On-site Electrical & Controls Engineering Manager

Soap Creek Resources; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Soap Creek Resources seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a new, high-automation production campus in Bridgeview, IL. You will be the primary technical resource for electrical and controls on site.

You will manage projects from design through closeout, design systems for production machinery and infrastructure, and guide capital budgets, while meeting NEC, NFPA 70, local codes, and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• BSEE required or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing if no degree.
• Strong electrical design, controls, and project execution experience.
• Hands-on PLC wiring, programming, and troubleshooting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Run electrical projects end to end: design, scope, budget, install, document, 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 escalation point for production when electrical/PLC/controls issues arise.
• Troubleshoot motor control centers, panels, SCADA, and automated lines.
• Keep plant electrical drawings current and ensure NEC/NFPA 70 compliance and food safety standards.
• Build electrical capital budgets, specs, RFQs, and BOMs for vendor quotes.

Skills

Electrical design

PLC programming

Leadership experience

Load calculations

Electrical safety

Education

BSEE

Tools

SCADA

MCCs & control panels

Job description

Soap Creek Resources seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a new, high-automation production campus in Bridgeview, IL. You will be the primary technical resource for electrical and controls on site.

You will manage projects from design through closeout, design systems for production machinery and infrastructure, and guide capital budgets, while meeting NEC, NFPA 70, local codes, and food safety standards.