Senior Controls & Electrical Lead – Manufacturing

ASHFORD CONNEX, LLC; Bridgeview (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

ASHFORD CONNEX, LLC in Bridgeview, IL seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a new, heavily automated production campus. You will be the strongest technical resource for electrical and controls, guiding both design and project delivery on site.

You will run end-to-end projects, design systems for production machinery and building infrastructure, and ensure NEC/NFPA codes and food safety standards are met.

Qualifications

• BSEE or 10+ years hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing.
• 7+ years electrical engineering in manufacturing with design, controls, and project work.
• Hands-on design skills including drawings, scoping, load sizing, and calculations.
• Working-level PLC skills: wire, program, troubleshoot.
• Experience with 13.8kV service, 480V distribution, MCCs, and control panels.
• Manufacturing background in food, bakery, chemical, packaging, or complex industrial plants.
• Prior engineering leadership is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical projects end to end: design, scope, budget, install, document, close out.
• Design electrical and control systems for production machinery and building infrastructure.
• Maintain and support site medium/high voltage distribution.
• Serve as escalation point for electrical or controls problems.
• Troubleshoot motor control centers, panels, SCADA, and automated lines.
• Maintain electrical drawings; ensure NEC/NFPA 70 and local codes and food safety standards.
• Build electrical capital budgets, specs, RFQs, and BOMs for vendor quotes.

Skills

PLC programming

Electrical design

Project leadership

Troubleshooting

Load sizing & calculations

Education

BSEE

Tools

MCCs

SCADA

Electrical drawings (CAD)

Job description

ASHFORD CONNEX, LLC in Bridgeview, IL seeks a Controls & Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a small team of engineers and supervisors on a new, heavily automated production campus. You will be the strongest technical resource for electrical and controls, guiding both design and project delivery on site.

You will run end-to-end projects, design systems for production machinery and building infrastructure, and ensure NEC/NFPA codes and food safety standards are met.