Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager – On-site

Your Talent Team; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Your Talent Team in Bridgeview, IL seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a new, heavily automated production campus. You will design, implement, and oversee electrical and control systems for production machinery and building infrastructure.

This on-site, working-manager role requires hands-on design, project leadership, and expertise with 13.8kV service, 480V distribution, MCCs, and NEC/NFPA 70.

Qualifications

• BSEE or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree is required.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering in manufacturing with design, controls, and project work.
• Hands-on design skills including drawings, scoping, load sizing, and calculations.
• Working-level PLC skills: wire, program, and troubleshoot.
• Experience with 13.8kV service, 480V distribution, MCCs, and control panels.
• Manufacturing background in food/ bakery/ chemical/ packaging plants preferred.
• PE or electrical license is a plus, not required.

Responsibilities

• Run electrical projects end to end: design, scope, budget, install, document, and close out.
• Design electrical and control systems for production machinery, robotic palletizing, and building infrastructure.
• Maintain and support the site’s medium and high voltage distribution.
• Serve as the escalation point for production when electrical, PLC, or controls problems hit.
• Troubleshoot motor control centers, panels, SCADA, and automated lines.
• Keep plant electrical drawings current and meet NEC, NFPA 70, local code, and food safety standards.
• Build electrical capital budgets, specs, RFQs, and bills of material for vendor quotes.

Skills

Electrical design

Project leadership

PLC troubleshooting

Load calculations

NEC/NFPA 70 compliance

High/medium voltage distribution

Education

BSEE or 10+ years hands-on experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Electrical schematics/diagrams

Job description

Your Talent Team in Bridgeview, IL seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a new, heavily automated production campus. You will design, implement, and oversee electrical and control systems for production machinery and building infrastructure.

This on-site, working-manager role requires hands-on design, project leadership, and expertise with 13.8kV service, 480V distribution, MCCs, and NEC/NFPA 70.