On-Shift Maintenance Electrical/Automation Engineer

The Hiring Group; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hiring Group seeks an Electrical/Automation Engineering professional to support maintenance teams in a large manufacturing setting. The role focuses on training maintenance electricians, troubleshooting, and identifying machine reliability improvements.

Work is night shift with alternating weekends. This LTC role initial 1-year term may extend; potential path to day-shift full-time roles; no sponsorship for US work authorization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electromechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
• 2–4 years of current engineering experience in an industrial manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLC programming standards & programming software, including GRAFCET, Ladder Logic, and Structured Text.
• Experience with VFDs and motion control technologies equipment; specific experience with Control Techniques, SEW MOVIMOT, and Rockwell is a plus.
• Experience with controls systems network interfaces and various protocols (e.g., Data-Highway Plus, ControlNet, Ethernet).
• Experience with electrical design standards and ability to complete controls system designs using CAD tools; AutoCAD Electrical is a plus, SEE electrical preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement the direction of the maintenance leadership team on shift.
• Provide troubleshooting support to on-shift maintenance craftspeople and production supervision.
• Interface with internal company support groups to accomplish objectives and provide contract engineering management and direction when needed.

Skills

PLC programming (Allen-Bradley/Rock"-"

GRAFCET/Ladder Logic/Structured Text

Motion control / VFDs

Industrial networks (Data-Highway Plus

Ethernet communications

Electrical CAD design

AutoCAD Electrical

Robotics basics

Vision/sensing devices basics

Education

Bachelors in Electromechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

SEE electrical

CAD software

Job description

The Need:
The person in this role will be responsible for providing Electrical/Automation Engineering support to the maintenance teams of a large manufacturing company.

The intended purpose of this role is to:

• Provide training to the maintenance wage Electricians
• Provide troubleshooting support to the maintenance team
• Identify opportunities for improvement in machine reliability
• Aid the shop in development of the maintenance systems/practices
• This role will be on night shift and alternating weekends

Employment Type: Long Term Contract (LTC) - Initial 1-Year term with right to extend. This role is a pipeline position for day-shift full-time roles. CTH possible after 6-months, but is not guaranteed. This support is needed starting immediately and currently does not have a defined end date. The position will be reassessed on a regular basis based on the investment plan and loading on the curing engineering team.

Compensation: 120K/year ($57.70/hr) – $130K/year ($62.50/hr) Depending on experience and skills

Location: Woodburn, Indiana (a suburb on the Northeast side of Ft Wayne, IN)

Work Authorization: US Citizen or Permanent Resident Green Card Holder (no sponsorship)

Is remote work an option: No

Work Schedule:

Weekday Week 1 Hours Week 2 Hours Monday Working 6p-6a Off Tuesday Working 6p-6a Off Wednesday Off Working 6p-6a Thursday Off Working 6p-6a Friday Working 6p-6a Off Saturday Working 6p-6a Off Sunday Working 6p-6a Off

Day-to-day job responsibilities:

• Implement the direction of the maintenance leadership team on shift.
• Provide troubleshooting support to on-shift maintenance craftspeople and production supervision.
• Interface with internal company support groups to accomplish objectives and provide contract engineering management and direction when needed.

Technical Environment:

A large manufacturing production facility that use extruders, conveyers, industrial presses, forming and cutting machines, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), robotics, vision, x-ray, and other sensing devices, PLCs, HMIs, and so on.

Size of group: 25-27 including Engineers, Archivists

Must haves for the position:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electromechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
  • 2-4 years of current engineering experience in an industrial manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLC programming standards & programming software, including GRAFCET, Ladder Logic, and Structured Text as well as experience with VFD’s (or Variable Frequency Drives) and motion control technologies equipment.
  • Specific experience with Control Techniques, SEW MOVIMOT, and Rockwell, is a plus.
• Experience with controls systems network interfaces and various protocols (ex: Data-Highway Plus, ControlNet, and Ethernet) for communications between devices including computer system databases.
• Experience with electrical design standards and able to complete controls systems designs using standard CAD design tools.
  • AutoCAD Electrical is a plus, SEE electric experience is preferred.

Pluses for this role:

• Robotic experience, configuration or knowledge is preferred but not required.
  • Specific experience with Fanuc, ABB or Yaskawa is a plus.
• Specific experience with Cognex, Keyence, Adept, Bytewise preferred. LMI Gocator is a plus.