Electrical Controls Engineer

Thornton, IL

Our client is hiring an Electrical Controls Engineer! Apply your electrical controls engineering skills to assist our client to design and build high speed automation.

Responsibilities of the Electrical Controls Engineer

• You will be responsible for the ladder logic programming of PLC brands such as Allen-Bradley RS Logix 500 & 5000, Omron, Automation Direct, Mitsubishi and PanelView/PanelView+ programming. Function block and structured text is a plus.
• Serve as a liaison from initial kick-off meeting all the way to design, configuration and build for automated systems used by a variety of manufacturing companies.
• Be the primary contact to select the required electrical hardware used for the builds.
• Create the electrical documentation for the machinery including HMI, cyclic rotary motion protocol and ethernet/IP network protocol documentation.
• Be responsible for the startups with the customers from an electrical engineering perspective.
• Apply your knowledge to develop AutoCAD electrical drawings.
• Figure out and supervise how to facilitate vision system and robotics integration including to the overall panel builds.

Requirements of the Electrical Controls Engineer

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or technical equivalent is preferred
• 5+ years of experience is required in automation
• Willingness to learn HMI Human Machine Interface and programming protocols if required
• MS Office knowledge is required
• Up to 20% travel required
• Excellent benefits!

Compensation for the Electrical Controls Engineer

The targeted annual starting salary for this position ranges from $75,000 to $110,000 per year depending on experience.

Posted On: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Compensation: $90,000.00