Senior Project Electrical Engineer

Materion Brush; Elmore (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Materion in Elmore, OH, is seeking a Senior Project Electrical Engineer to lead strategic capital projects from concept through commissioning. You will oversee instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition systems alongside electrical power distribution, ensuring alignment with budgets and safety standards.

The role requires hands-on design experience, vendor management, and strong leadership within an industrial setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or equivalent required.
• Proven experience managing capital projects and leading project teams in an industrial setting.
• Strong background in instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems design.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, and execution of capital projects with focus on timelines, budgets and objectives.
• Serve as Project Lead for multi-disciplinary or single-discipline projects with scope, cost estimates, and resource coordination.
• Develop technical specs, data sheets, evaluate bids, and select best-value designs meeting safety and reliability requirements.

Skills

Capital project management

Project leadership

Instrumentation

Controls engineering

Data acquisition

HMI development

PLC programming

Vendor evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or equivalent

Industrial environment project experience

Tools

Rockwell Automation

Automation Direct

GE PLCs

Emerson DeltaV

Job description

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us!

POSITION

Senior Project Electrical Engineer

DEPARTMENT

Strategic Projects

LOCATION

Elmore, OH

BUSINESS UNIT

Performance Materials

ABOUT MATERION

Materion is one of the world's premier advanced materials companies, dedicated to providing solutions that enable our customers' technologies and drive their growth. Materion is a unique, rapidly growing, advanced materials solutions company enabling our customers' high-value technology and long-term success. Our products include precious and non-precious specialty metals, precision optical filters, inorganic chemicals and powders, specialty coatings, specialty engineered beryllium alloys, beryllium and beryllium composites, and engineered clad and plated metal systems. We offer competitive salary, incentive bonus opportunity, tuition reimbursement, a competitive retirement plan, comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage, and advancement opportunities.

JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE

Under the direction of the Strategic Projects Engineering Manager, the Senior Project Electrical Engineer will play a key role in managing and executing strategic capital projects at the Elmore, OH location and other Materion sites as assigned. This position will lead and support large, complex capital projects from concept through commissioning and operational handoff. The candidate will apply project leadership and technical expertise to instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition systems with some electrical power distribution work while ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgets, schedules, and safety requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Capital Project Management: Lead the planning, design, and execution of capital projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgets, and timelines.
• Project Leadership: Serve as Project Lead for multi-disciplinary and single-discipline projects, including developing project scopes, estimating costs and work hours, coordinating resources, and managing project schedules.
• Technical Oversight: Develop technical specifications and data sheets, evaluate vendor bids, and recommend best-value designs that meet operational, reliability, maintainability, and safety requirements.
• Field Leadership: Oversee field installations, conduct inspections, and resolve technical issues during project execution.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with Strategic Projects, production, maintenance, EH&S, engineering partners, contractors, and suppliers to ensure project success and alignment with business and operational requirements.
• Troubleshooting and Support: Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot and resolve issues with instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems.
• Technology Evaluation: Identify and evaluate new technologies to improve the performance and reliability of systems and processes.
• EH&S Integration: Integrate Materion Environmental, Health & Safety requirements throughout project planning, design, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Electrical Engineering Technology (BSEET), or equivalent.
• Proven experience in managing capital projects and leading project teams in an industrial environment.
• Strong background in industrial instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems design.
• Hands-on experience with HMI screen development and PLC programming.
• Familiarity with Rockwell Automation, Automation Direct, and GE PLCs, as well as Emerson DeltaV is highly desired.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and deliver results.

POSITION TYPE

Exempt

RELOCATION

Assistance provided

The above statement reflects the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the role and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Materion is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran.

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose tec