Electrical Engineer (Power Distribution)

Location: Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States — plant, onsite

Company

hirify.global provides pipe preparation, joining, hanging, flow-management, and fire-protection products for commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and critical-system applications.

What you will do

• Develop specifications, scopes of work, bid documents, project schedules, budgets, and implementation plans for electrical infrastructure projects.
• Document and maintain the plant electrical distribution network, including one-line diagrams, circuits, substations, switchgear, and critical assets.
• Review vendor designs and electrical plans, support field investigations, and provide construction and commissioning guidance.
• Coordinate contractors, utilities, vendors, and external stakeholders during infrastructure projects, service upgrades, outages, and annual shutdowns.
• Determine power loads and energy requirements for equipment installations and facility upgrades.
• Develop preventive maintenance programs, equipment criticality assessments, electrical safety initiatives, and long-term reliability plans.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in electrical engineering, power distribution, facilities engineering, utilities, or industrial manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, and NFPA 70B standards.
• Experience with industrial power systems from 69kV through 480V, including substations, switchgear, transformers, protective relays, and power monitoring.
• Experience maintaining distribution documentation, preventive maintenance programs, asset records, and reliability plans.
• Ability to coordinate electrical outages, shutdowns, capital projects, contractors, schedules, budgets, and vendors.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is preferred; equivalent industrial experience will be considered.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale industrial distribution networks and multiple substations.
• Experience working with utility providers on service upgrades, outages, and infrastructure projects.
• Experience in heavy manufacturing, foundry, metals, steel, mining, chemical, or power-generation environments.
• Experience with annual shutdown planning in a 24/7 manufacturing environment and NFPA 70B asset-management practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time engineering role supporting a manufacturing plant.
• Work is performed onsite in an industrial environment.
• Focus on OSHA standards, electrical safety, equipment reliability, and minimizing operational disruption.

Hiring process

• Application and resume review.
• Phone screen with the recruiting team followed by a hiring manager interview.
• Onsite interview, offer, and hiring.