but will require standing and walking for 20% of the time. You may be required to lift up to 35 pounds and/or push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Celgard manufacturing sites are IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 certified.

About Us

For more than 50 years, Celgard has proven itself as a global leader in the development and production of high-performance membrane technology. Celgard specializes in solvent-free, dry-process, microporous membranes used as separators that are a major component of lithium-ion batteries that power a broad range of electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS). Celgard® membrane is also used in specialty applications such as satellites and military installations as well as other barrier-type applications like technical textiles for waterproof and breathable apparel. Headquartered in the United States, we operate manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and China and have sales and technical service staff located strategically throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Celgard, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, LP, an Asahi Kasei Company. With manufacturing facilities or sales offices in nine countries serving six continents, Polypore brings advanced development and manufacturing know-how as well as unique problem-solving capabilities to customers' lithium-ion and lead-acid battery development teams. The Asahi Kasei Group is a diversified group of companies led by holding company Asahi Kasei Corp., with operations in the material, homes, and health care business sectors. With more than 46,000 employees around the world, the Asahi Kasei Group serves customers in more than 100 countries. We are Creating for Tomorrow!

Location Information

Charlotte, NC, known as the Queen City, is a thriving metropolitan area of over 2.6 million people across 15 counties. It is situated just north of the South Carolina border and is close enough to drive to the mountains and the beach in two-three hours. Charlotte brings diversity in people, industries and living, from urban to rural. It is ranked second among 25 largest cities for most desirable place to purchase a home by Nerdwallet.com and is ranked eighth among the top 10 big booming cities by CNNmoney.com. Charlotte is home of one of North Carolina's largest college campuses, UNC Charlotte. Along with a friendly southern culture, Charlotte offers dining, arts, museums, major league basketball, a national football team, a soccer team, a minor league baseball team, NASCAR, shopping, festivals, a variety of amenities and quick access to several parks for people who love to get outdoors.

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As an equal opportunity employer, Asahi Kasei believes a diverse workforce will provide us with the ability to continuously support the changes in the economy, society, and environment.

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