Position Summary
The Marine Electrical Engineer I is a mid-level staff position jointly responsible for engineering, commissioning, and documentation of marine sales projects within our engineering staff. The job involves both in-house and field electrical design, troubleshooting, and customer interaction in a very integrated team environment. This position will have a strong focus on electrical controls, power generation, and electrical communications for marine vessels. Local travel to Louisiana and Florida is routine, USA-wide, and international travel is more seldom.
We want a socially adaptable, highly intelligent, and hard-working engineer who thrives on challenges and who wants to work on a very close-knit team. This person needs an honest work ethic, a humble willingness to learn from anyone, and must be clever enough to apply all available resources toward problem solving. This person must be able to communicate and summarize intricate technical issues to audiences of various levels of technical ability. We are looking for someone with experience, talent, and behavior traits who can execute this role
Essential Responsibilities & Expectations
Major areas of co-responsibility:
Project design, installation, and commissioning
- Design and publish package, control, and integration drawings according to our sales documentation and our customers’ needs
- Coordinate closely with project managers, field technicians, sales representatives, our suppliers, shipyards, architects, owners, and owners’ other suppliers
- Support sales representatives with research and design for sales quotations
- Perform installation and commissioning in the field
Solve product and design problems in the field
- Application issues
- Supplier product issues
- Technical design faults
- Project design feedback for future enhancement
Common tasking
- 2D electrical drawings
- Equipment installation/performance troubleshooting on the job site
- Teaching other technically oriented people how to operate or manipulate equipment and control systems
- Implement revisions to designs in the field, on the fly
- Engineering research in the office to solve customer, vendor, and coworker issues
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
Experience
- Working knowledge of marine vessels and equipment, at least 3 years’ experience preferred.
- Experience using personal computers and basic typing skills are required.
Skills and Competencies
- High drive to succeed, without high emotional volatility
- High tolerance for change, details, and people
- Strong logical problem-solving, rapid-fire problem solving, and idea productivity capabilities
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Extreme comfort with computers and technology
- Excel, Word, Autodesk or equivalent
- Organizational skills
- Relationship building skills
Job Training
- TTCO and Supplier Computer Programs
- Caterpillar programs
- Power Systems training
- New product training (CAT and allied)
- Safety training
- Compliance training
Safety Summary
Working Conditions
- Work is normally performed in company office, worksite, or shop environment.
- Exposure to physical risk and all weather conditions is associated with this position.
- Sitting for extended periods, driving for extended period, and standing on hard surfaces for extended periods is often required.
Physical Requirements
- Driving (day and night)
- Speaking
- Listening
- Standing
- Writing
- Typing
- Reaching
- Kneeling
- Grasping
- Stooping
- Lifting
- Reaching
- Kneeling
- Grasping
- Stooping
- Lifting
- Climbing on equipment
Job Hazards
- Tripping, slipping, falling
- Job site hazards
- Strains due to lifting
- Hand injuries
- Driving related hazards
- Equipment movement
- Stress and fatigue due to overexertion
- Repetitive hand motion (computer work)
- Back and neck strain
- Stress
- Potential harm from operating office equipment
- Injury from lifting
- Hearing loss from noise
- Moving machinery
- Respiratory
Thompson Tractor is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
