Senior Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager (On-site)

The Keystone Distinction Group; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

The Keystone Distinction Group in Bridgeview, IL is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for an industrial equipment manufacturing campus. This on-site role combines leadership of a small team with hands-on technical expertise to guide electrical and controls work across production lines.

You will design and oversee electrical systems, manage high voltage distribution, and ensure compliance with NEC and food safety standards, while building capital budgets and vendor quotes.

Qualifications

• Requires a BSEE or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing.
• 7+ years electrical engineering in a manufacturing setting with design, controls and project work.
• Hands-on design skills including drawings, scoping, load sizing, and calculations.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical projects end to end: design, budget, install, document, close out.
• Design electrical and control systems for production machinery and infrastructure.
• Maintain and support medium and high voltage distribution on site.
• Act as escalation point for electrical, PLC, or controls issues.
• Troubleshoot motor control centers, panels, SCADA, and automated lines.
• Keep electrical drawings current and ensure NEC, NFPA 70, local codes, and food safety standards.
• Develop electrical capital budgets, specifications, RFQs, and BOMs for vendors.

Skills

Electrical design

PLC programming

Project leadership

Load sizing calculations

Education

BSEE or 10+ years hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing

Tools

SCADA

13.8kV service

480V distribution

MCCs

Control panels

Job description

The Keystone Distinction Group in Bridgeview, IL is seeking a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager for an industrial equipment manufacturing campus. This on-site role combines leadership of a small team with hands-on technical expertise to guide electrical and controls work across production lines.

You will design and oversee electrical systems, manage high voltage distribution, and ensure compliance with NEC and food safety standards, while building capital budgets and vendor quotes.