Senior Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager

United Future; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

United Future is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for our new, heavily automated production campus in Bridgeview, IL. This working manager role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors, guides electricians, and remains the primary technical resource for electrical and controls systems.

Responsibilities include end-to-end project leadership, design of electrical and control systems for production machinery, high and medium voltage distribution, and maintaining drawings

Qualifications

• BSEE degree or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering in a manufacturing setting with 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 preferred (food, bakery, chemical, packaging, or other complex plants).
• 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.
• Escalation point for production when electrical, PLC, or controls problems hit.
• Troubleshoot motor control centers, panels, SCADA, and automated lines.
• Keep plant drawings current and ensure NEC, NFPA 70, local code, and food safety standards are met.
• Build electrical capital budgets, specs, RFQs, and BOMs for vendor quotes.

Skills

PLC programming

Electrical project leadership

Design calculations

Load sizing

Education

BSEE or 10+ years equivalent

Tools

SCADA

MCCs

Control panels

Electrical distribution

Job description

United Future is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for our new, heavily automated production campus in Bridgeview, IL. This working manager role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors, guides electricians, and remains the primary technical resource for electrical and controls systems.

Responsibilities include end-to-end project leadership, design of electrical and control systems for production machinery, high and medium voltage distribution, and maintaining drawings