Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

This position supports the efforts of the Engineering Department by proficient hands-on design and programing of process control systems for use in the auxiliary industrial machinery and material handling systems.

Roles/ Responsibilities  : 

• Develops and designs electrical controls for use in auxiliary industrial machinery and material handling systems
• Designs, documents, programs, or contracts programming work for PLC circuits and systems
• Develops and maintains U.L. industrial control panel and flame control panel programs
• Troubleshoots, writes, and modifies control circuits on manufactured or testing machinery and systems
• Travels to customer’s sites when required to develop, startup, or troubleshoot electrical, systems, PLC and proprietary controls on UNA-DYN supplied machinery and systems
• Creates and reads logic and flow diagrams for program design, programming, simulation and testing, and start-up
• Performs all aspects of start-up and commissioning new control systems
• Develops bills of material/controls expenditures within limitations of project budget
• Creates and assembles final documentation
• Uses Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology and techniques to prepare or delegate the preparation of drawings from own layouts, rough sketches, or concepts
• Prepares bills of material (BOM) and other documentation in SAP
• Contacts suppliers to receive pricing and technical information for purchase on projects
• Meets with customers and our representatives in field for site review/pre-engineering evaluation
• Ensures all changes and modifications are appropriately documented and noted correctly
• Ensures customers have sufficient information i.e., drawings, manuals, documentation, to facilitate a successful installation and operation
• Interfaces closely with mechanical, systems, and electrical engineers, drafters, and designers to develop electrical schematics and detailing
• Works closely with manufacturing during control panel manufacture
• Attends meetings and seminars for updated job information and professional development training

Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree and 1-3 years of directly related experience in an Electrical Engineering role. Job-related-experience (JRE) can be substituted for education.
• Familiarity with automated industrial machine controls and PLC’s
• Previous experience / knowledge Computer aided drafting and design technologies and techniques

• AutoCAD & SolidWorks Electrical Drafting
• Industrial control systems
• Programmable logic controls (PLC)
• Process control systems