Facilities Electrical Engineer

Job Description

About the Role

General Motors is seeking a Facilities Electrical Engineer to help operate improve and expand the electrical infrastructure that enables safe reliable vehicle manufacturing. This plant-facing role partners with Facilities Maintenance Manufacturing Engineering Safety contractors utilities and plant leadership to maintain electrical systems deliver facility projects and strengthen electrical safety performance.

The successful candidate will combine sound electrical-engineering judgment with practical field execution. They will work across active manufacturing environments respond to urgent plant needs and lead work that protects people supports production and improves long-term facility reliability.

What You Will Do

• 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• Professional experience with industrial manufacturing utility or commercial electrical systems.

• Working knowledge of electrical distribution electrical safety grounding overcurrent protection and safe isolation practices.

• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics one-line diagrams equipment documentation and construction drawings.

• Strong analytical troubleshooting project-management and decision-making skills.

• Ability to work effectively in an operating manufacturing plant and respond to time-sensitive issues.

• Strong written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience maintaining engineering records and technical databases.

• Commitment to GM safety expectations ethical conduct and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of experience

• Professional Engineer license or progress toward licensure.

• Experience with medium-voltage distribution substations switchgear feeders or industrial power systems.

• Experience with arc-flash studies incident-energy labeling electrical system coordination or power-quality analysis.

• Experience developing or reviewing switching procedures lockout documentation electrical safe-work practices or energized-work controls.

• Experience supporting electrical systems in an automotive or large-scale manufacturing facility.

• Familiarity with AutoCAD facility-management or computerized-maintenance systems power-monitoring systems and electrical engineering databases.

• Experience leading contractors coordinating utility work or managing construction and facility-improvement projects.

• Knowledge of emergency power lighting fire and security systems data-center electrical systems or industrial communications infrastructure.

• Experience applying GM operating systems standardized work layered audits problem-solving or continuous-improvement methods.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g. H1-B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc). This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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