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Bridgeview, IL, IL Job ID: a39ff59e-9b8d-408f-996b-5951f423c35f

Controls and Electrical Engineering Manager - Manufacturing

$140,000.00 - $170,000.00

Controls and Electrical Engineering Manager, Manufacturing

Bridgeview, IL (Onsite) | Full-Time | 1st shift | $140,000 to $170,000 based on education and experience

Step into a newly created leadership role and own electrical and controls at a heavily automated production campus.

Must-Haves

  • BSEE, or 10+ years of hands-on electrical project engineering in manufacturing in place of a degree
  • 7+ years of electrical engineering in manufacturing, with real design, controls, and project work
  • Hands-on design skills: drawings, scoping, load sizing, and calculations
  • Working-level PLC skills: wire, program, and troubleshoot
  • Experience with 13.8kV service, 480V distribution, MCCs, and control panels

What You'll Do

  • Lead a small team of engineers and supervisors, and guide electricians indirectly
  • Run electrical projects end to end: design, scope, budget, install, document, and close out
  • Design electrical and control systems for production machinery, robotic palletizing, and building infrastructure
  • Maintain medium and high voltage distribution
  • Serve as the escalation point for electrical, PLC, and controls issues
  • Keep drawings current and ensure compliance with NEC, NFPA 70, and food safety standards
  • Build capital budgets, specs, RFQs, and bills of material

Nice-to-Haves

  • Prior engineering leadership
  • PE or electrical license
  • Food, bakery, chemical, or packaging plant experience

Compensation and Benefits

  • $140,000 to $170,000
  • Comprehensive benefits package

About the Company

A long-established industrial equipment manufacturer with a new, highly automated production campus on Chicago's southwest side.

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