Jobs at Knobelsdorff Enterprises

Coordinates electrical design documentation across Procore, SharePoint, and Bluebeam; maintains drawing revisions, submittals, BOMs, equipment tags, and conduit schedules. Supports electrical and controls design deliverables, conduit sizing and fill calculations, I/O documentation, RFQs, vendor quote comparisons, procurement, and drawing hyperlinking. Collaborates with engineers, vendors, and project managers while managing version control and multiple project deadlines.

Manage site safety for industrial construction and electrical projects by reviewing JSAs, conducting inspections, ensuring OSHA and DOT compliance, leading toolbox talks and training, monitoring PPE and housekeeping, investigating incidents, managing injury claims, and implementing corrective actions. Support risk assessments, traffic control plans, and safety operations across multiple project locations.

Design, develop, integrate, test, commission, and troubleshoot SCADA and HMI systems for industrial automation projects. Configure operator interfaces, alarms, trends, reports, historians, security, industrial communication protocols, PLC integrations, and reusable visualization components. Participate in system architecture, FAT, SAT, startup, documentation, customer collaboration, and continuous improvement. The role requires supporting commissioning and customer activities, including travel.

Designs industrial automation hardware, schematics, layouts, wiring drawings, and bills of materials. Collaborates with software, controls, manufacturing, and panel shop teams through production handoff. Performs documentation, quality verification, troubleshooting, standards compliance, networking support, and continuous improvement. Provides occasional customer-site startup and commissioning support while ensuring reliable, compliant hardware solutions.

Performs arc flash, short circuit, coordination, load flow, grounding, power quality, solar feasibility, and voltage drop studies. Provides technical recommendations, analyzes electrical system risks, supports commissioning, and assists with field testing and maintenance. The role requires power system analysis expertise, electrical engineering education, power system software proficiency, knowledge of applicable safety and IEEE standards, technical writing, and travel to job sites.

Leads and develops the hardware engineering team supporting industrial automation projects. Manages resource planning, engineering standards, quality, budgets, schedules, and continuous improvement. Provides technical leadership for PLC-based control systems, control panels, instrumentation, networking, VFDs, and safety systems. Collaborates with project managers and panel manufacturing teams to improve manufacturability, documentation, BOM accuracy, and production efficiency while supporting technical problem-solving during project execution and commissioning.

Coordinates automation projects from kickoff through completion by maintaining schedules, documentation, budgets, permits, purchase orders, materials, and project-management systems. Supports Project Managers with meetings, reporting, procurement, vendor and subcontractor communication, drawing review, preconstruction planning, and deadline tracking. The role is onsite in Eagan, Minnesota, requires occasional travel to project sites, and may involve evening, weekend, or holiday work.

Leads industrial automation projects from design through commissioning. Responsibilities include control panel and networking design, PLC/HMI/SCADA programming, field device configuration, documentation, troubleshooting, testing, client communication, and technical support for field technicians. The role requires managing multiple projects, meeting timelines and budgets, supporting start-ups, and applying industrial control, motor control, and instrumentation expertise.

Perform detailed power system studies (arc flash, short circuit, coordination, load flow, grounding, power quality, voltage drop), support solar feasibility, lead commissioning and field testing, and provide technical recommendations to ensure safe, reliable electrical system performance.

Manage site safety programs for industrial construction and electrical projects: lead safety initiatives, review JSAs, perform audits, train crews, ensure OSHA/DOT compliance, investigate incidents, manage injury claims, and support multiple project sites.

Support Project Managers by creating and managing projects in Procore and Viewpoint, tracking budgets and schedules, preparing change requests, assisting procurement, handling permits and purchase orders, maintaining project documents, and coordinating construction/automation tasks to ensure on-time project delivery.

Lead design, programming, and commissioning of PLC/HMI/SCADA industrial control systems. Deliver control panel and network designs, create I/O lists and documentation, program and configure devices, support field start-up and troubleshooting, and coordinate with clients and technicians to meet project requirements and timelines.

Design, develop, and commission SCADA and HMI systems for industrial automation projects. Create operator interfaces, configure alarming/trending/historians, integrate PLCs and field devices, perform FAT/SAT and commissioning, troubleshoot systems during startup, and collaborate with customers and engineering teams to ensure reliable, secure, and user-friendly control solutions.

Design and develop industrial automation hardware including schematics, layouts, wiring drawings, and BOMs. Collaborate with software, manufacturing, and field teams, ensure UL508A compliance, troubleshoot hardware through development and startup, support industrial networking, and participate in commissioning and continuous improvement initiatives.

Lead and grow the hardware engineering team for industrial automation projects. Manage resources, processes, and standards; support panel fabrication; provide technical leadership on PLCs, control panels, networking, instrumentation, VFDs and safety systems; drive continuous improvement, manufacturability, and project delivery on schedule and budget.

Support on-site project team with administrative, logistical, and quality tasks. Manage material and equipment deliveries, track tools, populate timecards, and submit daily logs and photos in Procore. Report shortages/discrepancies, support safety and quality measures, and maintain organization and accurate production reporting to the Site Superintendent and Project Management team.

Join a crew installing renewable energy electrical systems: pull and label PV string, DC and AC feeders, make terminations at inverters/transformers/switchgear, perform basic electrical testing, read construction drawings, use hand/power tools, complete reporting in KE software, attend safety meetings, and communicate with supervisors while learning through the apprenticeship program.

Assist electricians on-site installing and testing PV, DC and AC feeder systems. Pull and terminate wiring for modules, combiners, inverters, transformers, and switchgear. Install racking and modules, perform insulation resistance and voltage tests, read construction drawings, participate in safety planning, complete reporting in company systems, and communicate with supervisors while learning through the KE Apprenticeship Program.

Assist on electrical installations for renewable projects including pulling and labeling PV/DC/AC wiring, completing terminations, supporting inverter/transformer/switchgear work, performing insulation and voltage tests, installing racking and modules, reading drawings, using hand/power tools, participating in safety meetings, and documenting work in internal systems while enrolled in the apprenticeship program.

Assist on solar and electrical installs including pulling and labeling PV string, DC and AC feeders, performing DC/AC terminations, basic electrical testing, installing racking and modules, reading construction drawings, using hand/power tools, participating in safety meetings, and completing documentation in company systems.