Lead, Engineering Excellence – Global Standards (Electrical)

Barry-Wehmiller; Padova; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BW Packaging in Italy seeks a Lead, Engineering Excellence – Global Standards (Electrical) to develop and govern global electrical engineering standards. You will shape rules, libraries, and templates used across sites to deliver safe, reliable, and scalable automation solutions.

You’ll work with controls, product innovation, and operations to embed standards, ensure compliance with NFPA, UL, IEC codes, and drive adoption through training and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering required or desired.
• 5+ years in electrical hardware design or standards development.
• Expertise with AutoCAD Electrical and EPLAN.

Responsibilities

• Develop and govern global electrical design standards across sites.
• Define libraries, templates, BOM structures, and documentation frameworks.
• Collaborate with controls, product innovation, and operations teams.
• Ensure compliance with IEC, NFPA, UL, CE, and regional codes.

Skills

Electrical hardware design

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Global standards

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Job description

About Us:

BW Packaging is driving performance at the intersection of people, technology, and customer care. As part of the privately held Barry-Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose: People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers’ toughest challenges as our own — delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands — trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success. Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description:

Lead, Engineering Excellence – Global Standards (Electrical)

Reports To: Director, Engineering Excellence – Electrical
Location: BW Packaging Location
Travel: Up to 25% initially, domestic and international, 10-15% more likely after 1st year, or as required.

Position Summary

Develops, maintains, and governs global electrical engineering standards that enable disciplined, high-quality engineering practice across Packaging. Applies deep technical experience and sound judgment to shape clear rules, tools, and documentation that engineering teams rely on daily to deliver safe, reliable, and scalable solutions.

Defines electrical design standards, libraries, and documentation frameworks that support consistent application across diverse products, sites, and regulatory environments. Supports and advances the direction set by the Director, Engineering Excellence – Electrical and collaborates closely with sold work engineering, product innovation, controls, and operations teams to embed standards into engineering workflows aligned to Packaging’s product, operational, and engineering priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Functional Alignment

• Supports and advances electrical engineering standards aligned to Packaging’s product and operational priorities in coordination with the Director, Engineering Excellence – Electrical.
• Collaborates with sold work engineering and product innovation teams to ensure electrical standards support design intent, reliability targets, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing needs.
• Maintains alignment between electrical standards, tooling, and downstream manufacturing, supply chain, service, and quality requirements.

Standards Development & Stewardship

• Creates and maintains global electrical design standards, symbol libraries, and templates using AutoCAD Electrical and or EPLAN.
• Establishes frameworks for electrical drawings, component selection, and documentation that support scalable, compliant designs across markets.
• Defines BOM structures, naming conventions, tagging schemas, and revision control practices to ensure consistency across product lines and locations.
• Develops and maintains guidelines for compliance with IEC, UL, CE, NFPA, and applicable regional electrical codes.
• Develops and deploys global electrical safety specifications for machinery and product lines in line with current legislation and BW minimum standards.
• Ensures electrical standards and documentation are ERP and PLM ready.

Standards Application, Alignment & Adoption

• Focuses on making standards practical and usable so engineering teams can execute consistently and with confidence.
• Sets clear expectations for standards application and drives consistent adherence through reviews, guidance, and collaboration with engineering teams.
• Reviews electrical designs and documentation to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improvement against defined standards.
• Publishes, maintains, and controls global electrical standards documentation and libraries within SharePoint and related systems to ensure accessibility and version integrity.
• Works closely with Controls Engineers to align PLC, HMI, tagging, and naming conventions across platforms and product lines.
• Supports Innovation Engineering efforts to apply standards from concept through productization and reduce specification drift.

Engineering Enablement & Capability Building

• Translates standards into usable tools, templates, and reference materials that remove friction, support reuse, and enable efficient execution by engineering teams.
• Supports global standards adoption through technical guidance, training content, and structured knowledge sharing.
• Creates technical frameworks and working practices that encourage reuse, shared resources, and consistent approaches across product lines, locations, and markets.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Benchmarks industry best practices and emerging technologies to inform the evolution of electrical design standards and tools.
• Collaborates with OEMs, suppliers, and internal Packaging supply chain partners to align electrical component specifications and approved standards.
• Identifies opportunities to reduce design errors, rework, and variation through improved standards, libraries, and documentation practices.

Interpersonal Effectiveness & Influence

• Success in this role requires exceptional interpersonal, communication, and influence skills to drive alignment and adoption of electrical engineering standards across a global engineering organization. The individual must be able to establish credibility as a trusted technical expert while building strong collaborative relationships with engineering teams across multiple regions and cultures.
• This role requires a unique combination of technical authority, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and organizational influence to successfully establish and sustain global engineering standards across the enterprise.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering (Desired)
• 5+ years in electrical hardware design and/or standards development for industrial machinery.
• Expertise in AutoCAD Electrical (ACADE) and familiarity with EPLAN.Deep knowledge of global electrical codes: NFPA, UL, CE, IEC standards.
• Deep knowledge of global Safety Standards and experience of deployment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills for global alignment.

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At Barry-Wehmiller we recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. We know that our differences often can bring about innovation, excellence and meaningful work—therefore, people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodations during the interview process.

Company:

BW Packaging