Industrial Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager

Top Echelon Software, LLC.; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for its industrial equipment division in Bridgeview, IL. This working manager role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors and serves as the primary technical resource for electrical and controls on site.

You will run electrical projects end to end—from design through install and closeout—design control systems for production machinery, maintain medium and high voltage distribution, troubleshoot PLCs, and

Qualifications

• BSEE or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering in a manufacturing setting with real design, controls, and project work.
• Hands-on design skills including drawings, scoping, load sizing, and calculations.
• Working-level PLC skills: able to wire, program, and troubleshoot.
• Experience with 13.8kV service, 480V distribution, MCCs, and control panels.
• Manufacturing background required; food, bakery, chemical, packaging, or other complex industrial plants preferred.
• Prior engineering leadership a plus.
• PE or electrical license 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 make sure work meets NEC, NFPA 70, local code, and food safety standards
• Build electrical capital budgets, specs, RFQs, and bills of material for vendor quotes

Skills

PLC skills

Electrical design

Project leadership

Troubleshooting

Load sizing

Education

BSEE

PE license (bonus)

Electrical license (bonus)

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for its industrial equipment division in Bridgeview, IL. This working manager role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors and serves as the primary technical resource for electrical and controls on site.

You will run electrical projects end to end—from design through install and closeout—design control systems for production machinery, maintain medium and high voltage distribution, troubleshoot PLCs, and