Controls Engineer - 3rd Shift

AUTOKINITON; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AUTOKINITON is seeking an Electrical Controls Engineer to support the company's mission and lead projects within our Engineering Team. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in engineering, along with experience in electrical backgrounds and PLC/CNC systems.

This full-time role emphasizes hands-on troubleshooting and mentoring in electrical controls and seeks candidates with strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience required.
• Electrical background preferred as electrician or technician.
• Experience with PLC/CNC systems and robots is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support company mission and goals in daily activities.
• Train and mentor colleagues in electrical controls.
• Maintain and troubleshoot PLC based control systems.
• Lead projects and assist trades in electrical disciplines.

Skills

Electrical background

Lean Manufacturing experience

Excellent communication skills

Hands-on electrical aptitude

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, controls or automation engineering

Tools

PLC/CNC (Siemens/Allen-Bradley)

ABB Robots

FANUC Robots

Vision Systems

Job description

To help us drive excellence, you’ll get to:

• · Support the Company’s mission, vision, values, and goals in performance of daily activities.
• · Train, coach, and mentor, the electrical controls process, for manufacturing skilled trades and mentor colleagues.
• · Coordinate resources to find root cause and fixes, manage and breakdown problems into items that can be validated.
• · Maintain PLC based control systems for manufacturing automation and instrumentation.
• · Guide designs, develop and test electrical control methods, materials, processes, and results.
• · Lead projects and assist skilled trades in electrical disciplines.
• · Support operations in electrical/controls troubleshooting and continuous improvement activities.

This full-time, salary, role is a part of our Engineering Team and reports to the Engineering Manager.

Required experience:

• · Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, controls or automation engineering. Master's Degree is a plus. Open for equivalent years of experience.
• · Electrical background (electrician or technician) preferred.
• · Experienced with Vision System
• · Working knowledge of PLC/CNC (Siemens/Allen-Bradley), ABB and FANUC Robots.
• · Lean Manufacturing experience
• · Excellent "hands on" electrical/mechanical aptitude
• · Experience working with electrical/controls circuitry and schematics.
• · Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills
• · Ability to read and write in English and to perform mathematical calculations.