Electrical Engineer III

Our Client, a Business Maunufacturing and Supply company, is looking for an Electrical Engineer III for their Wilmington ,NC location.

Responsibilities:

• Learn & understand process & equipment functions in area of responsibility, including system analog and digital I/O requirements, control sequence logic, fail safe states and recovery sequences.
• Interface with external system integrators and machine builders to successfully deliver fully integrated process equipment systems to plants on time, on-budget and that satisfy performance measures.
• Assist in developing integrated industrial control systems for new manufacturing equipment and modification of existing equipment.
• Work closely with the Technology Development, Manufacturing Engineering and Operations groups to industrialize and reduce cost of new equipment designs.
• Support initial equipment set-up and debug up to the point of turnover to operations.
• Supervise and provide direction to internal or contract engineering techs, internal maintenance, and outside contract trades during all aspects of equipment installation and conversion such as demolition, construction, installation, testing, and debug of production equipment.
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting, direct engineering techs and trades as necessary to replace defective components and execute changes to solve equipment/process issues.
• Review, "redline", and modify existing installation checklists, machine part lists, illustrations, machine specs, schedules, and complete drawing packages including follow-up with drafting services.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 - 7 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working on a manufacturing floor or construction environment, with a strong focus on job site safety and proactive safety approach.
• Knowledge of power systems for 480VAC and below .
• Ability to work hands-on with the equipment using typical hand tools, instruments, and measurement/alignment devices.
• Ability to interpret engineering requirements and translate them into equipment designs and schematics.
• Desired Skills
• Experience using AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, Windows, MS Office suite including Power Point, Excel, Word. PLC and PC based systems, Beckhoff PLC / Motion Control, B&R PLC Control, Automated equipment systems experience.
• Background in manufacturing or construction environments.
• Strong communication, presentation, and project management capabilities.
• PLC code development to achieve desired operation/throughput of new and existing production equipment.
• SCADA/HMI development, PID control theory knowledge, Electro/mechanical technical understanding.
• Experience in optical fiber manufacturing is a plus.

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program

Excellent growth and advancement opportunities