Automation Panel Builder & On-Site Start-Up Tech

Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc.; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc. in Wisconsin is hiring an Electrical Machine Builder to fabricate, wire, and install electrical control systems for custom automation equipment.

You will build control panels and perform interconnect wiring from electrical schematics, with mechanical assembly from CAD drawings. The role requires travel about 25% annually to customer sites for installation, debugging, and startup, and involves supporting controls engineers, reading drawings, and maintaining safety

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in electrical, electromechanical, or industrial maintenance technology or 3 years of related experience.
• Hands-on experience building and wiring industrial control panels.
• Experience with industrial automation equipment and conveyors; pneumatics/hydraulics a plus.
• Willingness to travel ~25% annually, including overnight stays.
• Ability to read/e interpret electrical schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, and CAD drawings.
• Working knowledge of PLCs, VFDs, servo drives, safety relays, and sensors.

Responsibilities

• Lay out, assemble, and wire control panels and sub-panels per electrical schematics, panel layouts, and customer specifications.
• Mount and wire components including PLCs, I/O modules, drives, power supplies, circuit protection, relays, terminal blocks, and safety devices.
• Cut, strip, terminate, and label wire using crimpers, ferrules, and labeling equipment; route and dress wiring in duct to shop standards.
• Modify enclosures (drill, punch, cut) to fit components, operator devices, and penetrations.
• Perform continuity and point-to-point checks and mark up schematics with as-built changes.
• Build to industry codes and standards, including NEC, NFPA 79, UL 508A (where specified), ANSI, and OSHA.
• Install interconnect wiring between control panels, junction boxes, operator stations, field devices, and machine modules.
• Install and terminate sensors, solenoid valves, motors, safety devices, cordsets, and quick-disconnects.
• Install cable tray, wireway, flexible and rigid conduit, cord grips, and related hardware.
• Tag and disconnect interconnect for shipment, then reinstall and reconnect it at the customer site.
• Read assembly drawings and CAD models to assemble frames, guarding, conveyors, and automation components.
• Align and position components manually or with hoists and lifts, using drills, grinders, saws, and hammer drills as needed.
• Assemble and plumb pneumatic components; apply working knowledge of hydraulics where required.
• Verify parts with calipers, gauges, and micrometers, and measure and lay out equipment floor plans.
• Travel approximately 25% annually to customer sites for machine installation, interconnect, debug, and startup.
• Support controls engineers during I/O checkout, debug, and startup by troubleshooting wiring and device issues.
• Work nights and weekends as needed to meet project deadlines.
• Work independently and as part of a project team to meet build schedules and quality standards.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

Teamwork

Independent work

Manual dexterity

Electrical safety

Education

Associate’s degree in electrical, electromechanical, or industrial maintenance technology

Tools

PLCs

VFDs

Servo drives

Sensors

Multimeter

Job description

Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc. in Wisconsin is hiring an Electrical Machine Builder to fabricate, wire, and install electrical control systems for custom automation equipment.

You will build control panels and perform interconnect wiring from electrical schematics, with mechanical assembly from CAD drawings. The role requires travel about 25% annually to customer sites for installation, debugging, and startup, and involves supporting controls engineers, reading drawings, and maintaining safety