Job Title

Corporate Engineer - Electrical

Position Overview

Shaw Industries is seeking a Corporate Engineer - Electrical. Under the limited direction of the Engineering Manager, this position is primarily responsible and accountable for project development, design, and execution, with a secondary focus on technical support for manufacturing facilities. Work is often multi-disciplined and requires close coordination with manufacturing management, other corporate departments, and outside agencies. While project assignments may at times overlap into other disciplines such as mechanical systems and manufacturing processes, the primary focus of this position is electrical and power systems. This position is responsible for collecting design criteria, preparing detailed schedules, preparing technical specifications, developing engineering designs, assembling project estimates, creating engineered drawings, and utilizing project management tools to ensure projects meet safety, quality, schedule, performance, and budget requirements.

Location:

This position will be primarily based in Dalton, GA, with project management assignments and responsibilities potentially requiring work at any Shaw facility location.

Shaw Industries Corporate Engineering (CE) provides engineering support for the corporation's manufacturing, distribution, sales and administrative facilities. Although its primary base is in Dalton, GA, CE is deployed on projects across the enterprise. The department provides feasibility studies, high-level budgets, project development, detailed cost estimates, engineering, design, project management, consulting, and CAD services. CE has specialists to serve the needs of each segment of the business. Staff include mechanical, electrical, & civil engineers, project managers, interior designers, and CAD designers, as well as administrative staff.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec , Shaw Floors, Patcraft , Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass , Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more.

Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide

Primary Responsibilities:

Project Development and Administration

Develop and execute capital and expensed projects, sometimes large and complex, with detailed scopes of work, detailed schedules, and appropriations-grade budgets.

Solicit detailed stakeholder design criteria and translates same into actionable technical designs, plans, and scope elements to ensure achievement of project objectives.

Partner with project stakeholders to develop project options and proposals to facilitate decision-making by business leaders.

Develop and submit detailed documentation required to solicit project approval through online project administration software tools.

Maintain project files and publish periodic project reports.

Project Management and Execution

Consistently apply technical standards, engineering best practices, project management processes, and project management tools, and champion the use of the same with facility-level engineering teams.

Track spending and maintain control of project cost performance. Act as the primary point of accountability for adherence to the project budgets.

Manage onsite contractor activities, ensuring consistent enforcement of regulatory, corporate and plant policies such as safety, ethics, environmental, etc.

Minimize project-related disruptions to normal plant activities and coordinate necessary disruptions with plant management in advance.

Perform project-related quality control functions, inspecting vendor-supplied equipment and construction work to ensure compliance with specifications, drawings, timeline requirements, and other requirements as defined in contract packages.

Provide an active onsite resource for project commissioning, startup, and optimization.

Technical Expertise

Possess strong knowledge of the design of electrical systems in an industrial environment including 12470 Volt, 4160 Volt, and 480 Volt power distribution.

Possess strong working knowledge of and adheres to the requirements of NFPA 70 (National Electric Code), NFPA 70E (Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace), NFPA 70B (Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance), and NESC/ANSI C2 (National Electric Safety Code).

Develop and retain process knowledge and related manufacturing expertise necessary to successfully execute projects and job assignments.

Collaborate with facility teams, technical teams, and other engineers to develop innovative solutions to complex problems and business opportunities.

Provide coaching and support for engineers and other facility-level technical resources.

Competencies

Plan and Organize

Drive Results

Initiate Action

Build Trusting Relationships

Shaw b enefits include:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance and disability coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Health savings account

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

401K and Retirement Plans

Product discounts for employees

Adoption a ssistance

Shaw Family Health Center (Dalton, GA , and Cartersville, GA, location s )

And much more.

Based upon the experience level of the candidate, the position may be filled as a Corporate Project Engineer, Corporate Sr. Project Engineer, or Corporate Engineer.

Work Shift

8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM

Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Shaw Industries Inc

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