Plant Electrical Engineer: Reliability & Safety

General Motors; Town of Lansing (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Facilities Electrical Engineer to operate, improve, and expand the electrical infrastructure that enables safe, reliable vehicle manufacturing at our plant. You will partner with Facilities, Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering, Safety, contractors, utilities, and plant leadership to maintain electrical systems and deliver facility projects.

In this role, you will lead electrical-distribution oversight, support substations and switchgear, maintain documentation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent education/experience.
• Industrial electrical systems experience in manufacturing, utility, or commercial environments.
• Knowledge of electrical distribution, safety, grounding, overcurrent protection, and safe isolation practices.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, one-line diagrams, equipment docs, and construction drawings.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, project-management and decision-making skills.
• Ability to operate in a live manufacturing plant and respond to time-sensitive issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• MS Office proficiency; maintain engineering records/technical databases.
• Commitment to GM safety, ethics and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical resource for plant electrical systems, including high-, medium-, and low-voltage distribution.
• Support safe operation and maintenance of substations, switchgear, feeders, power panels, lighting systems, emergency power, and related facility electrical equipment.
• Maintain and improve power-distribution schematics, power-panel records, lighting databases, arc-flash information, and other engineering documentation.
• Develop, review, and approve electrical switching plans, lockout and isolation requirements, risk assessments, and pre-task planning documents.
• Apply GM Electrical Safety Written Program requirements and help ensure safe-work practices are understood and followed by employees, skilled trades, contractors, and service providers.
• Coordinate planned electrical outages and restoration activities to minimize risk, downtime, and lost production.
• Investigate electrical incidents, equipment issues, and emerging hazards; identify corrective actions and track them through closure.
• Plan and support preventive and predictive maintenance activities, including substation, feeder, switchgear, and facility electrical-system work.
• Lead or support facility electrical projects from scope development and cost estimating through procurement, installation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Review electrical designs, drawings, specifications, contractor work, and field installations for code compliance, safety, quality, and maintainability.
• Coordinate with local utilities and external service providers on electrical-system testing, maintenance, upgrades, and outage planning.
• Support energy, sustainability, reliability, and risk-management initiatives involving plant electrical systems.
• Participate in engineering, facilities coordination, emergency-response, electrical-safety, and continuous-improvement activities.
• Communicate technical issues and recommendations clearly to plant leadership, skilled trades, union partners, contractors, and cross-functional teams.
• Share lessons learned and help standardize effective electrical-safety and facility-engineering practices across GM sites.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Field execution

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Power-monitoring systems

Computerized-maintenance systems

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Facilities Electrical Engineer to operate, improve, and expand the electrical infrastructure that enables safe, reliable vehicle manufacturing at our plant. You will partner with Facilities, Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering, Safety, contractors, utilities, and plant leadership to maintain electrical systems and deliver facility projects.

In this role, you will lead electrical-distribution oversight, support substations and switchgear, maintain documentation, and