Electrical Engineer Job

About the role

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (AWI) has a job opportunity for an Electrical Engineer to be located at our Ceilings plant in Marietta, PA. The Electrical Engineer will be responsible for providing engineering and technical services to support the manufacturing equipment, maintenance systems, and production processes. Additionally, they will play a critical role in our lean efforts as we continuously strive to improve our processes and reduce waste. In our fast-paced and dynamic environment, you will take on and execute electrical projects and studies of significant importance, scope, and complexity.

What’s in it for you

• Lead high-impact projects — Manage significant electrical and PLC-based capital projects from concept through completion.
• Drive continuous improvement — Play a key role in Lean initiatives, reliability improvements, and waste reduction.
• Build broad technical expertise — Work across manufacturing equipment, automation, maintenance systems, and production processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical engineering and technical assistance to the manufacturing plant in terms of equipment, maintenance, and production processes and systems.
• Manage plant capital projects with an emphasis on PLC-based systems.
• Participate in identifying and resolving common cause and special cause electrical issues that impact plant reliability and performance.
• Investigate manufacturing problems in the plant and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop preliminary concepts and budgetary capital estimates for new electrical products, projects, and improvements.
• Assist in and/or develop vendor bid packages and final vendor selection for purchased parts and services.
• Execute capital projects, ensuring cost, schedule, and performance goals are met or exceeded.
• Apply Precision Maintenance concepts and principles.
• Educate plant personnel on electrical engineering and technical issues to ensure their knowledge and understanding.
• Coordinate training and start-up activities of new equipment and processes.
• Participate in Lean efforts, such as kaizen events, where an emphasis is placed on creativity before capital investment.
• Provide status updates on project progress and issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• PLC and HMI programming experience with the Rockwell suite of products.
• Experience with Wonderware application programming and support.

What will make you successful

• Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation.

What will make you stand out

• Proficiency in AutoCAD.
• Experience working in a LEAN manufacturing environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, prescription drug, and life insurance.
• 401k match.
• Long-term disability coverage.
• Vacation and sick time.

Pay

The estimated base salary range for this role is $90,000 to $120,000 per year. Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors.