Job Title: Electrical Controls DesignerJob Description

We are seeking a skilled Electrical Controls Designer to join our Production Engineering group. The team focuses on manufacturing automated equipment for various manufacturing facilities. The role provides high-quality, reasonably priced, on-time hardware, software, and safety design solutions to ensure stable introduction of new models and technologies in North American manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Work in an engineering team atmosphere to understand design requirements and create or modify automated production equipment.

• Provide electrical design to produce engineering hardware data for assembling, building, and wiring control systems for production equipment.

• Provide electrical design to produce engineering software data to accomplish control tasks for production equipment processes (e.g., PLC, HMI, Motion Control, and Robotic programming).

• Provide on-site support to install, set up, and mature control systems for production equipment.

• Create and maintain a critical path schedule for work assignments to produce control system design deliverables and achieve overall project milestones for small to medium projects with low to medium complexity.

• Conduct and attend design reviews to ensure design standards are achieved and design meets specification requirements for work assignment deliverables.

• Continuously apply an engineering mindset to learn new skills, processes, and technologies to expand knowledge in relevant manufacturing technologies.

Essential Skills

• 5 years of experience in electrical controls design.

• Knowledge of PLC programming (Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Omron).

• Experience in designing electrical schematics using AutoCAD Electrical.

• Experience in control panel design and control system design.

• Proficiency in troubleshooting and programming PLCs from scratch.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to travel to other plants, including locations in Georgia, Indiana, Alabama, Canada, and Mexico (20% total travel).

• Willingness to work overtime, averaging 10 hours per week, with occasional weekend work.

Work Environment

The position is based in an automated equipment manufacturing environment. The role requires 20% travel to various plant locations and involves occasional weekend work. Long-term consultancy with the potential for hire is a possibility.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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