Facilities Electrical Engineer

Job Description

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.  We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals.

At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.  We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

Effectively lead multi-disciplinary facility electrical engineering projects with capabilities to implement and communicate an operational plan for completing a project, monitor progress and performance against the project plan; resolve operational problems, minimize delays, develop, and gather necessary resources to complete the project. Project scope includes current situation assessment, design, coordination, electrical capacity, coordinate process demand with current infrastructure capacity.  Productively manage workload to successfully complete end of life, new investment, and customer driven projects.  Systemize, standardize, and simplify the electrical projects.

Key Accountabilities

• Electrical Engineering– Specify and evaluate the equipment and installation for all electrical equipment.  Evaluate drawings, teach, and train other discipline engineers on electrical specialty.  Assess electrical capacity versus current demand.  Evaluate end of life and innovate new characteristic changes on all electrical infrastructure.
• Support operation of Facilities electrical systems including but not limited to generators, electrical panels, busways, transformers, breakers, and lighting and controls.  Manage and maintain documentation for the site Electrical Systems.  Communicate critical updates to site system operators
• Utility Outages – Coordinate all power outages with internal departments, contractors, and outside entities as required.  Issue electrical schedules to affected customer and receive approval to proceed.  Schedule contract work and equipment service support to complete each power outage.
• Support development of maintenance & investment budgets for the department electrical equipment and projects.
• Simplex (life safety) Expert – Coordinate all life safety work with life safety expert, Simplex.  Provide feedback to Simplex on performance and required areas for improvement.  Evaluate project progress and identify areas for improvement.  Coordinate life safety work with electrical contractor, equipment service, customer department, County inspector to ensure work is complete without impacting SQCEDM categories.
• Project Management - Work with internal customers and external consultants, contractors, and suppliers to develop initial concept, specifications, design drawing review, procurement scope, fabrication / construction, and installation-related documents.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering

Minimum Experience

1 to 3 years of experience developing, coordinating, and managing Electrical, Mechanical and / or facility related projects preferred

Other Job-Specific Skills

Use knowledge and experience to continually improve efficiency and effectiveness of tasks within area of expertise

Actively support / participate in project team activities related to significant business innovation; develop and execute activities / tasks to achieve objectives of business team

Demonstrate solid base of technical knowledge in day-to-day operations

Strong data analysis, and problem-solving skills

Strong communication skills, both oral and written

Proficient with Microsoft Office (Work, Excel, PowerPoint)

Ability to use AutoCAD

Ability to read Electrical and mechanical drawings

Job Dimensions

Financial Dimensions

Responsible for investment and expense spending for Facilities R&M to $1M+ multidisciplinary project scopes, Complete EOL analysis and Budget forecasting as needed

Decisions Expected

Set direction for equipment projects (method, layout, support requirements, etc)

Determine department strategy and plans to strengthen business characteristics

Determine appropriate methods to renew and install equipment to mitigate risk to current & future operations

Working Conditions

Ability to work overtime as needed to complete tasks

Office, Shop, and Plant environment

Work all appropriate weekends / shutdowns to manage projects and cover production needs.

Complete work tasks under limited supervision

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.