Senior Controls & Electrical Engineering Leader – On-site

MDS Staffing; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

MDS Staffing seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for an industrial equipment manufacturer in Bridgeview, IL. This on-site role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors and serves as the strongest electrical and controls expert on site.

You will run projects end to end, design systems for production machinery and infrastructure, maintain HV distribution, and lead capital budgets and vendor quotes. PE or licensing is a plus; BSEE or 10+ years’ experience required.

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.

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

Budgeting

Education

BSEE

Tools

SCADA

AutoCAD

Job description

MDS Staffing seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for an industrial equipment manufacturer in Bridgeview, IL. This on-site role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors and serves as the strongest electrical and controls expert on site.

You will run projects end to end, design systems for production machinery and infrastructure, maintain HV distribution, and lead capital budgets and vendor quotes. PE or licensing is a plus; BSEE or 10+ years’ experience required.