On-Site Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager

Talent With Heart; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent With Heart in Bridgeview, IL is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a newly established, heavily automated production campus. The role demands hands-on technical leadership and strong electrical expertise to guide projects from design through close-out.

You will design electrical and control systems for production machinery, manage high- and medium-voltage distribution, and serve as the escalation point for PLC or

Qualifications

• BSEE or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing in lieu of a degree.
• 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

Electrical design

PLC programming

Project leadership

Load sizing calculations

Electrical safety compliance

Education

BSEE

10+ years electrical project engineering

Tools

SCADA systems

MCCs

Control panels

Job description

Talent With Heart in Bridgeview, IL is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a newly established, heavily automated production campus. The role demands hands-on technical leadership and strong electrical expertise to guide projects from design through close-out.

You will design electrical and control systems for production machinery, manage high- and medium-voltage distribution, and serve as the escalation point for PLC or