Senior Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager

Hire Consulting Services; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Hire Consulting Services in Bridgeview, IL is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for a new, heavily automated production campus. This working manager role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors, while remaining the strongest technical resource for electrical and controls across the site.

You will design production machinery controls, manage budgets and vendor quotes, maintain medium and high voltage distribution, and ensure compliance with NEC/NFPA 70 and food safety

Qualifications

• BSEE or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering with real design, controls and project work.
• Hands-on design skills including drawings, scoping, load sizing, and calculations.
• PLC skills: able to wire, program, and troubleshoot.
• Experience with 13.8kV service, 480V distribution, MCCs and control panels.
• Manufacturing background in food/packaging/chemical/complex plants; leadership a plus; PE license a plus.

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 and food safety compliance.
• Build electrical capital budgets, specs, RFQs, and bills of material for vendor quotes.

Skills

Electrical design

PLC programming

Electrical drawings

Load calculations

MCCs & panels

Education

BSEE

PE license (optional)

Job description

Hire Consulting Services in Bridgeview, IL is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for a new, heavily automated production campus. This working manager role leads a small team of engineers and supervisors, while remaining the strongest technical resource for electrical and controls across the site.

You will design production machinery controls, manage budgets and vendor quotes, maintain medium and high voltage distribution, and ensure compliance with NEC/NFPA 70 and food safety