Electrical Project Engineer
Production Systems Automation•Scranton, PA
•$85,000 - $130,000
About The Position
The Electrical Project Engineer will lead the development of custom control systems, ensuring projects meet specifications, cost controls, and schedule objectives. This role involves close collaboration with internal and external teams, customer liaison for technical issues, and involvement in proposal development. The engineer will also drive design and process improvements, perform root cause analysis, and ensure compliance with industry codes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Industrial Engineering Technology
- 5 or more years of prior industrial controls and automation experience on projects of various sizes and complexities
- Experience with PLC programming required
- Knowledge of and experience using industry standards and codes, and ability to engineer design based on customer specifications
- Ability to take projects from design to completion
- Demonstrated electrical and mechanical troubleshooting capability
- Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a team environment and interface directly with customers and vendors
- Ability to lead other engineers and be accountable for team results in order to deliver a high quality product on time and under budget
- Ability to develop and implement standards and structured programs
- Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Outlook, Excel and Word
Nice To Haves
- Rockwell Automation experience preferred
- Previous experience with the design, programming and troubleshooting of vision, motion and robotic systems preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of custom control systems, including specifications, layouts, schematics, logic diagrams, wiring, grounding, and other custom control hardware required for machine control systems
- Compose protection and control equipment specifications
- Be the contact liaison for technical issues with the customer
- Develop and execute start-up, testing and commissioning plans
- Coordinate with team members on technical matters to meet project specifications, cost control and schedule objectives
- Interface with internal and external team members such as principal engineers, control engineers, electrical designers, project managers, engineering leaders and support organizations
- Involvement with the controls scope for proposals, including writing and/or reviewing technical specifications, estimating design man-hours and materials, supporting sourcing for vendor quotations, and the development of clarifications and exceptions as well as technical responses
- Initiate and execute design and process improvements
- Perform root cause analysis and execute corrective actions
- Work in conjunction with team to ensure new machine or process designs are compliant with current specifications detailed in industry codes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
