Electrical Engineer Leader

Automated Equipment; Grand View Mobile Park (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Elektro Assemblies, located in Red Wing, Minnesota, is expanding its engineering team and seeks an electrical engineer to support growing customer needs. You will analyze opportunities, prepare quotes, and work with sales, production, and purchasing to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality wire harnesses and assemblies.

The role requires 4-year engineering education, at least 3 years in a technical engineering position, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in electrical, industrial, or process engineering.
• Minimum 3 years in a technical engineering role.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Experience quoting, BOMs, routings, and standard work instructions.

Responsibilities

• Estimate and quote new opportunities to grow sales.
• Support production onboarding of new business and standard work development.
• Develop accurate product costs and margins on quotes.
• Improve processes, lead times, and customer communications.
• Coordinate with sales, production, and purchasing for on-time manufacture.
• Document changes and manage product records (BOMs, routings, prints).

Skills

Project management

Communication

Reading prints

Cost estimation

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Industrial/Process Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

MS Office

Job description

Are you looking to be part of a fast-paced, small team in a fast-growing manufacturing company? We are looking to grow our engineering team by adding electrical engineering talent to help on board and support our growing customer needs.

Located in Red Wing, Minnesota, Elektro Assemblies is a leader in the manufacturing of all wire our customers wire needs; from single wire to complex large harnesses. We help customers in a variety of industries including automotive, healthcare, technology, and food equipment, just to name a few.

From the start of 1973, Elektro Assemblies brings our customers' prints to life by offering initial builds and production runs, with supreme quality and delivery. We are here to serve our customers and their needs. There is no wire that is too small or harness too large, that we cannot produce for our customers.

Elektro Assemblies believes in a strong set of core values, customer focused, continuous improvement, action oriented, and individual accountability, are the foundation of our business and how each one of us interacts as a team. We strive to deliver on our motto of being Faster, Flexible and Responsive to our customers!

In addition to our core values and our customer focus, we also have a 4.5-day work week, which means you can start your weekend early!

We are looking for an ambitious team member that wants to be part of a dedicated engineering team, who can utilize their skills to contribute to the growth of the business!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Estimate and quote new opportunities to help grow sales.
• Support production in onboarding new business - process and standard work development to ensure success.
• Accurate product costs and margins on quoted and supplied products.
• Continuous Improvement of processes, lead times, and customer communications.
• Complete, accurate, and timely communications with customers and internal team members.
• Work directly with sales managers and customers to determine customer needs.
• Collaborate with production, suppliers and purchasing to develop cost estimates / quotes.
• Work with detailed product specifications - electrical wiring, connectors, enclosures, and assemblies to meet or exceed customer needs on requests for quotes.
• Interact directly with customers on product updates, changes, and revisions to verify accuracy.
• Financial analysis to determine cost and margins - make recommendations to leadership.
• Support production with specifications and processes to ensure parts meet customer needs.
• Ensure changes are documented, filed, and communicated to all stakeholders.
• Assists in standardizing product specifications to increase production efficiency / reduce costs.
• Effectively and efficiently communicate changes to all stakeholders.
• Develop and manage product records, including BOMs, routings, quotes and prints.
• Collaborate with sales, production and purchasing to get products made to specification on-time.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• 4-year degree or equivalent in electrical, industrial or process engineering
• Minimum of 3 years related experience in a technical engineering role
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven history of successful project management
• Proficient at reading and interpreting prints and technical specifications
• Experience with quoting, system maintenance: new part number set-up, BOMs, Routings, and standard work instructions to support sales, operations, and customers is a huge plus
• Computer literate: MS Office products and ERP systems
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proficient at reading and interpreting prints and technical specifications