Senior Lift Equipment Electrical Engineer

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Date: Sep 18, 2024

Location: Atlanta, GA, US, 30308

Company: Norfolk Southern Corp.

Requisition37469:B4 Senior Lift Equipment Electrical Engineer

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Norfolk Southern offers a unique opportunity to be part of our proud legacy that spans nearly 200 years. We are a customer-centric, operations-driven team dedicated to advancing safety, serving communities, and driving innovation for tomorrow's rail. As part of Norfolk Southern, you’ll join a collaborative team where there are opportunities for growth across the organization. We are building a culture where everyone can thrive by owning and driving exceptional results, being humble and leading with trust, serving our customers with excellence, and collaborating and coaching to win.

Primary Purpose:

Evaluates, enhances, implements, and supports automation technology for lift equipment used at Norfolk Southern intermodal terminals

Principal Duties:

• Serves as subject matter expert for electric machines and battery hybrid systems

• Evaluate current machine technology to develop long-term equipment strategy

• Develop and maintain electrical specifications for future machines

• Assess machine design and component specifications

• Lead testing and commissioning efforts for new machines

• Support Maintenance through remote and on-site troubleshooting of equipment failures to minimize downtime

• Serve as team member and/or project leader on process improvement and technology development projects

• Collaborate with other teams to identify root causes and provide resolutions

• Identifies, evaluates, and implements new technology to lift equipment to improve, safety, reliability, and economic efficiency.

• Works with vendors to identify and develop new products and processes to improve equipment utilization

• Modify and add features to existing control systems to improve safety and efficiency

• Manages and supports hardware and software used for electrical and automation systems

• Create tools to enable engineering analysis of machine data

• Analyze and interpret data; propose hypotheses as explanations of events, and design experimental studies to test (disprove) these hypotheses

• Establishes rapport, builds relationships that create networks with those individuals and stakeholder groups critical to short- and long- term goal attainment

• Position requires seven day a week responsibility, emergency call outs, and frequent overnight travel.

Job Related Experience:

• Minimum Level: 5 years Preferred Level: 8+ years

Education:

Minimum Level: Bachelor of Science (BS)

Preferred Level: Master of Science (MS)

Preferred Majors:

• Engineering - Electrical Engineering

Licenses / Certifications:

Required: None listed

Preferred: Professional Engineer License

Technical Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of industrial electrical and control systems (VFDs, motors, etc.)

• Hands-on electrical design and troubleshooting both AC and DC systems

• Knowledge of power distribution and switchgear design

• Thorough knowledge in hybrid system technologies

• Knowledge of electrical engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build

• Knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.

• Experience in performing testing and/or validation of complete electrical systems and subsystems

• Experience in developing electrical calculations for loads, equipment sizing, feeder sizing, voltage drop, grounding, lighting circuits and controls, facility and electrical service, and power distribution.

• Knowledge in design of single-line, three-line, wiring diagrams, general arrangement, substation layout and bus arrangement, grounding grid design and lightning protection in conformance with applicable rules and standards

• Experience in selection and specification of field devices and sensors

• Working knowledge of server and database

• Strong analytical, communication (oral & written), and troubleshooting skills

• Ability to work under pressure, multi-task, and meet deadlines

• Field commissioning, field support, and start-up experience

Career Path:

Predecessor Jobs:

Future Jobs:

• Group Manager Lift Equipment Maintenance

Company Overview

Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country’s population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com .

At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. We know that employees thrive in a workplace where differing viewpoints, ideas, and experiences are freely shared and valued. As such, we encourage all employees to contribute their distinctive skills and capabilities to our organization.

Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress.