Senior Electrical Projects Lead – Industrial Automation

Materion Corporation; Elmore (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion Corporation seeks a Senior Project Electrical Maintenance Engineer to lead capital projects at Elmore, OH and other sites. You will oversee from concept to commissioning, applying expertise in instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition with some electrical power distribution work.

You will coordinate with cross-functional teams to meet budgets, schedules, and safety requirements while delivering reliable, safe, and compliant systems across facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Proven experience in managing capital projects and leading project teams.
• Strong background in instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems.
• Hands-on experience with HMI and PLC programming; familiarity with major PLC brands.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, and execution of capital projects with budgets and schedules.
• Act as project lead for multi-disciplinary or single-discipline teams and define scopes.
• Develop technical specs, evaluate bids, and select best-value designs.
• Oversee field installations, inspections, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with EH&S, engineering partners, contractors, and suppliers for project success.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems issues.
• Identify new technologies to improve system performance and reliability.

Skills

Capital project mgmt

Project leadership

Technical oversight

Field leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Troubleshooting

Technology evaluation

Education

BSEE / BSEET or equivalent

Tools

HMI screen development

PLC programming

Rockwell Automation

Automation Direct

GE PLCs

Emerson DeltaV

Job description

Materion Corporation seeks a Senior Project Electrical Maintenance Engineer to lead capital projects at Elmore, OH and other sites. You will oversee from concept to commissioning, applying expertise in instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition with some electrical power distribution work.

You will coordinate with cross-functional teams to meet budgets, schedules, and safety requirements while delivering reliable, safe, and compliant systems across facilities.