Lead Electrical Controls Engineer

About the role

The Controls Engineer will work closely with the Project Manager, Systems Engineer and Client to accomplish the electrical control and programming requirements of each system. The control engineer will be responsible for establishing design concepts and budgets, executing the design and programming and working with system technicians to build the systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and design of electrical controls and PLC programming of a diverse range of custom automated systems.
• Work closely with the project team and/or Customer representatives as required to review and modify design functionality.
• Supporting Titan personnel and outside suppliers during the design and build phases of a project in order to explain design intent, oversee progress, answer questions, aid in solving problems and give technical direction.
• Accurately estimate all required electrical control system costs including design labor, programming labor, build labor, purchased hardware costs and commissioning.
• Develop electrical control concepts to meet customer requirements and present those concepts verbally and in written quotations.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office products.
• Able to take direction from the project manager and be an effective communicator.

Requirements

• Strong technical understanding and experience concerning the design of electrical control systems for custom machines and PLC and HMI programming.
• Allen-Bradley or Siemens are typical.
• Effective leadership and communication to provide technical direction to other disciplines.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD Electrical or SOLIDWORKS Electrical CAD software to create, modify and/or review electrical control designs is required.
• Experience using SOLIDWORKS Electrical strongly preferred.
• Solid understanding of hydraulics, preferred.
• Wire Harness Design experience, preferred.
• Familiarity with CE and/or UKCA requirements, preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in designing electrical controls for custom systems.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with PLC programming.