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Electrical and Controls Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 10+ years of relevant engineering/design experience
  • Exposure to manufacturing environments
  • Experience with industrial intelligent linear actuators and end effectors

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical hardware and software design leadership for industrial projects
  • Develop design packages for bid and construction
  • Coordinate and execute design and programming of PLC/DCS, HMI, VFD and Servo Motion projects
  • Assist in the development of project related documentation including schedules and specifications

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Teamwork
  • Collaboration
  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

About the company

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The Foth Companies

Engineering Services

By combining science, engineering, and technology with a true collaborative spirit, Foth has delivered innovative solutions to our clients since 1938. Our history has been shaped by the evolving needs of our clients – expanding our services, locations, and membership to provide client-centered service. While the challenges we solve and the way in which we solve them have evolved over the years, our commitment to our clients, members, and our communities, as well as our focus on health, safety, and quality have never wavered. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Foth employs 650 members in 28 locations to provide our national and international clients with convenient, personal service. Our dynamic science and engineering teams are organized into business units – Environment Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, and Production Solutions – each comprised of extraordinary talent embodying decades of knowledge and specialized expertise. We bring our rich history, tradition of success, and interdisciplinary knowledge to every client we serve, understanding their business, providing trusted advice, and developing customized, innovative solutions with remarkable energy and ingenuity. As a private industry or public entity, you can trust Foth to serve as an extension of your team. Whether you need to build new infrastructure, meet complex environmental regulations, or optimize your manufacturing operations, we’ll deliver the results you need by listening, learning, and asking the right questions. Collaboration is at the core of our purpose to solve your toughest science and engineering challenges.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryEngineering Services
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

Foth is currently seeking a team-focused, innovative, and results-oriented Lead Electrical and Controls Engineer who has a desire to contribute to our clients’ success and is looking for new learning experiences and opportunities for career growth.  This position will be working out of a Foth or US-Based Remote work from home location.


Primary Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical hardware and software design leadership for industrial projects
  • Develop design packages for bid and construction
  • Coordinate and execute design and programming of PLC/DCS, HMI, VFD and Servo Motion projects from hardware design and software integration through construction start-up
  • Coordinate electrical engineering and lead design/CAD resources
  • Provide hardware and software design for machine design projects in consumer products and general industrial markets
  • Develop design packages
  • Assist in the development project related documentation including schedules, specifications, and cost estimates
  • Produce high quality project deliverables while working in a collaborative team environment
  • Gather data and provide installation, start up, and troubleshooting support
  • Work simultaneously on multiple project teams and client teams.
  • Respond and support project and client requests for on-going controls troubleshooting, including ongoing support of production equipment (may include nights and weekends)
  • Interface directly with client(s) on a daily basis to understand and respond to their needs
  • Develop relationships and cultivate future work opportunities with clients and facilities as work is performed

  • Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or a combination of two or four-year technology degree supplemented with equivalent technical training or experience
  • 10+ years of relevant engineering/design experience with exposure to manufacturing environments, including troubleshooting complex projects and demonstrating proven experience in the following technical areas:
  • Industrial Intelligent linear actuators and end effectors
  • Integration of Machine Vision
  • Rockwell Control Logix based PLC and FTView HMI hardware & Software
  • Rockwell PowerFlex VFDs and Inverter duty motors
  • Rockwell Kinetix Servo Drives and Motors
  • Ethernet and Ethernet/IP Networking
  • Electrical system design schematics and control panel layout design
  • Developing construction and installation documentation

  • Recent experience with the following:
  • Sensing technologies and panel design/layout
  • Producing engineering construction and bid packages in accordance with employer/client standards
  • Flow control valves, damper actuators, P&IDs, loop configurations, DCS, thermocouples, level, flow, and temperature controls

  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain within 24 months of your start date
  • Knowledge of safety standards (ISO 13849-1 & RIA 15.06) and risk assessments

  • Preferred experience with the following:
  • Robotics, Vision Systems, 3D Scanners 
  • AutoCad and AutoCad Electrical
  • MES/Database programming (SQL, RS-SQL, MS Access)
  • Experience with polymer extrusion and/or adhesive systems
  • Siemens S7 & TIA Portal PLCs and HMIs
  • Siemens or Schneider/Modicon PLCs
  • Siemens, CH or Schneider HMIs
  • Visual Basic, Visual Basic.NET, Visual C, C#, C++, XML
  • Assembly Language Programming
  • Packaging line integration, including; case packing, metal detection, palletizing, along with other packaging related equipment
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