Senior Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager

True North Consultants, Inc.; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

True North Consultants, Inc. seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for an industrial equipment manufacturer in Bridgeview, IL.

You will lead a small team of engineers and supervisors, guide electricians, and serve as the top technical resource on electrical and controls. This on-site role requires hands-on design, project leadership, and ensuring NEC/NFPA 70 compliance while delivering end-to-end electrical projects, budgets, and documentation for production machinery and high

Qualifications

• BSEE or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing.
• 7+ years electrical engineering in manufacturing 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 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 ensure 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

Load sizing calculations

Wiring and troubleshooting

Medium/high voltage distribution

Education

BSEE or 10+ years in manufacturing electrical project engineering

PE or electrical license a plus (not required)

Job description

True North Consultants, Inc. seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for an industrial equipment manufacturer in Bridgeview, IL.

You will lead a small team of engineers and supervisors, guide electricians, and serve as the top technical resource on electrical and controls. This on-site role requires hands-on design, project leadership, and ensuring NEC/NFPA 70 compliance while delivering end-to-end electrical projects, budgets, and documentation for production machinery and high