On-site Senior Industrial Controls & Electrical Manager

Sun Recruiting; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Sun Recruiting is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for a large, heavily automated production campus in Bridgeview, IL. This on-site role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors, while remaining the strongest electrical/controls technical resource in the building.

The position requires a BSEE or 10+ years of manufacturing electrical experience, hands-on design and PLC skills, and the ability to manage end-to-end electrical projects with NEC/NFPA compliance.

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 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 programming

Electrical design

Project leadership

Troubleshooting

Load sizing calculations

Wiring diagrams

Education

BSEE or 10+ years experience

Tools

SCADA

Job description

Sun Recruiting is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for a large, heavily automated production campus in Bridgeview, IL. This on-site role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors, while remaining the strongest electrical/controls technical resource in the building.

The position requires a BSEE or 10+ years of manufacturing electrical experience, hands-on design and PLC skills, and the ability to manage end-to-end electrical projects with NEC/NFPA compliance.