Industrial Control Panel Designer

Voigt-Abernathy Co.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Voigt-Abernathy is seeking a motivated Control Panel Designer/Builder to design, assemble, wire, test and troubleshoot industrial control panels for pumps and process equipment. The role requires creating professional electrical drawings and selecting components to meet NEC and customer specs.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN, reads electrical schematics, and can coordinate with engineers, customers and vendors.

Qualifications

• Associate degree as required or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years designing and building industrial control panels.
• Experience creating electrical schematics with AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN or similar.
• Ability to read electrical drawings, P&IDs and technical specifications.
• Knowledge of industrial control circuits, three-phase power, motor controls, PLCs, VFDs, instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Design industrial control panels for pumps, motors, blowers and process equipment.
• Create electrical drawings: power distribution schematics, control schematics, PLC I/O drawings, terminal layouts, BOM.
• Develop electrical designs using AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, or similar software.
• Size and specify components: breakers, disconnects, motor starters, VFDs, soft starters, PLCs, HMIs, power supplies, relays, terminal blocks.
• Assemble and wire panels per engineering drawings and standards.
• Test and troubleshoot panels prior to shipment.
• Coordinate with engineers, sales, customers, and vendors during project development.
• Assist with field startup, commissioning and troubleshooting.

Skills

Electrical schematics reading

Project coordination

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication skills

Education

Associate degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, Industrial Electronics, Automation, or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Job description

Voigt-Abernathy is seeking a motivated Control Panel Designer/Builder to design, assemble, wire, test and troubleshoot industrial control panels for pumps and process equipment. The role requires creating professional electrical drawings and selecting components to meet NEC and customer specs.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN, reads electrical schematics, and can coordinate with engineers, customers and vendors.