Lead Electrical & Automation Project Engineer

Worthington Enterprises, Inc.; Jefferson Township (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Worthington Enterprises is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to lead electrical, automation, equipment modernization, and capital-project initiatives at our Jefferson, Ohio facility. This role focuses on technical ownership with no direct supervisory responsibilities, guiding maintenance personnel, contractors, and integrators during project execution.

You will drive FAT/SAT, commissioning, and performance validation, develop scopes and budgets, and present proposals to management.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in industrial electrical engineering, controls engineering, automation, project engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, modify, troubleshoot, and improve industrial PLC-based control systems and related electrical and automation equipment.
• Proven experience independently leading engineering projects or assuming significant technical ownership of complex industrial automation projects, including vendor and contractor coordination, installation, and commissioning.
• Strong working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motor controls, automation equipment, electrical schematics, machine design and operating principles, and machine-repair troubleshooting practices.
• Ability to develop technical specifications, evaluate engineering solutions, conduct root-cause analysis, and make sound engineering decisions with limited supervision.
• Strong project-management, organizational, problem-solving, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; proficiency with CAD, Microsoft Office, and project-scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project and Gantt charts.
• Working knowledge of blueprints and installation drawings; product and process design techniques including APQP, flow charts, control plans, FMEA, and PPAP; and applicable electrical and machine-safety principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical, controls, automation, equipment, and process-improvement projects from concept through design, capital approval, installation, commissioning, startup, and final acceptance.
• Develop project scopes, objectives, technical specifications, engineering designs, cost estimates, budgets, schedules, return-on-investment justifications, and risk-management plans.
• Present project proposals, financial justifications, progress, metrics, risks, and results to plant management, senior leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate work with maintenance, contractors, installation crews, equipment manufacturers, and integrators; ensure materials, equipment, resources, and site readiness support safe, accurate, and timely execution.
• Provide project-site functional oversight, update schedules for progress and work-sequence changes, and coordinate plant and contractor activities during downtime, installation, and startup events.
• Lead FAT, SAT, commissioning, startup, and performance validation; maintain accountability for project safety, technical quality, cost, schedule, and results.
• Design, specify, evaluate, and implement industrial electrical and automation-control systems, including PLC, HMI, SCADA, motor-control, VFD, servo, motion-control, and industrial-network applications.
• Develop and review electrical schematics, control-panel designs, component specifications, functional specifications, control narratives, and technical documentation.
• Lead control-system integration, troubleshooting, upgrades, modernization, standardization, and obsolescence-planning initiatives.
• Evaluate automation technologies, equipment designs, supplier proposals, and system-integrator solutions to identify safe, reliable, and cost-effective improvements.
• Collaborate with IT and technical partners on industrial network architecture, connectivity, and operational-technology cybersecurity.
• Ensure engineering designs and installations comply with applicable electrical codes, machine-safety requirements, and engineering standards.
• Troubleshoot production equipment and processes; support production, maintenance, sales, and training activities; and identify cost-savings and continuous-improvement opportunities.

Skills

Industrial electrical

Controls engineering

Project leadership

CAD & MS Project

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley

AutoCAD Electrical

Ignition SCADA

Job description

Worthington Enterprises is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to lead electrical, automation, equipment modernization, and capital-project initiatives at our Jefferson, Ohio facility. This role focuses on technical ownership with no direct supervisory responsibilities, guiding maintenance personnel, contractors, and integrators during project execution.

You will drive FAT/SAT, commissioning, and performance validation, develop scopes and budgets, and present proposals to management.