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Electrical Systems and Controls Engineer
Company | The Kinetic Group |
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Location | Jacksonville, AR, USA |
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Salary | $68200 – $95400 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s, Associate’s |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field of study, or Associates degree in a related field of study with at least 4 years’ experience under the direction of an Electrical Engineer.
- Five or more years’ experience in developing and supporting custom manufacturing solutions using Allen Bradley programming software, as well as being familiar with Bosch, and others.
- Proficient in standard engineering design and office software (AutoCAD, ETAP, Excel, etc.).
- Experienced in designing new electrical systems used in an industrial facility including NEC and OSHA standards.
- Ability to analyze and correct complex problems and deal with a variety of variables. Ability to create instructions and convey ideas to others using drawings, sketches, orally, and written proposals.
- Familiar with mechanical principles and how they interact with electrical control systems.
- Skilled in the use of HMI devices and creating interfaces between the control system of equipment and the employees that will interact with it.
- Possess the understanding of typical methods used to control manufacturing equipment and be able to apply these principles.
Responsibilities
- Develop or support of project details for new equipment, major repairs, and machinery upgrades.
- Design, implement, maintain, and improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, and systems for the manufacturing plant.
- Direct and help coordinate construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, and codes.
- Oversee electrical project efforts to assure projects are completed satisfactorily, on time and within budget.
- Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards.
- Confer with engineers, management, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects to develop and trial proof of concept applications.
- Plan and implement research methodology and procedures to apply principles of electrical theory to engineering projects.
- Work on strategic technologies that are scalable and can be implemented at multiple facilities.
- Train electrical team members as necessary. This will include troubleshooting equipment failures on production lines to help create solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with servo, robotics, SCADA, lasers, camera and vision systems along with and other developed technologies.
- Hazard analysis, FMEA, machine guarding risk analysis.
- Familiar with Asset Center.